Bettina Walker

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

[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.