Henry Croswell et al. in St Peter's Church, Cornhill, City of London - 24 November, 1878, 06:45 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 136:

(The last Sunday after Trinity!)

[…]

O[rgan]. – In the West gallery played by a lady.

H[ymns]. – A. & M.  "The strain upraise …"  "Conquering kings …" and "Crown Him with … ."

C[hoir]. – Ten boys and six young men not surpliced.  An energetic old gentleman was the leader.  All was choral.  

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cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 136. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547633379119 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Peter's Church, Cornhill, City of London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St Peter's Church Cornhill
'Conquering kings their titles take' performed by the choir and organist of St Peter's Church Cornhill
'Crown Him with many crowns'
written by George Elvey
performed by the choir and organist of St Peter's Church Cornhill
'The strain upraise of joy and praise' performed by the choir and organist of St Peter's Church Cornhill

Experience Information

Date/Time 24 November, 1878, 06:45 PM
Duration 1 hours 15 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.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:09:39 +0000
Approved on Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:13:08 +0100