Events in Music
- Nov 17 Opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Francce
Birthdays in Music
- Nov 5 Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, born in Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1934)
- Nov 7 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1946)
- Nov 29 Waldemar von Baussnern, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1931)
Deaths in Music
- Nov 26 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, dies at 59
- Nov 26 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), dies at 72