Adelaide Anne Procter

Adelaide Anne Procter (30 October 1825 – 2 February 1864) was an English poet and philanthropist.

Her literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round, and later in feminist journals. Her charity work and her conversion to Roman Catholicism influenced her poetry, which deals with such subjects as homelessness, poverty, and fallen women, among whom she performed philanthropic work. Procter was the favourite poet of Queen Victoria. Coventry Patmore called her the most popular poet of the day, after Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Few 20th-century critics have discussed her work because of Procter's religious beliefs, but her poetry is beginning to be re-evaluated as showing technical skill.

Procter never married. Her health suffered, possibly due to overwork, and she died of tuberculosis at the age of 38.

Birth and Death Data: Born Bloomsbury (district in West End, London), Died 1864 (London (capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 48 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 1789 7-in. 9/30/1898 The lost chord William F. Hooley Male vocal solo lyricist  
Berliner 01268 7-in. 4/28/1900 The lost chord E. Francisco Baritone vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1317 7-in. 3/12/1902 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1317 10-in. 3/12/1902 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1963 7-in. 2/11/1903 The lost chord Sig. Carlos Francisco Baritone vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1963 10-in. 2/11/1903 The lost chord Sig. Carlos Francisco Baritone vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3057 10-in. 1/22/1901 The lost chord Sig. Carlos Francisco Baritone vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3298 10-in. 5/1/1901 The lost chord Addison Dashiell Madeira Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix C-]31049 12-in. either 1901 or 1902 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor C-68 [Old series] 12-in. either 2/9/1903 or 5/26/1903 The lost chord Sig. Carlos Francisco Baritone vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-935 7-in. 1/19/1904 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor B-935 10-in. 1/19/1904 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor C-935 12-in. 3/9/1905 The lost chord Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor B-1540 10-in. 6/29/1904 The lost chord Sig. Carlos Francisco Baritone vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor C-1540 12-in. 6/29/1904 The lost chord Emilio de Gogorza Baritone vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor C-2534 12-in. 5/8/1905 The lost chord Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-2790 10-in. 10/10/1905 The lost chord Orthian Ladies' Trio Female vocal trio lyricist  
Victor C-4516 12-in. 5/21/1907 The lost chord Louise Homer Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-6535 12-in. 10/12/1908 The lost chord Alan Turner Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-8029 12-in. 6/7/1909 The lost chord Victor Orchestra ; Herbert Witherspoon Bass vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-10948 12-in. 9/12/1911 The lost chord Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-10948 10-in. 9/14/1911 The lost chord Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-11942 12-in. 4/29/1912 The lost chord Enrico Caruso Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-13720 12-in. 9/3/1913 The lost chord Emilio de Gogorza Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-15962 12-in. 4/27/1915 The lost chord Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
(Results 1-25 of 48 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Procter, Adelaide Anne," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116594.

Procter, Adelaide Anne. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116594.

"Procter, Adelaide Anne." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116594

External Sources

Wikipedia: Adelaide Anne Procter

IMSLP: Adelaide Anne Procter

RILM: Adelaide Anne Procter

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94030192

Wikidata: Adelaide Anne Procter - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4681673

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/18089774

MusicBrainz: Adelaide Anne Procter - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/19268f13-8206-4713-9876-85ec101472ec

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/345135 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/345135

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