- Nov 4 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
- Nov 6 John Parsons Beach, American composer, dies at 76
- Nov 21 Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
- Nov 24 George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, dies at 73