Henry Croswell et al. in St Andrew's Church, Islington, London - 9 November, 1873, 11:00 AM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 21:

C[hoir] – Poor singing; the preaching attracts.

[The congregation numbered] 1500 – The church used to be empty!

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 21. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546950505949 accessed: 9 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Andrew's Church, Islington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music performed by the choir of St Andrew's church Islington

Experience Information

Date/Time 9 November, 1873, 11:00 AM
Duration 1 hours 30 minutes
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Henry Croswell (1840–93) kept a record of his visits to churches in London over a period of more than twelve years (1872–85). He made methodical notes about the number of clergy, the churchmanship, the congregation, the sermon and the church architecture, as well as commenting on the music that he heard (the organ, the hymns and the choir). The above listening experience has been extracted from one of these records.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:28:26 +0000
Approved on Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:06:38 +0100