Henry Croswell et al. in Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, London - 4 May, 1884, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 388:

Got there 6.50

[…]

O[rgan]. – Large, just opened, fine.  Organist, Gladstone, Mus D. 1881.

H[ymns]. – A & M., nice ordinary selection.

C[hoir]. – Large, surpliced, fine voices.  We sat in side East Gallery.

[…]

[The congregation numbered] 1400 […]

S[ermon]. – Didn't stop

[…]

M[iscellaneous]. – A wondrous sight; what won't fashion do.  Crowded all but quite at bottom and in end galleries; seats all in aisles all down.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 388. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553081472380 accessed: 28 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, 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 Christ Church Lancaster Gate
hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of Christ Church Lancaster Gate

Experience Information

Date/Time 4 May, 1884, 07:00 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 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:31:12 +0000
Approved on Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:52:05 +0100