Henry Croswell et al. in Church of St Giles, Cripplegate, City of London - 26 March, 1876, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 64:

O[rgan]. – Very old and good, but badly played.

C[hoir]. – Eight men and fifty Charity boys.

[The congregation numbered] 50

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 64. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547038657214 accessed: 14 October, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: Church of St Giles, Cripplegate, City of London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St Giles Cripplegate

Experience Information

Date/Time 26 March, 1876, 07:00 PM
Duration 1 hours 20 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 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:57:37 +0000
Approved on Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:11:33 +0100