Kathleen Long

Kathleen (Ida) Long (7 July 1896 - 20 March 1968) was an British pianist and teacher. She was an awarded soloist, but was also a much appreciated chamber music player and recitalist. Her tours included Europe, North America and South Africa.

Long was born in Brentford, a London suburb. She was a child prodigy and appeared in public at the age of eight, while her London debut took place in the Aeolian Hall in 1915. From 1910 to 1916 she studied for Herbert Sharpe at the Royal College of Music in London, where she herself was a teacher from 1920 to 1964.

Kathleen Long interpreted the music of among many others Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Johann Sebastian Bach, and in 1950 she was decorated by the French Government for her services to French music and in particular for playing and recording works by Gabriel Fauré. She was also made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her "services to music" in 1957.

Kathleen Long's made several recordings during the 1940s and 1950s.

References

• Feuchtwanger, Peter, article on record sleeve of Decca ACL 168 (1962)
• International Piano Archives at Maryland, UM Libraries Website