Bettina or Bessie Walker (1837 – 4 February 1893) was an Irish pianist and composer.
Biography
Walker was born in Dublin, the daughter of physician William Augustus Walker, who died in 1838. Walker studied in the 1870s, first with William Sterndale Bennett in London and Carl Tausig in Berlin and Giovanni Sgambati in Rome. In 1883 she came to Weimar and continued her studies with Franz Liszt. She also studied under Ludwig Deppe, Xaver Scharwenka and Adolf Henselt.
After Henselt's death in 1889 she settled in Fulham, London, where she taught her piano methodology, but died four years later.
Of lasting importance are her memoirs, in which she details her numerous encounters with important musicians.
References
- "Bettina or Bessie Walker" (PDF). Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
- ^ "Death of Bettina Walker, Fulham". The Athenæum. No. 3409. 25 February 1893. p. 258. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Death notice, Dublin Daily Express, 8 February 1893
- ^ Bolam, Robyn (2005). Eliza's Babes: Four Centuries of Women's Poetry in English, c. 1500-1900. London. p. 348. ISBN 1852245212. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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Works
- Walker, Bettina (1890). My Musical Experiences (New Edition, 1892 ed.). London: Richard Bentley & Sons. ISBN 1589632168. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Songs and Sonnets. London: Richard Bentley & Sons. 1893.
Bibliography
- Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Volume 11 (1906), S. 327
- 1837 births
- 1893 deaths
- 19th-century Irish classical composers
- Irish women classical composers
- Irish classical composers
- 19th-century Irish classical pianists
- Irish expatriates in England
- Women classical pianists
- Pupils of Adolf Henselt
- Pupils of Franz Liszt
- 19th-century women pianists
- 19th-century Irish women musicians