John Deathridge

John Deathridge
Born
John William Deathridge

(1944-10-21) 21 October 1944
Birmingham, England
Occupationsmusicologist, conductor, accompanist, broadcaster
InstrumentsPiano, organ

John William Deathridge (born 21 October 1944, in Birmingham) is a British musicologist. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Lincoln College, Oxford (MA, DPhil) culminating with a dissertation on Wagner's sketches for Rienzi, later published by Clarendon Press. He is Emeritus Professor of Music at King's College London. Deathridge lives in Cambridge.