Music Concert
Nov 3 Dmitri Shostakovich's 9th Symphony premieres in 25th season opening concert of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, under Yevgeny Mravinsky
- Nov 8 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- Nov 10 Harry Revel and Arnold B. Horwitt's musical comedy "Are You with It?" opens at Century Theater, NYC, later moving to the Shubert Theatre; runs for 264 performances
- Nov 17 "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 performances
- Nov 17 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
Schoenberg's Prelude
Nov 18 Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres
Britten's String Quartet No. 2
Nov 21 Benjamin Britten's String Quartet No. 2 premieres at the Wigmore Hall, London, played by the Zorian Quartet
Music History
Nov 22 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.'s musical "The Day Before Spring" opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 167 performances
Brief Encounter
Nov 26 "Brief Encounter", based on Noël Coward's one-act play "Still Life", directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard is released
Greatest Jazz Session Ever
Nov 26 Charlie "Bird" Parker leads recording session for the Savoy label marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever" with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
Country Singers
Jazz Musicians
Opera Singers
Pop Stars
Rappers
Rockers