1913 in music:
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[edit] Published popular music
- "Abie Sings An Irish Song": words & music by Irving Berlin
- "All Aboard For Dixieland": words Jack Yellen, music George L. Cobb
- "Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee), by H.M. Queen Liliuokalani
- "And Then", w. Alfred Bryan, m. Herman Paley
- "The Angelus", w. Robert B. Smith, w. Victor Herbert
- "Asia" by E. Ray Goetz
- "At The Ball, That's All" by J. Leubrie Hill
- "Ay, Ay, Ay!" by Osman Perez Freire
- "Ballin' The Jack", w. James Henry Burris, m. Chris Smith
- "Brighten The Corner Where You Are" w. Ina Duley Ogdon m. Charles H. Gabriel
- "The Bubble" by Otto Harbach
- "Crazy Bone Rag" m. Charles L. Johnson
- "The Cricket On The Hearth" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "'Cross The Great Divide" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
- "The Curse Of An Aching Heart" w. Henry Fink m. Al Piantadosi
- "Daddy, Come Home" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Danny Boy" w. Frederick Weatherly m. trad
- "Don't Blame It All On Broadway" w. Joe Young & Harry Williams m. Bert Grant
- "Down In Chattanooga" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Fat Li'l' Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes" w.m. Sheridan Gordon & F. L. Stanton
- "Fifteen Cents" by Chris Smith
- "Gasoline" w. J. Will Callahan (1874–1946), m. Paul Pratt (1890–1948)
- "Goodbye Boys" w. Andrew B. Sterling & William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Happy Little Country Girl" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "He'd Have to Get Under — Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" w. Grant Clark & Edgar Leslie m. Maurice Abrahams
- "Hungarian Rag" m. Julius Lenzberg
- "I Can Live Without You" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
- "I Miss You Most Of All" w.m. Joseph McCarthy Sr. & James V. Monaco
- "If I Had My Way" w. Lou Klein m. James Kendis
- "I'll Change The Shadows To Sunshine" w. George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
- "I'll Get You" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "I'm On My Way To Mandalay" w. Al Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "The Incandescent Rag" m. George Botsford
- "The International Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Isle D'Amour" w. Earl Carroll m. Leo Edwards
- "It's Nice To Get Up In The Morning" w.m. Harry Lauder
- "Just For Tonight" w.m. George L. Cobb
- "Keep On Walking" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Lion Tamer Rag" m. Mark Janza
- "Look In Her Eyes" w. M. E. Rourke m. Jerome Kern
- "Marcheta" by Victor Schertzinger
- "Melinda's Wedding Day" Berlin
- "My Little Moonlight Maid" w. W. R. Williams m. Spencer Williams
- "Never Mind" w.m. Harry Dent & Tom Goldburn
- "The Old Maids' Ball" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "On The Old Fall River Line" w. William Jerome & Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Panama" w. George V. Hobart m. Raymond Hubbell
- "Peg O' My Heart" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "The Pullman Porters On Parade" w. Ren G. May m. Maurice Abrahams
- "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Albert Gumble
- "Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay" George Botsford & Jean C. Harvez
- "San Francisco Bound" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Snookey Ookums" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Somebody's Coming To My House" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Something Seems Tingle-Ingling" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "The Sunshine Of Your Smile" w. Leonard Cooke m. Lilian Ray
- "Sweethearts" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "Take Me to Roseland, My Beautiful Rose" w. Jack Strouse & Ed Johnson, m. Nat Osbrone
- "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll
- "There's A Long Long Trail" w. Stoddard King m. Zo Elliott
- "They've Got Me Doin' It Now" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Looral" w.m. James R. Shannon
