- Sep 25 Luiz Costa, Portuguese pianist, and composer, born in Monte de Fralães, Barcelos, Portugal (d. 1960)
- Sep 27 Cyril Scott, British composer and author (Heroic Suite), born in Oxton, Cheshire, England (d. 1970)
- Sep 29 Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1949)
- Sep 30 Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, born in Zurich (d. 1944)
- Sep 30 Henri Casadesus, French violist and composer (Preludes for Viola d'amour), born in Paris, France (d. 1947)