Editing 1913 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1913.

==Specific locations==
*[[1913 in British music]]
*[[1913 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1913 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 5]] – [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s last opera ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' is performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years, in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Mark Ringer|last=Ringer|first= Mark|title=Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi|publisher=Amadeus Press|location=Newark N.J.|year=2006|isbn=1-57467-110-3|page=132}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] – The second performance of [[Francesco Balilla Pratella]]'s ''Musica Futurista'' in Rome becomes the first of several pieces this year of [[List of classical music with an unruly audience response|classical music with an unruly audience response]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Payton|first=Rodney J.|title=The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|year=1976|volume=LXII|issue=1|page=33|doi=10.1093/mq/lxii.1.25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-M_jhnOuboC&q=russolo+riot&pg=PA415|title=Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2002|isbn=9780313296895}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – ''[[Skandalkonzert]]'': A concert at the [[Musikverein]] in [[Vienna]] with [[Arnold Schoenberg]] conducting music by himself and his pupils [[Alban Berg]] and [[Anton Webern]], particularly Berg's ''[[Altenberg Lieder]]'', provokes fisticuffs and is abandoned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barker|first=Andrew|year=1997|chapter=Battles of the Mind: Berg and the Cultural Politics of 'Vienna 1900'|title=[[Cambridge Companions to Music|The Cambridge Companion to Berg]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_o7e7/page/24 24]|editor=Pople, Anthony|isbn=0-521-56489-1}}</ref>
*[[April 1]] – [[Manuel de Falla]]'s opera ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]'' is given its world première in [[Nice]].
*[[May 29]] – The [[ballet]] ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'', with music by [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducted by [[Pierre Monteux]] and choreography by [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] is premièred by [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]] at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]], its [[modernism]] provoking one of the most famous classical music riots in history.<ref>[http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 Radio Lab, Show 202: "Musical Language"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901005957/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 |date=September 1, 2010 }}, New York: WNYC (21 April 2006). Host/Producer: [[Jad Abumrad]], Co-Host: [[Robert Krulwich]], Producer: Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor.</ref> The audience includes [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Coco Chanel]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Harry Graf Kessler]] and [[Maurice Ravel]]. Police are called during the interval.
*[[September 5]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s performance of the first version of his ''[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 2]]'' at [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg]], is met with hisses and catcalls.<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Michael Steinberg (music critic)|last=Steinberg|first=Michael|url=http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|title=Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2|publisher=[[San Francisco Symphony]]|access-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041410/http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[September 10]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Luonnotar (Sibelius)|Luonnotar]]'' is premiered at the [[Three Choirs Festival]] in [[Gloucester Cathedral]], England, with soprano [[Aino Ackté]] and orchestra conducted by [[Herbert Brewer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Luonnotar (Daughter of Nature)|work=Jean Sibelius – The Music|access-date=2016-11-12|url=http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/ork_luonnotar.htm}}</ref>
*October – [[Edison Diamond Disc Record]] introduced.
*The term "[[Jazz]]" first appears in print (in the [[San Francisco]] ''Bulletin'').
*[[Louis Armstrong]] begins playing the [[cornet]], in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs.
*[[Lili Boulanger]] becomes the first woman to win the Musical Composition section of the [[Prix de Rome]], with her [[cantata]] ''[[Faust et Hélène]]''.
*The [[Aeolian Company]] introduces the [[Duo-Art]] piano technology.
*[[Edward Bairstow]] becomes organist of [[York Minster]].

[[Image:CurseOfAnAchingHeart1913.jpg|right]]

==Published popular music==
* "Abie Sings An Irish Song": words & music by [[Irving Berlin]]
* "All Aboard For Dixieland": words [[Jack Yellen]], music [[George L. Cobb]]
* "And Then",  w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]], m. [[Herman Paley]]
* "The Angelus", w. [[Robert Bache Smith|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 [[Osmán Pérez Freire]]
* "[[Ballin' the Jack]]", w. [[James Henry Burris]], m. [[Chris Smith (composer)|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 Bache Smith|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. [[Frederic Weatherly]] m. trad
* "Don't Blame It All On Broadway" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]] m. [[Bert Grant]]
* "Down In Chattanooga" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa]]" by [[Daniel Alomía Robles]]
* "Fat Li'l' Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes" w.m. [[Sheridan Gordon]] & [[F. L. Stanton]]
* "Fifteen Cents" by [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "[[Gasoline (1913 song)|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]]
* "Hello, Honey" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[Raymond Hubbell]].  Introduced by Elizabeth Brice in the revue ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]''
* "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 (lyricist)|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 Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "I'll Get You" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|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 (composer)|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. [[Herbert Reynolds (lyricist)|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 (lyricist)|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 Bache Smith|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. [[Alonzo Elliot]]
* "[[There Is Power in a Union]]" w. [[Joe Hill (activist)|Joe Hill]] m. Lewis E. Jones
* "They've Got Me Doin' It Now" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral|Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)]]" w.m. [[James Royce Shannon]]
* "[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (song)|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 (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|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]]

