Andre Kostelanetz
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1980-01-13
- Works
- 5
Top works
- And God created great whales
- New York Philharmonic, 6524th concert, gala pension fund benefit concert
- National Symphony Orchestra, 11th season, 4th special concert
- The B. B. King Companion
- Echoes
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Film & TV
Acting
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Kostelanetz escaped in 1922 after the Russian Revolution.He arrived in the United States that year, and in the 1920s, conducted concerts for radio. In the 1930s, he began his own weekly show on CBS, André Kostelanetz Presents. Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical music pieces for mass audiences, as well as orchestral versions of…
Known for
- What's My Line? — Self1950
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
- Music in My Heart — Leader of Andre Kostelanetz and His Music (uncredited)1940
- Artists & Models — Orchestra Conductor1937
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 54,859
- Total plays
- 252,339
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André Kostelanetz (December 22, 1901, St. Petersburg, Russia - January 13, 1980) was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music. Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical music pieces for mass audiences, as well as orchestral versions of songs and Broadway show tunes. He made numerous recordings over the course of his career, which had sales of over 50 million and became staples of Beautiful Music radio stations. <a hre
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,341x
- Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks
· 2017 · cited 11,704x
- Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,123x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,798x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,739x
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 December 1901
- Died
- 13 January 1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Port-au-Prince
- Spouse
- Lily Pons
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
Connections
Categories
1901 births1980 deaths20th-century American classical pianists20th-century American conductors (music)20th-century American Jews20th-century American male pianists20th-century Russian JewsAmerican easy listening musiciansAmerican male classical pianistsAmerican male conductors (music)American music arrangersAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descent