Henry Croswell et al. in St Andrew's Church, Malden Road, Haverstock Hill, London - 16 January, 1881, 07:02 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 237:
O[rgan]. – Small and badly played.
H[ymns]. – Lately "Kimble" [sic] - now Bickers.
C[hoir]. – Eight young females who broke down.
[The congregation numbered] 80
[…]
S[ermon]. – We left before the Sermon.
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – […] The arrangements are extreme Low Church.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 237. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1551265109225 accessed: 7 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
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| Date/Time | 16 January, 1881, 07:02 PM |
| Duration | 43 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). Rev. Charles Kemble’s ‘A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, arranged for the public services of the Church of England’ was first published in 1853 in a words-only edition. Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–76) was asked to edit a music edition (1864), to which he contributed a number of original melodies.