- Nov 11 William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor, dies at 88
- Nov 12 Tomasz Sikorski, Polish minimalist composer (Solitude of Sounds), dies at 49
- Nov 13 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-1960), dies at 82
- Nov 13 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (Beer Barrel Polka), dies at 86
- Nov 24 Irmgard Seefried, German soprano, dies at 69
- Nov 26 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72
- Nov 27 Karel Horky, Czech composer, dies at 79
- Nov 30 Charlie Rouse, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist (Thelonious Monk Quartet; Sphere), dies of lung cancer at 64