- Sep 4 Hermann Zumpe, German composer, dies at 53
- Sep 18 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, German composer, dies at 79
- Sep 19 Sydir Vorobkevych, Ukrainian composer, poet, newspaper editor, and Orthodox priest, dies at 67
- Sep 28 Jesús de Monasterio, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory, 1857-1903), dies at 67