Henry Croswell et al. in St Thomas' Church, Stamford Hill, London - 29 June, 1879, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 158:

with a S. Peter's Day Processional.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Small, good and well played.

H[ymns]. – A. & M. (Old Edition) but a High Church selection.

C[hoir]. – 12 boys and 10 men surpliced - some fine gregorian singing.

[The congregation numbered] 500 Not many men, a few old persons, otherwise an ordinary congregation.

[…] 

B[uilding] – Basilican (1806)  A wretched old building beautifully restored in 1873.  I think it one of the finest Catholic churches and services we have ever attended.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 158. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1548329832501 accessed: 24 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Thomas' Church, Stamford Hill, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music including Gregorian chant performed by the choir and organist of St Thomas' Church Stamford Hill
hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St Thomas' Church Stamford Hill

Experience Information

Date/Time 29 June, 1879, 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. ‘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 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:37:12 +0000
Approved on Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:14:40 +0100