Bettina Walker

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.

^ "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
^ ^a ^b "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
^ ^a ^b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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.

Monthly Bulletin of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Volume 11 (1906), S. 327