Henry Croswell et al. in St Barnabas' Church, Harvist Road, Islington, London - 9 November, 1879, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 174:
[Croswell recorded that the service began at 6.30pm, but] We arrived a little before 7.0
[…]
O[rgan]. – Small in the West Gallery.
H[ymns]. – Bickers, simple tunes and words.
C[hoir]. – Young ladies in the West Gallery - very slow singing.
[The congregation numbered] 900. […] There were many young girls but few males.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 174. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1548411367586 accessed: 22 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
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| Date/Time | 9 November, 1879, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 1 hours 10 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. ‘Bickers’ refers to ‘The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer’ (1870, rev. 1877; and in a revised edition with tunes, 1890) compiled by Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825–1906).