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Bettina or Bessie Walker[1] (1837[2] – 4 February 1893) was an Irish pianist and composer.[3]

Biography

Walker was born in Dublin, the daughter of physician William Augustus Walker, who died in 1838.[4] Walker studied in the 1870s, first with William Sterndale Bennett in London and Carl Tausig in Berlin and Giovanni Sgambati in Rome.[5] In 1883 she came to Weimar and continued her studies with Franz Liszt. She also studied under Ludwig Deppe, Xaver Scharwenka and Adolf Henselt.[5]

After Henselt's death in 1889 she settled in Fulham, London, where she taught her piano methodology, but died four years later.[3]

Of lasting importance are her memoirs, in which she details her numerous encounters with important musicians.

References

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

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[de] Bettina Walker

Bettina Walker (* 1837 in Dublin; † 4. Februar 1893 in Fulham bei London) war eine irische Pianistin und Musikschriftstellerin.

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