==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]]

==Classical music==
*[[Alban Berg]] – 4 Stücke, Op. 5
*[[George Butterworth]] – ''Banks of Green Willow''
*[[John Alden Carpenter]] – Violin Sonata
*[[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]] – ''Questo fu il carro della morte'', Op. 2
*[[Claude Debussy]] 
**''La boîte à joujoux'' (ballet)
**''[[Syrinx (Debussy)|Syrinx]]''
**''Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Frederick Delius]] – I-Brasil, RT V/28
*[[Gustav Holst]] – ''St Paul's Suite''
*[[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 3
** Symphony No. 4 (''Dante-Symphony'')
** ''Paolo und Francesca (symphonic fantasy)''
*[[Fritz Kreisler]] – Allegretto in the Style of Porpora
*[[Nikolai Medtner]] – 4 Fairy Tales, Op.26
*[[Morfydd Owen]] – ''Nocturne''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]] – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.16 (original version, lost in the Russian Revolution)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] 
**[[The Bells (symphony)|''The Bells'']] (Choral symphony), premiered November 30 in St. Petersburg.
**Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36 (first version)
*[[Maurice Ravel]] 
**''Daphnis et Chloé'' Suite No.2, M. 57b
**''À la manière de Borodine'', M. 63
**''À la manière de Chabrier'', M. 63
**''Prélude'' in A minor, M.65
**''Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Max Reger]] 
**Introduction, Passacaglia und Fuge, Op.127
**4 Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128
**9 Stücke, Op.129
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – ''Ouverture carnevalesca''
*[[Erik Satie]] 
**''[[Chapitres tournés en tous sens]]''
**''[[Descriptions automatiques]]''
*[[Xaver Scharwenka|F. Xaver Scharwenka]] – ''Eglantine'' waltz
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' (first performed/published; composed 1900–1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Gurre-Lieder_(Schoenberg,_Arnold)|title=Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Arnold) – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[The Bard (Sibelius)|''The Bard'']]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[The Rite of Spring]]''
*[[Germaine Tailleferre]] – Berceuse for violin and piano in E major
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[A London Symphony]]'' (Symphony No. 2)
*[[Louis Vierne]] – ''Messe basse'', Op. 30
*[[Anton Webern]]
**Six Bagatelles, Op. 9, for string quartet
**Five Pieces for orchestra
**Three Pieces for string quartet and mezzo-soprano

==Opera==
*[[Manuel de Falla]] – ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]''
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – ''[[Pénélope]]''
*[[Enrique Granados]] – [[Goyescas (opera)|''Goyescas'']]
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Panurge (opera)|Panurge]]''
*[[Italo Montemezzi]] – ''[[L'amore dei tre re]] (The Love of the Three Kings)''
*[[Modest Mussorgsky]] – ''[[The Fair at Sorochyntsi]] (Sorochinskaya yarmarka)'' (incomplete)
*[[Uzeyir Hajibeyov]] – ''[[Arshin Mal Alan (operetta)|Arshin Mal Alan]]'' (operetta)
*[[Paul von Klenau]] – ''Sulamith''
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] – ''[[L'amore medico]]'', premiered December 4 in Dresden

