Henry Croswell et al. in St Stephen's Church, Walbrook, City of London - 13 October, 1878, 06:45 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 131:
The congregation arrived late.
[…]
P[riests]. – 1. – The Rector, a hymn writer; but the hymns used that night were singularly inappropriate.
O[rgan]. – Old, fine, in the West gallery.
C[hoir]. – Ladies and gentlemen, paid. Fortunately they were screened off!
[The congregation numbered] 50 – A swellish congregation and very Low Church. There was no Altar that could be seen.
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 131. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547484781537 accessed: 7 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music and hymns | performed by the choir and organist of St Stephen's Church Walbrook |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 13 October, 1878, 06:45 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. The rector of St Stephen's, Walbrook, at the time of Croswell's visit was William Windle. The hymnal he edited, ‘The Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymn Book’, was published in a music edition revised by George Cooper in 1862.