Henry Croswell et al. in St George's Church, Campden Hill, Kensington, London - 24 August, 1884, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 401:

O[rgan]. – Large, showy, organist florid; such an infliction, too much.

H[ymns]. – A & M. "O Paradise! …" Fine!

C[hoir]. – Surpliced, 18 lads, splendid voices - some solo in a florid anthem.

[The congregation numbered] 300 – […] Being August and evening a few nobodies and not well behaved in galleries.

S[ermon]. – Didn't stop, […] Not my idea of a perfect church at all.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 401. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553164721890 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St George's Church, Campden Hill, Kensington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music including an anthem performed by the choir and organist of St George's Church Campden Hill
hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St George's Church Campden Hill
'O Paradise! O Paradise!' performed by the choir and organist of St George's Church Campden Hill

Experience Information

Date/Time 24 August, 1884, 07:00 PM
Duration 50 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, 21 Mar 2019 10:38:42 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:01:49 +0100