Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Sep 8 German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote), dies at 85
- Sep 11 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75
Harry Burleigh (1866-1949)
Sep 12 African American baritone and composer (Five Songs of Laurence Hope), and Springarn Medal winner (1917), dies at 82