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grove's dictionary of music and musicians, 1916
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1acterises his playing as full of a 'masterly wildness . . . bold, rapid, and fanciful.' His published harpsichord sonatas are very inferior to his extemporaneous effusions. He died, probably in May 1782. [See Mrs. Delany's Letters, i. 579, ii. 61, and other books referred to in the Dict. of Nat. Biog.]
3His elder brother, Thomas, was educated as a chorister in Chichester Cathedral, and succeeded John Reading as organist there in 1726. Seven services and nine anthems by him are contained in a MS. volume in the library of Chichester Cathedral. His Evening Service in B minor is printed in Rimbault's Cathedral Music, and two others in A minor and G minor are published by Novello. He died May 21, 1749. [His epitaph may be read in West's Cath. Org.] W. H. H.
5KEMBLE, ADELAIDE, younger daughter of Charles Kemble, the eminent actor, was born about 1814, and educated for a concert singer. She appeared first in London, [at a concert of Ancient Music on May 13, 1835] and afterwards at the York Festival, but with little success. She then went to Paris for improvement, and from thence in 1837 to Germany, and early in 1839 to Italy, when she had lessons from Pasta on the Lake of Como. In that year she made her appearance at La Fenice, Venice, as Norma with decided success. In 1840 she sang at Trieste, Milan, Padua, Bologna, and Mantua with increasing reputation. In 1841 she returned to England, and on Nov. 2 appeared in an English version of 'Norma' with marked success. In 1842 she sang in English versions of 'Le Nozze di Figaro,' 'La Sonnambula,' 'Semiramide,' and 'Il Matrimonio Segreto.' In 1843 she was married to Mr. Edward John Sartoris, and retired from the profession. In 1867 she published her delightful A Week in a French Country House, and she died August 4, 1879. [See her sister, Fanny Kemble's, Records of a Girlhood, and other reminiscences. Mrs. Sartoris's own recollections were embodied in Past Hours, 1880. Additions from Dict. of Nat. Biog.] W. H. H.
7KEMP, JOSEPH, Mus.D., was born in Exeter in 1778, and was placed as a chorister in the cathedral under William Jackson, with whom he continued as a pupil after quitting the choir. In 1802 he removed to Bristol on being appointed organist of the cathedral. In 1809 he resigned his appointment and settled in London. In 1808 he took the degree of Mus. B. at Cambridge, his exercise being a War Anthem, 'A Sound of Battle is in the Land' (composed 1803). In 1809 he was, by special dispensation, permitted to proceed Doctor of Music; his exercise being an anthem entitled 'The Crucifixion.' On Oct. 25, 1809, 'The Jubilee,' an occasional piece by him, was produced at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1810 a melodrama called 'The Siege of Isca [Exeter], or, The Battles in the West,' written by Dr. Kemp, with music by himself and Domenico Corri, was produced at the theatre in Tottenham Street. In the same year he lectured on his 'New System of Musical Education,' probably the first method propounded in England for teaching music to numbers simultaneously. In 1814 he returned to Exeter, resided there till 1818, then went to France, remained until 1821, and again returned to Exeter. He died in London, May 22, 1824. Dr. Kemp published an anthem, 'I am Alpha and Omega'; 'Twelve Psalmodical Melodies,' 1818; 'Twelve Songs,' 1799; 'Twenty Double Chants'; [a set of pianoforte sonatas, published at Exeter;] 'Musical Illustrations of the Beauties of Shakespeare'; 'Musical Illustrations of The Lady of the Lake'; The Vocal Magazine; The New System of Musical Education, Part I.; and numerous single glees, songs, duets, and trios. W. H. H.
9KENNEDY. See VIOLIN-MAKERS.
11KENNEDY, DAVID, Scottish vocalist, born at Perth, April 15, 1825. He received his first lessons in music from his father, an enthusiastic musician, and at the age of eighteen assisted him as precentor of the North United Secession Church, Perth. At the age of twenty he succeeded his uncle as precentor of South Street Church in the same city. At an early age he was apprenticed to a house painter in Perth. During this time, while working at a house ten or twelve miles distant, he resolved to hear Templeton, who was singing at the Perth Theatre. He started after leaving off work, running all the way, and clearing the distance in two hours. Having no money to pay for admission, he stood throughout the whole performance, in the pelting rain, with ear to key-hole, and then took to the road again to be ready for work at six in the morning. He afterwards worked as a journeyman in Edinburgh and London, but returned to Perth to commence business on his own account. He had, however, the never-ceasing desire to become a public singer, and made frequent visits to Edinburgh to receive singing-lessons from Mr. Edmund Edmunds. Having secured an appointment as precentor in Nicolson Street United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh, he struggled hard to support himself and family by occasional concert giving, teaching, etc. in Edinburgh and neighbourhood. In January 1859 he received his first important engagement, for the Burns centenary at St. George's Hall, Liverpool. In the autumn he gave twelve concerts in Buccleuch Street Hall, Edinburgh. Every programme being different, he tested about 150 songs. Professor Aytoun and Robert and William Chambers were in the habit of attending; they became his personal friends, and gave him many friendly hints, and great encouragement at the outset of his career. In 1860 he made short tours in Scotland, and 1861 went as far as the Orkneys. In the summer of 1862 he
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