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Adele (musical)|Adele]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on August 28 and ran for 196 performances
* ''[[The American Maid]]'' – Broadway production
* ''[[The Girl from Utah]]'' – London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on October 18 and ran for 195 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on April 5 and ran for 232 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[44th Street Theatre]] on December 29 and ran for 64 performances
* ''[[The Honeymoon Express (musical)|The Honeymoon Express]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on February 6 and ran for 156 performances
* ''[[Hullo, Tango]]'' – London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on December 23
* ''[[The Isle o' Dreams]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Pike's Opera House|Grand Opera House]] on January 27 and ran for 32 performances
* ''[[The Laughing Husband]]'' – London production opened at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] on October 2.
* ''[[The Little Café]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on November 10 and ran for 144 performances
* ''[[The Madcap Duchess]]'' (Music: [[Victor Herbert]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on November 11 and ran for 71 performances.  Starring [[Ann Swinburne]], [[Peggy Wood]] and Glenn Hall
* ''[[Der Mädchenmarkt]]'' – Vienna production opened at the [[Carltheater]] on May 7
* ''[[The Marriage Market]]'' – London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on May 17 and ran for 423 performances
* ''[[The Pearl Girl]]'' – London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 254 performances
* ''The Pleasure Seekers'' (Music: [[E. Ray Goetz]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on November 3, starring William J. Montgomery and [[Florence Moore]],<ref>Anon., "'Pleasure Seekers' a Spectacle Only: New Winter Garden Show Lacks Comedy, but Has a Big, Dazzling Chorus: Snowball Fight Exciting", ''The New York Times'' (4 November 1913): 9.</ref> and ran for 72 performances.<ref>James M. Salem, ''A Guide to Critical Reviews: The Musical, 1909–1974'', second edition (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976): 389. {{ISBN|9780810809598}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Sunshine Girl]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on February 3 and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Sweethearts (theater)|Sweethearts]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on September 8 and transferred to the [[Liberty Theatre (New York, New York)|Liberty Theatre]] on November 10 for a total run of 272 performances
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]'' – Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on June 16 and ran for 108 performances

==Births==
*[[January 22]] – [[Sid Bass (songwriter)|Sid Bass]], songwriter (d. 1993) 
*[[January 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], American composer (d. 2008)
*[[January 25]] – [[Witold Lutosławski]], composer (d. 1994)
*[[January 26]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], American composer (d. 1990)
*[[January 27]]
**[[Milton Adolphus]], pianist and composer (d. 1988)
**[[Jack Brymer]], English clarinettist (d. 2003)
*[[January 31]] – Pedro Jústiz "[[Peruchín]]", Cuban pianist (d. 1977)
*[[February 4]] – [[Yam Kim-fai]], Cantonese opera singer (d. 1989)
*[[March 2]] – [[Celedonio Romero]], guitarist, composer and poet (d. 1996)
*[[March 4]] – [[Willie Johnson (guitarist)|Willie Johnson]], guitarist (d. 1995)
*[[March 5]] – [[Gangubai Hangal]], Indian classical singer (d. 2009)
*[[March 13]]
**[[Smoky Dawson]], Australian singer (d. 2008)
**[[Libero de Luca]], operatic tenor (d. 1997)
**[[Sergey Mikhalkov]], Russian lyricist (d. 2009)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pappukutty Bhagavathar]], Indian actor and singer (d. 2020)
*[[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)
*[[April 14]] – [[Jean Fournet]], French conductor (d. 2008)
*[[May 1]] – [[Walter Susskind]], Czech conductor (d. 1980)
*[[May 6]]
**<!--May 6-->[[Carmen Cavallaro]], pianist (d. 1989)
**<!--May 6-->[[Gyula Dávid]], composer (d. 1977)
*[[May 12]] – [[Jamelão]], samba singer (d. 2008)
*[[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 10]] – [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian composer (d. 2007)
*[[June 11]] – [[Risë Stevens]], American mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
*[[June 12]] – [[Nina Mae McKinney]], dancer and actress (d. 1967)
*[[June 13]] – [[Joy Boughton]], English oboist (died 1963)
*[[June 18]] – [[Sammy Cahn]], songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[June 23]] – [[Helen Humes]], US singer (d. 1981)
*[[June 28]] – [[George Lloyd (composer)|George Lloyd]], composer (d. 1998)
*[[July 12]] – [[Reino Helismaa]], singer-songwriter (d. 1965)
*[[July 15]] – [[Cowboy Copas]], country singer (d. 1963)
*[[July 22]] – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
*[[August 2]]
**<!--August 2-->[[Hal Block]], songwriter (d. 1981)
**<!--August 2-->[[Edric Connor]], calypso singer (d. 1968)
*[[August 8]] – [[Axel Stordahl]], arranger, best known for his collaborations with [[Frank Sinatra]] (d. [[1963 in music|1963]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Robert Irving (conductor)|Robert Irving]], conductor (d. 1991)
*[[August 29]] – [[Sylvia Fine]], songwriter (d. 1991)
*[[September 6]] – [[Julie Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. [[2019 in radio|2019]])
*[[September 17]] – [[Jørgen Jersild]], Danish composer and music educator (d. 2004)
*[[September 20]] – [[John Collins (jazz guitarist)|John Collins]], jazz guitarist (d. 2001)
*[[September 23]] -Alexi Matchavariani, Georgian,(Soviet) Composer,(d.31/12/1995)
*[[September 26]] – [[Dorothy Sloop]], jazz musician (d. 1998)
*[[October 15]] – [[David Carroll (musician)|David Carroll]], songwriter and conductor (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Gino Bechi]], operatic bass-baritone (d. 1993)
*[[October 19]]  
**[[John Blackburn (songwriter)|John Blackburn]], lyricist (d. 2006)
**[[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian lyricist (d. 1980)
*[[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 (d. 2010)
*[[November 11]] – [[Ivy Benson]], bandleader (d. 1993)
*[[November 15]] – [[Gus Johnson (jazz musician)|Gus Johnson]], jazz drummer (d. 2000)
*[[November 19]] – [[Blue Barron]], orchestra leader (d. 2005)
*[[November 22]] – [[Benjamin Britten]], composer (d. 1976)
*[[November 23]] – [[Raymond Hanson (composer)|Raymond Hanson]], composer and teacher (d. 1976) 
*[[December 1]] – [[Mary Martin]], US singer and actress (d. 1990)
*[[December 6]] – [[Karl Haas]], editor and musicologist (died 2005)
*[[December 10]] – [[Morton Gould]], composer, conductor and arranger (d. 1996)
*[[December 14]] – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003)
*[[December 30]] – [[Lucio Agostini]], conductor and composer (d. 1996)

