Frank Walker (June 10, 1907, Gosport – February 25, 1962, Tring) was an English musicologist and biographer. He was an authority on the composer Hugo Wolf and his book Hugo Wolf: A Biography was published by J. M. Dent in 1951. It was later re-published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1968 and Princeton University Press in 1992. Walker also wrote a biography on Giuseppe Verdi, The Man Verdi, which was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1962; the year that Walker died of suicide. Walker also contributed essays and other scholarly works to various periodicals, including Music & Letters, The Monthly Musical Record, Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, Musical Quarterly, and The Musical Times. Many of his publications focused on Neapolitan music and aspects of early Italian music.
References
- Alec Hyatt King (2001). "Walker, Frank". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29828.
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