Henry Croswell et al. in St Agnes' Church, Farmer Road, Kennington, London - 23 September, 1883, 07:30 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 352:

We got there after the Third Collect.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Small (so it seemed to me) in the Rood Loft. 

H[ymns]. – A nice popular selection of Hymns A. & M. 

C[hoir]. – Large, well trained but so far off that I couldn't see particulars. 

[The congregation numbered] 900 – A wonderful large number, principally young persons of all sorts. 

[…] 

M[iscellaneous]. – We made a sad mess of going there.

 

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 352. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1552920735986 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Agnes' Church, Farmer Road, Kennington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St Agnes' Church Farmer Road
Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St Agnes' Church Farmer Road

Experience Information

Date/Time 23 September, 1883, 07:30 PM
Duration 45 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 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:52:16 +0000
Approved on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:30:20 +0100