Braudo Yevgeny Maksimovich (born 9 [20] February 1882, Riga – died 17 October 1939, Moscow) – musicologist, educator, and cultural figure in the field of music.

From 1891 to 1897, Yevgeny Braudo studied at the Music School of the Riga Branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society, taking piano lessons with B. Mellersten and, between 1903 and 1905, with I. Tselewitsch.

From 1902 to 1904, he studied at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Riga Polytechnic Institute. Beginning in the 1890s, Yevgeny Braudo was actively involved in music criticism and began publishing. From 1903, he also engaged in public lecturing. Between 1904 and 1907, he participated in the revolutionary movement, which led to his expulsion from Riga.

In 1911, he became a student at the Faculty of Philology of Saint Petersburg University. In 1913, he studied with H. Riemann and H. Kretschmar and pursued music history studies in Germany. From 1914 to 1916, he taught at I. A. Borovka’s private music school in Petrograd.

From 1922, Braudo served as Professor of the Department of Western European Music History at the Petrograd Institute of Art History. From 1924, he lectured at Moscow University, and from 1925 he was a member of the board for musical broadcasting management. From 1926, he worked as a consultant for the Chief Directorate of the People’s Commissariat for Education (Narkompros), a member of various editorial boards, and from 1930, artistic director of the Gramophone Recording Bureau. From 1931, he served as musical director of the Military Theatre Bureau of the Central House of the Red Army.

From the late 1890s, he contributed to journals and newspapers such as Apollon, Musical Contemporary, and others. His lectures, begun in 1903, became a hallmark of his cultural outreach. Braudo’s principal works focused on Western European musical culture. He was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1932.

Works:

Universal History of Music (Moscow, 1922–1927);

A. P. Borodin: His Life and Work (Petrograd, 1922);

Nietzsche: The Philosopher-Musician (Petrograd, 1922);

Richard Wagner: An Attempt at a Character Sketch (Petrograd, 1922);

Johann Sebastian Bach: An Attempt at a Character Sketch (Petrograd, 1922);

Wagner and Russia (New Materials for His Biography) (Petrograd, 1923);

Foundations of Material Culture in Music (Moscow, 1924);

Beethoven and His Time (Moscow, 1927);

A Concise History of Music (Moscow, 1928 / Riga, 1935);

Franz Schubert (Moscow, 1939).

Literature: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.