Teodor Burada

Teodor T. Burada (3 October 1839 – 17 February 1923) was a Romanian academic, writer, folklorist, ethnographer, musicologist and violinist.

Biography Burada was born on 3 October 1839 in Iași, Moldavia (present-day Romania). From 1893 to 1903, Burada was a professor of music theory at Iaşi Conservatory.

He traveled widely in Eastern Europe on concert tours, and took the opportunity in his travels to collect folklore material, especially among Romanian communities. His publications include material on music education and many other musical topics. He was the editor of Dicţionar muzical (c. 1862–75), the earliest Romanian dictionary of music.

On 17 February 1923, Burada died in Iași aged 83.