Henry Croswell et al. in St Faith's Church, Stoke Newington, London - 17 October, 1875, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 40:
O[rgan]. – New, good and well played.
C[hoir]. – Ten boys and twelve men. It is good gregorian singing.
[The congregation numbered] 400 – I saw many more women than men!
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – This is a church after my own heart.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546963836968 accessed: 27 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music including Gregorian chant | performed by the choir and organist of St Faith's Church Stoke Newington |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 17 October, 1875, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 1 hours 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. Two year's later, on 3 December 1877, Croswell's baby daughter, Alice Gertrude, was baptised at St Faith's Church.