Henry Croswell et al. in St Clement Danes Church, The Strand, London - early April, 1881, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 249:
O[rgan]. – Fine, old, in the West Gallery, the Organist surpliced.
H[ymns]. – S.P.C.K. Church Hymns. Anthem "I heard the voice of …"
C[hoir]. – Ten men and twelve boys surpliced. Showy but good singers, the stalls curiously adapted.
[The congregation numbered] 600 – An average congregation including many young. […]
S[ermon]. – I couldn't stop although it was by the great Dr. Irons so,… more >>
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 249. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1551282814345 accessed: 19 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
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| Date/Time | early April, 1881, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 1 hours |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
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. In the transcript, the record is dated as 4 April, which was a Monday. Given that Croswell usually mentions if he has visited a church on a weekday, it is more likely that the date of the visit was Sunday 3 April. ‘Church Hymns’ (1871) and ‘Church Hymns with Tunes’ (1874) were publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.), under the musical editorship of Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). This collection was the most successful of the competitors to ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’ in the late nineteenth century, containing a larger number of hymns overall, and more hymns specifically intended for children and young people.