Alfred Hipkins

English musicologist (b. 17 June 1826 in London; d. 3 June 1903 in London), born Alfred James Hipkins.

A specialist in keyboard instruments, Hipkins originally trained as a piano tuner, but went on to write specialist studies of equal temperament and acoustics. He also contributed more general music articles to George Grove's encyclopaedia, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Alfred Hipkins has survived, dating from 1893, and has been translated into English on this website:

• Letter 4882 – 4/16 March 1893, from Klin

One letter from Hipkins to the composer, also dating from 1893, is preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin.