Henry Croswell et al. in St Luke's Church, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington, London - 5 April, 1885, 07:10 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 430:

[Croswell recorded that the service began at 7pm, but] We lost our way.  We tried to get via Earl's Court and so did not get to church until 7.10.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Large, fine and well played.

H[ymns]. – A. & M. the old edition.

C[hoir]. – Large, surpliced, perfect and one lovely voice of a lad in th[e] Anthem.

[The congregation numbered] 800 nearly.  This is wonderful for an evening in S.…   more >>

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 430. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553515082101 accessed: 25 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Luke's Church, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St Luke's Church Redcliffe Square
Anglican church music with anthem performed by the choir and organist of St Luke's Church Redcliffe Square

Experience Information

Date/Time 5 April, 1885, 07:10 PM
Duration 40 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 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:58:02 +0000
Approved on Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:45:31 +0100