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)