Henry Croswell et al. in St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford Road, Kilburn, London - 7 December, 1884, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 414:

 Litany.  This is very uncommon.  General Thanksgiving said by all aloud. 

O[rgan]. – Large, good, at East end.

[…]

H[ymns]. – Bickers, Old Edition.  "In the Lord's atoning grief …"

C[hoir]. – Voluntary with large bed-gowns.  I wonder all don't prefer S. Augustine close by.

[The congregation …   more >>

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 414. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553256411279 accessed: 28 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford Road, Kilburn, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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'In the Lord's atoning grief'
written by Richard Redhead
performed by the choir and organist of St John the Evangelist Church Oxford Road, Kilburn
Hymns selected from the 'Hymnal Companion' performed by the choir and organist of St John the Evangelist Church Oxford Road, Kilburn
Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of St John the Evangelist Church Oxford Road, Kilburn

Experience Information

Date/Time 7 December, 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. ‘Bickers’ refers to ‘The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer’ (1870, rev. 1877; and in a revised edition with tunes, 1890) compiled by Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825–1906).


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:06:52 +0000
Approved on Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:14:09 +0100