- Nov 3 (Cecil) Hotep Idris Galeta, South African jazz pianist, composer, and educator, dies of an asthma attack at 69
- Nov 3 James "Jim" Clench, Canadian bassist and songwriter (April Wine; Bachman-Turner Overdrive), dies of lung cancer at 61
- Nov 3 Jerry Bock, American Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies of heart failure at 81
- Nov 4 Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 50
- Nov 5 Shirley Verrett, American mezzo-soprano (Berlioz'z Les Troyens - "Cassabdra"; Verdi's MacBeth - "Lady MacBeth"), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
- Nov 12 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), dies from complications arising from a lung infection at 76
- Nov 12 John MacIvor Perkins, American composer, dies at 75
- Nov 21 José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer, dies at 67
- Nov 23 James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
- Nov 25 Ann Southam, Canadian electronic and classical music and dance composer (Glass Houses; Figures; The Emerging Ground), dies at 73
- Nov 25 Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial and music video director, dies at 55
- Nov 30 Monty Sunshine, British jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Petite Fleur), dies at 82
- Nov 30 Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
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