Karl Kämpf (* 31 August 1874 in Berlin; † 4 November 1950 in Mönchengladbach) was a German composer.
He was born the son of a wealthy merchant family. At first he made an apprenticeship as a fur trader and composed on the side. Under Alfred Sormann, Sally Liebling and Friedrich E. Koch he was trained on the piano and gave several piano concerts. In 1895 he had a haemorrhage and then went to Italy for convalescence. In 1907 he became a member of the Berlin freemason lodge Zum Widder.
On March 11, 1916, he gave a melodramatic recital on the harmonium together with Ferdinand Hummel on the grand piano and the singer Alice Fliegel "Zum Besten des Mutter- und Kinderheims - des Bundes für Mutterschutz" (For the best of the Mother and Child Home - the Federation for Maternity Protection). He composed for the harmonium and also worked as a song composer.
