Henry Croswell et al. in St Marylebone Parish Chapel, Marylebone, London - 16 November, 1884, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 412:

Left after Third Collect.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Small, ordinary, well played.

H[ymns]. – A & M.  Nice selection.

C[hoir]. – 50 Charity School girls by the sides of the Organ in the West Gallery.  Most interesting to me.

[The congregation numbered] 180 Many elderly, all very nice but too much like chapel. […]

S[ermon]. – Didn't stop.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 412. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553254407116 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Marylebone Parish Chapel, Marylebone, 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 Marylebone Parish Chapel
Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St Marylebone Parish Chapel

Experience Information

Date/Time 16 November, 1884, 07:00 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 Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:33:27 +0000
Approved on Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:17:52 +0100