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View ten larger pictures. His mother, Emma Patzig, was his father's second wife.

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Both Max's parents were relatively old when he was born, his father being 41 and his mother being He was born into a large family, being his father's sixth child two of the children were from his first marriage to Mathilde Voigt , and he was brought up in a tradition which greatly respected scholarship, honesty, fairness, and generosity.

The values he was given as a young child quickly became the values that he would cherish throughout his life, showing the utmost respect for the institutions of state and church. Max began his elementary schooling in Kiel. In the spring of his family moved to Munich when his father was appointed Professor there. This city provided a stimulating environment for the young boy who enjoyed its culture, particularly the music, and loved walking and climbing in the mountains when the family took excursions to Upper Bavaria.

He attended secondary school there, entering the famous Maximilian Gymnasium in May He did well at school, but not brilliantly, usually coming somewhere between third and eighth in his class. Music was perhaps his best subject and he was awarded the school prize in catechism and good conduct almost every year.

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One might have expected him to excel in mathematics and science, but certainly in his early school years, although he did well, there was no sign of outstanding talent in these subjects. A school report for reads:- Justifiably favoured by both teachers and classmates Shows great promise. In July , at the age of 16 , he passed his school leaving examination with distinction but, having talents for a wide variety of subjects particularly music he played piano and organ extremely well , he still did not have a clear idea of what he should to study at university.

Before he began his studies at the University of Munich he discussed the possibility of a musical career with a musician who told him that if he had to ask the question he had better study something else.