- Nov 6 Billy Murcia, Colombian born American rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
- Nov 11 Berry Oakley, American rocker and bass player (The Allman Brothers Band), dies in motorcycle crash at 24
- Nov 12 Rudolf Friml, Czech-American concert pianist and composer (Rose-Marie; The Vagabond King), dies at 92
- Nov 16 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
- Nov 18 Danny Whitten, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Crazy Horse; Rod Stewart - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"), dies of a methaqualone overdose at 29
- Nov 18 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, dies at 90
- Nov 21 Karel Haba, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 74
- Nov 24 Alexander Smallens, Russian-born American conductor, dies at 83
- Nov 24 Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 52
- Nov 28 Gustave Frederic Soderlund, American composer, dies at 91
- Nov 28 [William] Havergal Brian, British composer ("Gothic" symphony), dies at 96
- Nov 29 Carl W. Stalling, American film composer (Disney's Silly Symphonies; Warner Brothers Cartoons), dies at 81
- Nov 30 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
- Nov 30 Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, dies at 70