1913 in British music

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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]
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]

Popular music

Albert Ketèlbey – "My Heart Still Clings to You"^[5]
Arnold Safroni-Middleton – "Imperial Echoes"

Recordings

Harry Lauder – "It's Nicer To Be In Bed"^[6]

Classical music: new works

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
- Decorations
- The Forgotten Rite^[8]^[9]
- 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.^[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]

Publications

Francesco Berger – Reminiscences, Impressions, and Anecdotes.^[11]
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)^[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)

Deaths

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]

References

^ "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.
^ Novello Theatre History
^ 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.
^ The Forgotten Rite (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
^ "List of works – E to F". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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

[1] "Luonnotar (Daughter of Nature)". Jean Sibelius – The music. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

[2] "MISS MARIE LLOYD". Papers Past (EVENING POST, VOLUME LXXXVI, ISSUE 113, 8 NOVEMBER 1913 ed.). Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[3] Edward Foley; Mark Paul Bangert (2000). Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary. Liturgical Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8146-5889-5.

[4] Novello Theatre History

[5] Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1914.

[6] The Talking Machine Review. E. Bayly. 1975.

[7] 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.

[8] The Forgotten Rite (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[9] "List of works – E to F". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

[footlights-10] "London Musicals 1910–1914" (PDF). Over the Footlights. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[11] Patrick Regan (2002-08-27). "Professor Francesco Berger: Obituary from The Times". Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901). Retrieved 2013-02-16.

[12] Michael Freedland, "Obituary, Wally Ridley", The Guardian, 26 February 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2019

[13] 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

[14] "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.

[15] 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

[16] Fuller Maitland, J.A., "Gaul, Alfred (Robert)", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2017-04-17

[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).

[18] "Death of well-known comedian Mr Alec Hurley", Aberdeen Journal, 8 December 1913, p. 7

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