- Nov 1 Leighton Lucas, British composer and conductor, dies at 79
- Nov 7 Salvador Contreras, Mexican composer (Grupo de los cuatro), dies at 71
- Nov 11 Gösta Törner, Swedish hot jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 70
- Nov 14 Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91
- Nov 16 Al Haig, American bebop jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Chet Baker), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Nov 17 Eduard Tubin, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor, dies at 77
- Nov 19 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, dies of a heart attack at 70
- Nov 22 Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer, dies at 90
- Nov 26 Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
- Nov 27 Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance), dies at 79
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