Henry Croswell et al. in St Martin in the Fields Church, Charing Cross, London - 9 January, 1881, 07:03 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 236:
O[rgan]. – Fine and large in the West Gallery.
H[ymns]. – Church Hymns. We had one lent us.
C[hoir]. – Large and surpliced - Anglicans. The Choir did nearly all the service, the priests little, the people less.
[The congregation numbered] 1100 – A grand representative gathering with many men, most well-to-do, many girls and lads. The latter I had to speak to for loud talking.
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… more >>Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 236. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1551264266842 accessed: 22 November, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
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| Date/Time | 9 January, 1881, 07:03 PM |
| Duration | 47 minutes |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
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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. 'Church Hymns’ (1871) and ‘Church Hymns with Tunes’ (1874) were publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.), under the musical editorship of Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). This collection was the most successful of the competitors to ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’ in the late nineteenth century, containing a larger number of hymns overall, and more hymns specifically intended for children and young people.