Kathleen Richards


Kathleen Dale née Richards was an English translator, musicologist, composer and pianist.

Biography

Kathleen Richards was born in England and studied with York Bowen and Fanny Davies. She became Kathleen Dale by marriage to the pianist, composer and teacher Benjamin Dale in 1921. 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 in 1970 and a number of professional articles on music and music history. For the 'Symposium' series she wrote chapters on the keyboard music of Handel, Schubert, Schumann and Grieg. She produced a study of the works of Ethel Smyth.

Works

Selected works include: