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Alan Walker

Canadian music historian

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Born: April 6, 1930
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-28
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Babelio
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Birthplace: Scunthorpe
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-15
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Citizenship: United Kingdom
, Canada
Occupation: musicologist
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-03-30
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, music historian
, professor
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Education: Durham University
Employer: City, University of London
, McMaster University
, University of London
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Alan Walker FRSC is an English-Canadian musicologist and university professor best known as a biographer and scholar of composer Franz Liszt. Walker has also written on composers Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin, as well as conductor Hans von Bülow. He has held posts at a variety of institutions, including the Guildhall School of Music, the University of London, McMaster University, and City, University of London.

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FFranz Liszt1990 · Fayard edition of the Alan Walker's biography of Franz Liszt

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-21
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Given name: Alan
Awards: James Tait Black Memorial Prize(1983)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
honorary doctorate from McMaster University
Family name: Walker
Member of: Royal Society of Canada
Genre: Romantic music
Start of work period: 1956

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