Henry Croswell et al. in St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, London - 11 February, 1877, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 101:

I got a very bad seat.

[…]

O[rgan]. –Good and new.  It has been added to.

C[hoir]. –Twelve men and twelve boys who sung solos as well as an Anthem. 

[The congregation numbered] 1300 – It was crowded with a fashionable congregation.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 101. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547202924836 accessed: 4 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music including an anthem performed by the choir and organist of St Mary's Church Stoke Newington

Experience Information

Date/Time 11 February, 1877, 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.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:35:26 +0000
Approved on Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:00:52 +0100