September 1916 in Music

Birthdays in Music

  • Sep 13 Richard "Dick" Haymes, Argentine-American actor and singer (Sate Fair, Real Life, Betrayal), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1980)
  • Sep 16 M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), born in Madurai, Madras Presidency (d. 2004)
  • Sep 25 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, French composer, born in Feodosia (d. 1997)
  • Sep 29 Minao Shibata, composer

Deaths in Music

  • Sep 10 Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, dies at 77
  • Sep 15 Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer, dies at 82
  • Sep 25 Julius Fučík, Czech composer, dies at 44