Henry Croswell et al. in St Philip's Church, Stepney, East End of London - 28 January, 1883, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 319:

O[rgan]. – Ordinary in the West Gallery.

[…]

C[hoir]. – Twelve lads but no men whatseover [sic].  One choir boy had a dirty face which I thought unusual.

H[ymns]. – A. & M.  "Lead, kindly light …" - fine and a hymn before the prayers which was curious. 

[The congregation numbered] 90 – The seats are all free - ours was very draughty.  There were very few men, some High Church women and the service was correctly done and sung.

S[ermon]. – We didn't stop.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 319. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1552560282292 accessed: 13 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Philip's Church, Stepney, East End of London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St Philip's Church Stepney
'Lead, kindly light' performed by the choir and organist of St Philip's Church Stepney
hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St Philip's Church Stepney

Experience Information

Date/Time 28 January, 1883, 07:00 PM
Duration 55 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. ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern for use in the Services of the Church’ (1861; Appendix, 1868; Second edition, 1875; Supplement, 1889) was envisaged as an anthology of the best hymns available and became the most widely-used hymnbook in the Church of England during the late nineteenth century. William Henry Monk (1823–89) was musical editor.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:44:43 +0000
Approved on Wed, 15 Jul 2020 08:47:59 +0100