- Nov 5 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer and pedagogue (Fundamentals of the Classical Dance), dies at 72
- Nov 5 Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, Czech organist and composer, dies at 67
- Nov 9 Resurrección Maria de Azkue, Spanish Basque priest, poet, and composer, drowns at87
- Nov 9 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64
- Nov 13 Hugo Leichtentritt, German Jewish composer and musicologist, dies at 77
- Nov 13 Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
- Nov 13 Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (Skazi), dies at 71
- Nov 18 Václav Kálik, Czech composer, dies at 60
- Nov 18 Will Vodery, African-American theater and film arranger, orchestrator (Showboat; Ziegfeld's Follies; Blackbirds), and composer (From Dixie to Broadway), dies at 66
- Nov 20 Thomas Quinlan, English opera impresario, dies at 70