Pierre Kemp was gifted a liber amicorum (a Festschrift) on his seventieth birthday. In this unique book many well-known poets and artists expressed their admiration and affection for the Maastricht poet.
Hector Berlioz’s 1846 Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24) inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Van der Kleuren. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by French Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux, conducted by Albert Wolff.