Up until the 1900s there were no strict rules as to how the cound would behave in a given room. All efforts to have good acoustics in a new building were often the game of chance. But — quite often — the church acoustics were good. Here are a couple of examples from Russia and Germany, and both are from the choir rehearsals.
In Russia it’s the kids choir at Peter and Paul cathedral in Vyborg
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In Germany it’s the adult choir at the Christianskirche, Ottensen, Hamburg
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Recorded January 8, 2016 and April 2013