Alan Walker (born 1930) is an English writer on music who presently teaches at McMaster University, where he chaired the Department of Music from 1971 until 1980. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 16,771 full-time and 3,599 part-time students (as of 2004). ...

He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and moved to Canada after teaching at the Guildhall School of Music and London University. He has written a three-volume biography of Franz Liszt, and has also written substantially about Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin. A more complete bibliography can be found in the external link. Location within the British Isles. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ... Categories: University stubs | Performing arts education in London ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London, founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Franz Liszt (Hungarian; Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. ... Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist in the Romantic period of Classical music. ... Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is widely seen as the greatest of Polish composers and among the very greatest of composers for the piano, the instrument for which he wrote almost exclusively. ...

Selected Writings

• Walker, Alan. Franz Liszt: The Man and His Music. New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1970. ISBN 0800829905.
• Walker, Alan. Liszt: v. 1. The virtuoso years, 1811-1847. Hardcover publisher Knopf, 1983, Softcover publisher Ithaca: Cornell University Press and revised, 1987. ISBN 039452540X for all three hardcover. ISBN 0801494214 for v. 1 revised.
• Walker, Alan. Liszt: v. 2. The Weimar years, 1848-1861. Knopf and Cornell University Press (no new material), 1989. Revised ISBN 0801497213.
• Walker, Alan. Liszt: v. 3. The final years, 1861-1886. Knopf and Cornell University Press, 1996 and 1997. Cornell edition has ISBN 0801484537.
• Walker, Alan, Editor. The Death of Franz Liszt: Based on the Unpublished Diary of his Pupil Lina Schmalhausen. Cornell University Press, 2002. ISBN 0801440769.
• Many articles on various subjects.

External Link

• The Alan Walker Fonds (http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/fonds/w/walker.htm)