Henry Croswell et al. in St Paul's Cathedral, London - 16 January, 1876, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 55:
I got there at 6.30 to secure a place.
[...]
O[rgan]. – Powerful and well played. The hymns were given out.
C[hoir]. – Twenty boys and eighty men (surpliced).
[The congregation numbered] 7000 – I could only guess at the numbers. There were more men than women.
[...]
M[iscellaneous]. – This was a special Sunday Evening Service under the Dome, the Choir being voluntary.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 55. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547033299124 accessed: 25 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music | performed by a voluntary choir at St Paul's Cathedral, the organist of St Paul's Cathedral |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 16 January, 1876, 07:00 PM |
| 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.