- Nov 1 Alfred Reisenauer, German pianist and composer, born in Königsberg (d. 1907)
- Nov 3 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1942)
- Nov 4 William Faulkes, English organist, transcriber and composer, born in Liverpool on 4 November 1863 (d. 1933)
- Nov 29 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer
- Nov 30 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1916)