Henry Croswell et al. in St Philip's Church, Dalston, East London - 29 April, 1877, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 104:
O[rgan]. –Middling in the West Gallery.
H[ymns]. –"Jesus lives …": "A living stream …" and ["]Jerusalem the golden …" from Hymns A. &. M.
[The congregation numbered] 700 – The congregation consisted of the ordinary residents in the neighbourhood. They were devout, well behaved and Low.
[…]
M[iscellaneous]. – It is High Low Church.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 104. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547205252851 accessed: 7 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 'Jesus lives!' | |
'A living stream'
written by Thomas Wright |
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'Jerusalem the golden'
written by Alexander Ewing |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 29 April, 1877, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 1 hours 20 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.