Alan Hovhaness's Floating World, and Ezra Laderman's Magic Prison. William Walton dedicated his Capriccio burlesco to Kostelanetz, who conducted the first performance and made the first recording, both with the New York Philharmonic. His last concert was A Night in Old Vienna with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at that city's War Memorial Opera House on December 31, 1979. Personal life His first wife was actress/singer Sarah Loy; they were married from 1923 to 1937, when the marriage was dissolved. He was then married to soprano Lily Pons from 1938 to 1958, when they divorced. They owned a home in Palm Springs, California which was built in 1955. In 1960 he married Sara Gene Orcutt; the marriage lasted several years. All three unions were childless. His brother, Boris Kostelanetz (1911–2006), was a prominent tax defense lawyer. Death After the December 31, 1979 concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Kostelanetz left for a vacation in Haiti. While in Haiti, Kostelanetz contracted pneumonia and died on January 13, 1980, aged 78. Discography (partial) Many of the early LP releases were actually re-releases of albums released earlier on 78 rpm records. Musical Comedy Favorites, for example, was released as Volume 1 (album M-430) in late 1940 for songs 1 through 8, and Volume 2 (M-502) in 1941 for the remaining 8 songs on the second side of the LP. Four of Kostelanetz's albums made the Billboard Hot 200, no match for his Columbia easy listening rivals Ray Conniff and Percy Faith but typical of many of popular instrumental easy listening artists of the day whose audience did not buy their albums immediately upon release but bought them over the years. Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra: "Carmen" LP #693cl735 Columbia 1950 U.S.A. Music of Sigmund Romberg,1946, Columbia Masterworks MM635 The Music of Victor Herbert, Columbia Masterworks M-415 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, 1956, Columbia Long Playing CL 730 Music of Irving Berlin, 1950, Columbia Masterworks MM/ML-4314 The Music of Stephen Foster, 1941, 3 LP Set, Columbia Masterworks M-442 78's Mississippi Suite, 1947, Columbia Masterworks MX-284 12" album The Music of Chopin, 1949, Columbia Masterworks MM-840 Waltzes of Johann Strauss, 1948, Columbia Masterworks ML-2011 10" album Music of Cole Porter, 1948, Columbia Masterworks ML-2014 Music of George Gershwin, 1948, Columbia Masterworks 2026 Mississippi Suite, 1948, Columbia Masterworks ML-2046 10" album Invitation to the Waltz, 1948, Columbia Masterworks ML-2069 10" album Swan Lake, Columbia Masterworks