Henry Croswell et al. in Christ Church, Victoria Road, Kensington, London - 9 March, 1884, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, pages 377/[377a]:
[377a: Got to church nicely.]
[…]
O[rgan]. – Good, at the East end and nicely played.
H[ymns]. – A. & M. - "Shepherd Divine …" "Glory be to Jesus …", beautifully sung.
C[hoir]. – Fine, large with good voices well trained. The boys are surpliced and paid but the singing is too cathedral-like for me.
[The congregation numbered] 400 – There were many ladies' maids etc. One man would repeat … more >>
Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 377/[377a]. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553010772705 accessed: 6 May, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of Christ Church Victoria Road |
| hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' | performed by the choir and organist of Christ Church Victoria Road |
'Shepherd Divine'
written by Thomas Turton |
performed by the choir and organist of Christ Church Victoria Road |
'Glory be to Jesus'
written by Friedrich Filitz |
performed by the choir and organist of Christ Church Victoria Road |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 9 March, 1884, 07:00 PM |
| Duration | 50 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 transcript includes an unnumbered record which is a near-duplicate of record no. 377. This is referred to as record no. 377a in the listening experience above, and supplementary information from it has been inserted in editorial square brackets. ‘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.