- Sep 1 R. L. Burnside, American blues musician (Deep Blues), dies at 78 (b. 1926)
- Sep 7 Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer Marianne), dies at 72
- Sep 10 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues singer (Mary is Fine), dies at 81
- Sep 13 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, German Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist, dies at 90
- Sep 14 Mike Elliott, American jazz and session guitarist, and audio engineer, dies at 65
- Sep 14 Robert Wise, American Academy Award-winning film director (The Day the Earth Stood Still; West Side Story; The Sound Of Music), dies of heat failure at 91
- Sep 16 Constance Moore, American singer and actress (Buck Rogers; Show Business; Atlantic City), dies at 85
- Sep 16 Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, dies at 83
- Sep 17 Alfred Reed, American classical composer, music editor, and educator, dies at 84
- Sep 22 Heimo Erbse, German concert, opera, and theater composer (Julietta). dies at 81
- Sep 25 Georges Arvanitas, French jazz pianist and organist, dies at 74
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