- Sep 6 (Ernest) "Red" Ingle, American jazz and novelty saxophonist, songwriter, arranger and vocalist (Ted Weems; Spike Jones and His City Slickers; The Natural Seven), dies of an internal hemorrhage at 58
- Sep 6 Konstantin G. Mostras, Russian composer, dies at 79
- Sep 9 Julián Antonio Carillo Trujillo, Mexican violinist, conductor and composer (D.W. Griffith's Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound), dies at 90
- Sep 15 Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75
- Sep 16 Ahn Eak-tai, Korean cellist, composer (Aegukga - national anthem of South Korea), and conductor, dies at 58
- Sep 25 Nikolai Sokoloff, Russian-American conductor (Seattle Symphony), dies at 79
- Sep 27 Harry Reser, American banjo player and bandleader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
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