Kathleen Dale née Richards (29 June 1895March 3, 1984) was an English translator, musicologist,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and pianist.

Biography

Kathleen Richards was born in England and studied privately with York Bowen and

Fanny Davies Fanny Davies (27 June 1861 - 1 September 1934) was a British pianist who was particularly admired in Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, and the early schools, but was also a very early London performer of the works of Debussy and Scriabin. In England ...

. She became Kathleen Dale by marriage to the pianist, composer and teacher Benjamin Dale in 1921. After studying Swedish at University College London she taught music at the Matthay School from 1925 to 1931. She was involved in broadcast concerts from 1927 to 1931 and became a noted musicologist and composer as Kathleen Richards. Under the name Kathleen Dale, she published two books, including a biography of

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

in 1970 and a number of professional articles on music and music history. For the 'Symposium' series (edited by Gerald Abraham) she wrote chapters on the keyboard music of Handel, Schubert, Schumann and Grieg. She was appointed musical executor of Dame Ethel Smyth and produced a study of her works.K. Dale, 'Ethel Smyth's Prentice Work', ''Music & Letters'' 30 (1949), 329-36. Also K. Dale, 'Ethel Smyth's Music: A Critical Study', in C. St John, ''Ethel Smyth: A Biography'' (Longman's, Green & Co, London 1959), p. 301 ff. She was Smyth's literary executrix: se
Christopher Foreman's Reassessment of Benjamin Dale, Part 3 - Ruhleben
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Selected works

*''Armies in the Fire'' *''2 Divertimenti'' for two violins (1940) * ''The Flight'', part song (1949) * ''Frozen Landscape'' for piano (1948) * ''Greek Myths'' for piano (1921) * ''The Horn'', part song (1947) *''Music for piano Op. 22 **'Sprite' **'Starry Silence' **'Bells' **'Homage' **'Tambura' *''Pastoral'' for violin and piano (1920) *''Six Duets'' for two violins *''Versailles'' for piano (1920) * ''Wayfaring'' for violin and piano (1939) * ''The Window'', part song (1947) * ''Winter'', part song (1948)

Books published

* ''Nineteenth-century Piano Music''. New York, Da Capo Press, 1972 (reprint from 1954) * ''Brahms: a concertgoer's companion''. London: Clive Bingley, 1970

References

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