Henry Croswell et al. in St John the Baptist Church, Cleveland Road, Islington, London - between 20 August, 1876, 07:00 PM and 28 September, 1879
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 82:
O[rgan]. – Small and new, the music plain.
C[hoir]. – Three ladies and one gentleman.
[The congregation numbered] 400
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – It is a "respectable" congregation. In the side aisle were a large number of "respectable" ill behaved children.
WHEN REVISITED 28/9/[18]79 I found all altered and improved. It was well attended, there were two clergy and a large choir of men and boys.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 82. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547126270275 accessed: 26 April, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of St John the Baptist Church Cleveland Road |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between 20 August, 1876, 07:00 PM and 28 September, 1879 |
| 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.