Kathleen Long CBE (7 July 189620 March 1968) was a British

United Kingdom

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 pianist

Pianist

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 and teacher. She was an awarded soloist, but was also a much appreciated chamber music

Chamber music

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 player and recitalist. Her tours included Europe

Europe

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, North America

North America

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 and South Africa

South Africa

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.

Long was born in Brentford

Brentford

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, a London

London

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 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

Aeolian Hall (London)

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 in 1915. From 1910 to 1916 she studied for Herbert Sharpe at the Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

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 in London

London

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, where she herself was a teacher from 1920 to 1964. She was a regular performer at the CEMA concerts during World War II, often with the violinist Eda Kersey

Eda Kersey

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.

Kathleen Long interpreted the music of among many others Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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, Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

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 and Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

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, 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

Gabriel Fauré

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. She was also made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her "services to music" in 1957.

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