See also: 1912 in music, other events of 1913, 1914 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• April 1 - Manuel de Falla's opera La vida breve is given its world premiere in Nice
• 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

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" w.m. J. Leubrie Hill
• "Ay, Ay, Ay!" w.m. 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
• "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" w.m. 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

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

Classical music

• George Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow
• John Alden Carpenter - Violin Sonata
• Claude Debussy - La boîte à joujoux (ballet); Trois poèmes de Mallarmé
• Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite
• Louis Vierne - Messe basse, Op. 30

Opera

• Gabriel Faure - Penelope
• Jules Massenet - Panurge

Musical theater

• 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
• Hullo, Tango London production
• Der Mädchenmarkt Vienna production
• The Marriage Market London production
• Sweethearts Broadway production
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 Broadway production

Births

• January 25 - Witold Lutoslavski , composer
• February 11 - Lucio Diestro , composer
• March 30 - Frankie Laine
• May 16 - Woody Herman, US bandleader
• May 18 - Charles Trenet, French singer, actor and songwriter
• June 23 - Helen Humes, US singer
• June 28 - George Lloyd , composer
• July 22 - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter
• August 29 - Sylvia Fine , songwriter
• October 26 - Charlie Barnet, US bandleader
• November 2 - Harry Babbitt, US singer with Kay Kyser & his orchestra
• November 22 - Benjamin Britten, composer
• December 1 - Mary Martin, US singer and actress

Deaths

• February 26 - Felix Draeseke, composer
• March 19 - John Thomas, harpist and composer
• November 3 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer