1913 in music

Events

• May 29 - there is a near-riot at the premiere of the Igor Stravinsky-scored ballet The Rite of Spring in Paris
• October - Edison Diamond Disc Record introduced
• Gustav Holst composes his St Paul's Suite

Top Hits

• "Peg o' My Heart" by Fred Fisher & Alfred Bryan
• "Danny Boy" by Fred E. Weatherly[?]
• "The Curse of an Aching Heart" by Henry Fink[?] & Al Piantadosi[?]
• "Isle D'Amour" by Earl Carroll[?]
• "The Bubble" by Otto Harbach
• "Fifteen Cents" by Chris Smith
• "Asia" by E. Ray Goetz
• "In My Harem" by Irving Berlin
• "Sweethearts" by Robert B. Smith[?]

Births

• January 25 - Witold Lutoslavski[?], composer
• February 11 - Lucio Diestro[?], composer
• June 28 - George Lloyd[?], composer
• November 22 - Benjamin Britten, composer

Deaths

• November 3 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf[?], coposer
• March 19 - John Thomas, composer