1913_in_British_music
1913 in British music
Overview of the events of 1913 in British music
This is a summary of 1913 in music in the United Kingdom.
- 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]
- 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.[2]
- date unknown
- Edward Bairstow becomes organist of York Minster.[3]
- 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.[4]
- Albert Ketèlbey – "My Heart Still Clings to You"[5]
- Arnold Safroni-Middleton – "Imperial Echoes"
- Harry Lauder – "It's Nicer To Be In Bed"[6]
- Arnold Bax – Three Pieces for Small Orchestra
- York Bowen – At the Play
- George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow[7]
- Edward Elgar – Falstaff
- Gustav Holst – St Paul's Suite
- John Ireland
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (revised version)
- 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.[10]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[10]
- Francesco Berger – Reminiscences, Impressions, and Anecdotes.[11]
- Frank Bridge – Second Book of Organ Pieces
- 27 January – Jack Brymer, clarinettist (died 2003)
- 28 February – Wally Ridley, record producer and songwriter (died 2007)[12]
- 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)
- 19 March – John Thomas, harpist and composer, 87
- 5 May – Helen Carte (Helen Lenoir; née Black), impresario, 60[13]
- 17 July – Armes Beaumont, singer best known in Australia, 70[14]
- 26 August – Michael Maybrick, singer and composer, 72[15]
- 13 September – Alfred Gaul, composer, conductor and organist, 76[16]
- 20 October – Charles Brookfield, musical theatre writer, 56 (tuberculosis)[17]
- 6 December – Alexander Hurley, music hall performer, 42 (pneumonia)[18]
- "Luonnotar (Daughter of Nature)". Jean Sibelius – The music. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- "MISS MARIE LLOYD". Papers Past (EVENING POST, VOLUME LXXXVI, ISSUE 113, 8 NOVEMBER 1913 ed.). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- Edward Foley; Mark Paul Bangert (2000). Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary. Liturgical Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8146-5889-5.
- Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1914.
- The Talking Machine Review. E. Bayly. 1975.
- Angela K. Smith; Krista Cowman (3 February 2017). Landscapes and Voices of the Great War. Taylor & Francis. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-351-85641-6.
- "List of works – E to F". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- "London Musicals 1910–1914" (PDF). Over the Footlights. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- Patrick Regan (2002-08-27). "Professor Francesco Berger: Obituary from The Times". Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901). Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- Michael Freedland, "Obituary, Wally Ridley", The Guardian, 26 February 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2019
- Stedman, Jane W. "Carte, Helen (1852–1913)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59169; accessed 12 September 2008
- "Singer of Bygone Years. Death of Mr. Armes Beaumont. Fine Career Closed". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 20,899. Victoria, Australia. 18 July 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Patrick 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
- Fuller Maitland, J.A., "Gaul, Alfred (Robert)", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2017-04-17
- 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).
- "Death of well-known comedian Mr Alec Hurley", Aberdeen Journal, 8 December 1913, p. 7