Alfred Michael Wall (29 September 1875 - 8 October 1936) was a British violinist and composer who was for a long time associated with the Newcastle Conservatoire.
[2][3] From the 1900s to the 1920s he was professor of violin at the Newcastle Conservatoire where he worked closely with Edgar Bainton and became friendly with William Gillies Whittaker.
[7] He formed the Alfred Wall Quartet and played in the Bainton-Fuchs-Wall Trio with Bainton (piano) and cellist Carl Fuchs.
There he founded and led the Tirril Moor Quartette, which included his daughters Rosina (viola) and Dulcie (cello).
The work, some 35 minutes in length, was recorded for the first time by the Tippett Quartet with soloist Lynn Arnold in 2022.
[20] The London premiere of his Thanet Overture took place at the BBC Proms, Queen's Hall, on 26 September 1922.