Birthdays in Music
- Sep 2 Gideon William Waldrop, American composer and educator (Julliard School, 1961-85), born in Haskell County, Texas (d. 2000)
- Sep 2 Marge Champion (née Belcher), American dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
- Sep 8 Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 1999)
- Sep 10 Lex van Delden [Alexander Zwaap], Dutch composer and writer (Canto della Guerra), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (d. 1988)
- Sep 14 Deryck Cooke, British composer and musicologist, born in Leicester (d. 1976)
- Sep 16 Milan Harašta, Czech composer, born in Brno, Moravia Czechoslovakia (d. 1946)
- Sep 19 Blanche Thebom, American mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), born in Monessen, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
- Sep 24 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), born in Polanka, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
- Sep 25 (Rossiere) "Shadow" Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1959)
- Sep 28 Countess Margaret Johnson, American jazz pianist, born in Chanute, Kansas (d. 1939)
- Sep 30 Patricia Neway, American soprano (Consul; Maria Golovia), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
Deaths in Music
- Sep 27 Adelina Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
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