Henry Croswell et al. in St Marylebone Parish Chapel, Marylebone, London - 16 November, 1884, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 412:
Left after Third Collect.
[…]
O[rgan]. – Small, ordinary, well played.
H[ymns]. – A & M. Nice selection.
C[hoir]. – 50 Charity School girls by the sides of the Organ in the West Gallery. Most interesting to me.
[The congregation numbered] 180 Many elderly, all very nice but too much like chapel. […]
S[ermon]. – Didn't stop.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 412. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553254407116 accessed: 28 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' | performed by the choir and organist of St Marylebone Parish Chapel |
| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of St Marylebone Parish Chapel |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 16 November, 1884, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 30 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.