Marginalia noted by Pierre Kemp and commented on by his biographer Wiel Kusters in the article "Pierre Kemp leest poëzie" in Kusters, W., Prick, H. G. M., & Jägers G. J. M. (1995). "Bladeren en lezen in groot verstaan" : Pierre Kemp in de wereld van het boek. University Press Maastricht etc.
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.
Marginalia noted by Pierre Kemp and commented on by his biographer Wiel Kusters in the article "Pierre Kemp leest poëzie" in Kusters, W., Prick, H. G. M., & Jägers G. J. M. (1995). "Bladeren en lezen in groot verstaan" : Pierre Kemp in de wereld van het boek. University Press Maastricht etc.
Marginalia noted by Pierre Kemp and commented on by his biographer Wiel Kusters in the article "Pierre Kemp leest poëzie" in Kusters, W., Prick, H. G. M., & Jägers G. J. M. (1995). "Bladeren en lezen in groot verstaan" : Pierre Kemp in de wereld van het boek. University Press Maastricht etc.
Marginalia noted by Pierre Kemp and commented on by his biographer Wiel Kusters in the article "Pierre Kemp leest poëzie" in Kusters, W., Prick, H. G. M., & Jägers G. J. M. (1995). "Bladeren en lezen in groot verstaan" : Pierre Kemp in de wereld van het boek. University Press Maastricht etc.
Marginalia noted by Pierre Kemp and commented on by his biographer Wiel Kusters in the article "Pierre Kemp leest poëzie" in Kusters, W., Prick, H. G. M., & Jägers G. J. M. (1995). "Bladeren en lezen in groot verstaan" : Pierre Kemp in de wereld van het boek. University Press Maastricht etc.
A virtual 3D reconstruction of an artificial red coloured Easter egg decorated with a poem in gold ink by Pierre Kemp for his muse Turkoois, the name he gave to a 21-year old jurist he had met on the train on April 15, 1942<br />
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Transcribed text in Dutch:<br />
Dit ei is rood van vreugde dat<br />
’t nooit advocaat kan worden<br />
en niet die struif en gin bevat<br />
als ’t schrikbewind der Orde<br />
en geen nieuw leven door een broed<br />
aan schrikbewindje geven moet.
Claude Achille Debussy’s 1892 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Zingende Daad. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by the Walther Straram Orchestra conducted by Walther Straram.
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.
Maurice Ravel’s 1899 Pavane pour une Infante défunte inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Gramophone DB 4930. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by the Orchestre Symphonique, conducted by Freitas Branco.
Maurice Ravel’s 1912 Première Suite: 1. Nocturne (from Daphnis et Chloé) inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Gramophone DB 4930. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1934 recording by the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conducted by Piero Coppola.
Jean-Joseph Mouret’s 1714 Les Festes de Thalie inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Elegie om het verlies van Amaranth. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1951 recording by the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts de Versailles, conducted by G. Cloez.
A virtual 3D reconstruction of one of the oak office desks at which Pierre Kemp wrote his poems in his house in the Turennestraat 21 in Maastricht, where he lived from 1929 until his death in 1967.
