1913 in British music
# 1913 in British music

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.

## 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)
* 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, 60
* 17 July – Armes Beaumont, singer best known in Australia, 70
* 26 August – Michael Maybrick, singer and composer, 72
* 13 September – Alfred Gaul, composer, conductor and organist, 76
* 20 October – Charles Brookfield, musical theatre writer, 56 (tuberculosis)
* 6 December – Alexander Hurley, music hall performer, 42 (pneumonia)
