This is a summary of 1913 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events 10 September – The première of Jean Sibelius's tone poem Luonnotar takes place at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral, with soprano Aino Ackté and orchestra conducted by Herbert Brewer. 1 October – Marie Lloyd and her lover, Bernard Dillon, are arrested by the US immigration authorities on their arrival in New York, when it is discovered that they are not married. date unknown Edward Bairstow becomes organist of York Minster. Ivor Novello moves into a flat above the Strand Theatre in London's West End; in 2005, the theatre would be renamed in his honour.Novello Theatre History
Popular music Albert Ketèlbey – "My Heart Still Clings to You" Arnold Safroni-Middleton – "Imperial Echoes"
Recordings Harry Lauder – "It's Nicer To Be In Bed"
Classical music: new works Arnold Bax – Three Pieces for Small Orchestra York Bowen – At the Play George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow Edward Elgar – Falstaff Gustav Holst – St Paul's Suite John Ireland Decorations The Forgotten Rite The Holy Boy Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (revised version)
Musical theatre 7 February – After the Girl, with music by Paul Rubens and lyrics by Percy Greenbank, opens at the Gaiety Theatre for a run of 105 performances. 18 February – Oh! Oh! Delphine!, with music by Ivan Caryll and lyrics by C.M.S. McLellan, opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre for a run of 174 performances. 25 September – The Pearl Girl, with music by Howard Talbot & Hugo Felix and lyrics by Basil Hood, opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre, starring Marjorie Maxwell, for a run of 254 performances.
Publications Francesco Berger – Reminiscences, Impressions, and Anecdotes. Frank Bridge – Second Book of Organ Pieces
Births 27 January – Jack Brymer, clarinettist (died 2003) 28 February – Wally Ridley, record producer and songwriter (died 2007) Michael Freedland, "Obituary, Wally Ridley", The Guardian, 26 February 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2019 13 March – Tessie O'Shea, entertainer (died 1995) 2 April – Ronald Center, composer (died 1973) 28 June – George Lloyd, composer (died 1998) 28 August – Robert Irving, conductor (died 1991) 22 November – Benjamin Britten, composer (died 1976) date unknown – Eiluned Davies, Anglo Welsh concert pianist and composer (died 1999)
Deaths 19 March – John Thomas, harpist and composer, 87 5 May – Helen Carte (Helen Lenoir; née Black), impresario, 60Stedman, Jane W. "Carte, Helen (1852–1913)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004, ; accessed 12 September 2008 17 July – Armes Beaumont, singer best known in Australia, 70 26 August – Michael Maybrick, singer and composer, 72Patrick Waddington, ‘Maybrick, Michael [Stephen Adams] (1841–1913)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46651, accessed 1 November 2009 13 September – Alfred Gaul, composer, conductor and organist, 76 20 October – Charles Brookfield, musical theatre writer, 56 (tuberculosis)Beale, Sally. "Brookfield, Charles Hallam Elton (1857–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, January 2008, accessed 21 April 2010 (subscription required). 6 December – Alexander Hurley, music hall performer, 42 (pneumonia)"Death of well-known comedian Mr Alec Hurley", Aberdeen Journal, 8 December 1913, p. 7
See also 1913 in the United Kingdom
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