《音乐中的伟大性》一书的作者阿尔弗雷德·爱因斯坦(Alfred Einstein)是一位美籍德裔的音乐学家,他早年学习法律,后入慕尼黑大学主修音乐,钻研文艺复兴末期至巴洛克初期的器乐历史,移居美国后于史密斯学院、哥伦比亚大学、密歇根大学、普林斯顿大学、耶鲁大学、哈特福特大学等知名高校任教,他进行音乐创作与研究且成果斐然,他的多本著作在音乐相关领域首屈一指。同时,他还对相关音乐家及其作品有深入的研究,先后发表了关于舒茨、格鲁克、舒伯 Alfred Einstein, author of The Greatness in Music, is a German-American musicologist who studied law early in his studies at the University of Munich majoring in music and studying literature During the late Renaissance to the beginning of the Baroque instrumental history, he moved to the United States and taught at such well-known universities as Smith College, Columbia University, the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Yale University and the University of Hartford. This book is second to none in the field of music. At the same time, he also conducted in-depth research on the relevant musicians and their works, has published about Schuett, Gluck, Schube