- Sep 1 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), born in Siegburg, Westphalia (d. 1921)
- Sep 17 Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
- Sep 29 Martin Pluddemann, German composer, born in Kolberg, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897)
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