Background
Joseph Kemp was born in Exeter in 1778 and was a chorister of the cathedral, and a pupil of William Jackson.
Joseph Kemp was born in Exeter in 1778 and was a chorister of the cathedral, and a pupil of William Jackson.
In 1802 he was appointed organist of Bristol Cathedral. In 1807 he settled in London until 1813, taking a Bachelor of Music degrees at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1808 and a Doctor of Music degree in 1809.
He is noted as an early proponent of teaching music in classes and the playing of exercises by students. In 1810, at the Russell Institution Kemp began a series of lectures on musical education at the Russell Institute in which he advocated the teaching of music in classes and the playing of exercises by pupils in concert. He had founded a musical college at Exeter in 1814.