1913 in British music

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''

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
• 28 February – Wally Ridley, record producer and songwriter
• 13 March – Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
• 2 April – Ronald Center, composer
• 28 June – George Lloyd, composer
• 28 August – Robert Irving, conductor
• 22 November – Benjamin Britten, composer
• date unknown – Eiluned Davies, Anglo Welsh concert pianist and composer

Deaths

• 19 March – John Thomas, harpist and composer, 87
• 5 May – Helen Carte, 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
• 6 December – Alexander Hurley, music hall performer, 42