- Sep 6 Charles "Buddy" Bolden, African-American jazz cornetist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1931)
- Sep 6 Petar Stojanovic, Serbian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1957)
- Sep 9 Jesús Castillo, Guatemalan composer (Quiché Vinak), born in San Juan Ostuncalco (d. 1946)
- Sep 17 Jean Hure, French composer and organist, born in Gien, Loire, France (d. 1930)
- Sep 18 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest and songwriter (Under the Snow), born in Broechem, Belgium (d. 1956)
- Sep 20 Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1959)
- Sep 26 Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist and teacher, born in Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland (d. 1962)
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