Bettina Walker

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Bettina Walker (* 1837 in Dublin , † February 4, 1893 in Fulham near London ) was an Irish pianist and music writer.

Life

Bettina Walker studied in the 1870s first with William Sterndale Bennett in London, with Carl Tausig in Berlin and with Giovanni Sgambati in Rome . In 1883 she came to Weimar and continued her studies with Franz Liszt . Further teachers were Ludwig Deppe , Xaver Scharwenka and Adolf Henselt . After Henselt's death (1889) she settled in London, where she taught her methodology of piano lessons, but died four years later.

Her memoirs, in which she describes in detail her numerous encounters with important musicians, are of lasting importance.

Works

  • My Musical Experiences , London 1890 - New Edition, London 1892 ( digitized version )
  • Songs and Sonnets . London: Richard Bentley 1893 (with portrait)

literature

  • Obituary notice, in: The Athenæum , No. 3409 of February 25, 1893, p. 258 ( digitized version )
  • Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh , Volume 11 (1906), p. 327
  • Robyn Bolam, Eliza's Babes: Four Centuries of Women's Poetry in English, c. 1500-1900 , London 2005, pp. 348f. ( Digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish pianist and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1893
Place of death Fulham near London