- Sep 9 Max d'Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), dies at 84
- Sep 22 Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and music theorist, dies at 76
- Sep 25 Ennio Porrino, Italian composer, dies at 49
- Sep 28 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), dies at 34
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