Julian Budden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julian Budden

British opera scholar

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1924

Place of Birth: Hoylake, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Feb-2007

Profession: composer, music critic, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Julian Medforth Budden (9 April 1924 in Hoylake, Wirral – 28 February 2007 in Florence, Italy) was a British opera scholar, radio producer and broadcaster.
He is particularly known for his three volumes on the operas of Giuseppe Verdi (published in 1973, 1978, and 1981), a single-volume biography in 1982 and a single-volume work on Giacomo Puccini and his operas in 2002.
He is also the author of numerous entries in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.