Henry Croswell et al. in Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn, London - 27 February, 1876, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 60:
It is an Anglican service.
O[rgan]. – Good, large and well played.
C[hoir]. – Ten men and fifteen boys, well trained.
[The congregation numbered] 600 – It was a respectable and large congregation.
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – [...] It is a very mild Anglican church. The Rector is opposed to anything extreme.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547036261981 accessed: 25 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of the Church of St George the Martyr |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 27 February, 1876, 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.