Henry Croswell et al. in St James' Church, Norlands, Kensington, London - 21 September, 1884, 07:20 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 405:

Got there oh so late!

[…]

O[rgan]. – Large, fine, well-played.

H[ymns]. – A & M. and an elaborate Anthem.

C[hoir]. – Large, surpliced, good voices but too elaborate to please me.

[The congregation numbered] 900 – […] This is a fine number but shows the neighbourhood is going down.

S[ermon]. – Didn't stop, […] Numbers of young ladies, few males, no boys in church. 

[…]

M[iscellaneous]. – Asked twice to have a seat.  Sat and knelt in front passage. 

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 405. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553168437861 accessed: 28 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St James' Church, Norlands, Kensington, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music including an anthem performed by the choir and organist of St James' Church Norlands
hymns selected from 'Hymns A&M' performed by the choir and organist of St James' Church Norlands

Experience Information

Date/Time 21 September, 1884, 07:20 PM
Duration 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, 21 Mar 2019 11:40:38 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:51:21 +0100