Birthdays in Music
- Sep 3 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
- Sep 9 Gentil Theodoor Antheunis, Flemish poet, born in Oudenaarde, Belgium (d. 1907)
- Sep 14 George Elbridge Whiting, American composer, born in Holliston, Massachusetts (d. 1923)
- Sep 30 Johan Svendsen, Norwegian composer, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1911)
Weddings in Music
Person of Interest
Sep 12 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck

Robert Schumann
Deaths in Music
- Sep 15 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47