Henry Croswell et al. in St Paul's Church, Balls Pond, Islington, London - 24 September, 1876, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 88:
O[rgan]. – Small but loudly played.
C[hoir]. – It consisted principally of screaming women.
[The congregation numbered] 600
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – [...] The Hymns are all in Ancient and Modern.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 88. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547133144723 accessed: 19 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of St Paul's Church Balls Pond |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 24 September, 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. ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern for use in the Services of the Church’ (1861; Appendix, 1868; Second edition, 1875; Supplement, 1889) was envisaged as an anthology of the best hymns available and became the most widely-used hymnbook in the Church of England during the late nineteenth century. William Henry Monk (1823–89) was musical editor.