- Sep 1 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, dies at 76
- Sep 1 Otto Emanuel Olsson, Swedish organist and composer, dies at 84
- Sep 3 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer and music critic, dies at 82
- Sep 9 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
- Sep 14 Mary Howe, American composer and pianist (Sand), dies at 82
- Sep 16 Ernest Hill, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 64
- Sep 28 George Dyson, English musician and composer, dies at 81
- Sep 28 Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin' In The Rain), dies at 68
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