- Dec 2 Gustav Wohlgemuth, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1937)
- Dec 7 John Ebenezer West, English composer, born in Hackney, London, England (d. 1929)
- Dec 7 Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), born in Livorno, Italy (d. 1945)
- Dec 17 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Mânerău, Arad district, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romainia) (d. 1931)
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