Kemp

Robert [known as Father Kemp], condr. b. Well fleet, Ma ., June 6, 1820; d. Boston, May 14, 1897. Shoe dealer in Boston, who organized and conducted Old Folks' Concerts 1854; published Autobiography 1868. Kennerly-Rumford, Robert Henry, bantone. b. London, Sept. 2, 1870. Studied with Henschel and Blume and 1894 in Pans with Sbnglia; ddbut London 1893; popular festival and concert singer in England; 1900 married Clara Butt [q. v.jT Kerl [Kerll, Kherl], Johann Kaspar (von), orgt., compr. b Adorf, Saxony, Apr. 9, 1627; d Munich, Feb. 13, 1693. After study m Vienna under Valentini, sent by Ferdinand III to Italy, where he was pupil of Can imi; 1656-73 court capellmeister at Munich; taught at Vienna, court orgt. there 1677, returned to Munich 1684; details of his life uncertain; remarkable for original resolution of discords; composed org. works, ma es (one entirely on black notes), etc.