Henry Croswell et al. in St Luke's Church, Robert Street, Chelsea, London - 15 February, 1885, 07:00 PM
from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 423:
Nearly lost the way going.
They had a hymn at the beginning.
[…]
Bells – 10.
O[rgan]. – Large one in West Gallery.
H[ymns]. – Church hymns, ordinary.
C[hoir]. – Large, surpliced and well-trained.
[…]
[The congregation numbered] 1450 It was really full - wonderful! But more churches ought to be built. All respectable [?]
… more >>Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 423. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1553507811419 accessed: 1 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| hymns selected from 'Church Hymns' | performed by the choir and organist of St Luke's Church Robert Street |
| Anglican church music | performed by the choir and organist of St Luke's Church Robert Street |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 15 February, 1885, 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. ‘Church Hymns’ (1871) and ‘Church Hymns with Tunes’ (1874) were publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.), under the musical editorship of Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). This collection was the most successful of the competitors to ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’ in the late nineteenth century, containing a larger number of hymns overall, and more hymns specifically intended for children and young people.