Henry Croswell et al. in St Peter's Church, De Beauvoir Town, London - early September, 1877, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 116:
O[rgan]. – Poor, old and ill played.
C[hoir]. – I saw only one man with a cracked voice. The Psalmody class meet once a week.
H[ymns]. – The vicar's old selection. "There are none else suitable."
[The congregation numbered] 300
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 116. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547465375651 accessed: 22 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music and hymns | performed by the choir and organist of St Peter's Church De Beauvoir Town |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | early September, 1877, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 1 hours 25 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. Although dated 19/9/77 in the transcript, the position of the record within the whole suggests that the date should be 9 September (which was a Sunday).