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[:nl:Gustav Carl Luders|Gustav Carl Luders]], composer (b. 1865)
*[[February 10]] – [[Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov]], lyricist (born 1848)
*[[February 26]] – [[Felix Draeseke]], composer (b. 1835)
*[[March 19]]
**[[Géza Allaga]], composer, cellist and cymbalist (b. 1841)
**[[John Thomas (harpist)|John Thomas]], harpist and composer (b. 1826)
*[[March 20]] – [[Christian Barnekow]], Danish composer (b. 1837)
*[[April 4]] – [[Alessandro Parisotti]], composer and music writer (b. 1853)
*[[May 5]] – [[Helen Carte]], theatre impresario (b. 1852)
*[[June 3]] – [[Josef Richard Rozkošný]], pianist and composer (b. 1833)
*[[June 6]] – [[Mary Seney Sheldon]], first female president of the New York Philharmonic (b. 1863)
*[[June 17]] – [[Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf]], Swedish-German composer (b. 1840)
*[[July 4]] – [[Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel]], Ukrainian-Russian operatic soprano (b. 1868)
*[[July 16]] – [[Sigismund Bachrich]], violinist and composer (b. 1841)
*[[July 17]] – [[Armes Beaumont]], singer (b. 1842)
*[[August 7]] – [[David Popper]], cellist and composer (b. 1843) 
*[[August 11]] – [[Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha]], lawyer, diplomat and composer 
*[[August 26]] – [[Michael Maybrick]], composer and singer (b. 1841)
*[[September 13]] – [[Alfred R. Gaul]], conductor and composer (b. 1837)
*[[September 17]] – [[Alfred Sormann]], pianist and composer (b. 1861)
*[[September 22]] – [[Eliakum Zunser]], poet and songwriter (b. 1835)
*[[October 20]]
**<!--October 20-->[[Charles Brookfield]], theatre writer (b. 1857)
**<!--October 20-->[[Polk Miller]], banjo player and folk musician (b. 1844)
*[[November 3]] – [[Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff]], pianist and composer (b. 1830)
*[[December 6]] – [[Alexander Hurley]], music hall performer (b. 1871) 
*''date unknown'' – [[Ludwig Milde]], composer of bassoon music (b. 1849)

==References==
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