- "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll
- "Tra-La, La, La!" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "We Have Much To Be Thankful For" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Welcome Home" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When You Play In The Game Of Love" w. Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi
- "When You're All Dressed Up And No Place To Go" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Silvio Hein
- "Where Did You Get That Girl?" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Puck
- "You Made Me Love You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. James V. Monaco
- "You're Here And I'm Here" w. Harry B. Smith m. Jerome Kern
- "You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes" w.m. Irving Berlin
[edit] Popular recordings
- "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" by Al Jolson
- "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner
- "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" by Collins & Harlan
- "Cohen on the Telephone" - Ethnic humor
- "It's Nicer To Be In Bed" by Harry Lauder
[edit] Classical music
[edit] Births
- January 18 - Danny Kaye, actor, singer, dancer and comedian (d. 1987)
- January 22 - Sid Bass, songwriter (d. 1993)
- January 25 - Witold Lutosławski, composer (d. 1994)
- January 27 - Milton Adolphus, pianist and composer (d. 1988)
- March 2 - Celedonio Romero, guitarist, composer and poet (d. 1996)
- March 4 - Willie Johnson, guitarist (d. 1995)
- March 6 - Ella Logan, actress and singer (d. 1969)
- March 13 - Libero de Luca, operatic tenor
- March 30 - Frankie Laine, singer (d. 2007)
- March 31 - Etta Baker, blues guitarist and singer (d. 2006)
- April 4 - Gene Ramey, jazz musician (d. 1984)
- May 6
- May 12 - Jamelão, samba singer
- May 16 - Woody Herman, US jazz musician and bandleader (d. 1987)
- May 21 - Gina Bachauer, pianist (d. 1976)
- May 18 - Charles Trenet, French singer, actor and songwriter (d. 2001)
- June 12 - Nina Mae McKinney, dancer and actress (d. 1967)
- June 18 - Sammy Cahn, songwriter (d. 1993)
- June 23 - Helen Humes, US singer (d. 1981)
- June 28 - George Lloyd, composer (d. 1998)
- July 12 - Reino Helismaa, singer-songwriter (d. 1965)
- July 15 - Cowboy Copas, country singer (d. 1963)
- July 22
- August 2
- August 28 - Robert Irving, conductor (d. 1991)
- August 29 - Sylvia Fine, songwriter (d. 1991)
- September 26 - Dorothy Sloop, jazz musician (d. 1998)
- October 15 - David Carroll, songwriter and conductor
- October 16 - Gino Bechi, operatic bass-baritone (d. 1993)
- October 19 - John Blackburn, lyricist (d. 2006)
- October 24 - Tito Gobbi, operatic baritone (d. 1984)
- October 26 - Charlie Barnet, US bandleader (d. 1991)
- November 2 - Harry Babbitt, US singer with Kay Kyser & his orchestra (d. 2004)
- November 3 - Marika Rökk, singer, dancer and actress (d. 2004)
- November 8 - June Havoc, vaudeville performer and film star
- November 15 - Gus Johnson, jazz drummer (d. 2000)
- November 19 - Blue Barron, orchestra leader (d. 2005)
- November 22 - Benjamin Britten, composer (d. 1976)
- December 1 - Mary Martin, US singer and actress (d. 1990)
- December 30 - Lucio Agostini, conductor and composer (d. 1996)
- date unknown - John Collins, jazz guitarist (d. 2001)
[edit] Deaths
- February 26 - Felix Draeseke, composer (b. 1835)
- March 19 - John Thomas, harpist and composer (b. 1826)
- April 4 - Alessandro Parisotti, composer and music writer (b. 1853)
- May 5 - Helen Carte, theatre impresario (b. 1852)
- July 4 - Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, operatic soprano (b. 1868)
- July 16 - Sigismund Bachrich, violinist and composer (b. 1841)
- July 17 - Armes Beaumont, singer (b. 1842)
- September 17 - Alfred Sormann, pianist and composer (b. 1861)
- October 20
- November 3 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, pianist and composer (b. 1830)
- December 6 - Alexander Hurley, music hall performer (b. 1871)
- date unknown - Ludwig Milde, composer of bassoon music (b. 1849)
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