- Sep 9 Edward Burlingame Hill, American composer and educator (Harvard, 1908-40), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1960)
- Sep 9 Josef Stránský, Czech conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1911-23), born in Humpolec, Bohemia (d. 1936)
- Sep 21 Albert Löfgren, Swedish clarinetist and composer (Slåttergille Rhapsody), born in Hasslösa, Sweden (d. 1930)
- Sep 22 Luis Villalba Munoz, Spanish composer (d. 1921)