Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901, Dec. 22 | Born, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 1907 | Began private piano lessons |
| circa 1917 | Coach and conductor, Mariinsky Opera, Saint Petersburg |
| 1917 | Remained alone in Petrograd taking private music lessons after mother and siblings moved to Kislovodsk following the Kerensky revolution and father moved to Helsinki following the Bolshevik revolution |
| 1918 | Joined mother, brother, and sisters in Kislovodsk Became rehearsal pianist for the Kislovodsk Opera |
| 1920-1922 | Returned alone to Petrograd Studied at Petrograd Conservatory Served as chorus master and coach at the Petrograd Grand Opera House |
| 1922 | D. Mus., Petrograd Conservatory Moved to New York City |
| 1927 | Arranger and conductor, CBS Symphony Orchestra |
| 1928 | Became United States citizen Conductor, WABC radio |
| 1930 | Assistant to Howard Barlow, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1932-1933 | Conductor, Kostelanetz Presents radio broadcasts |
| 1934 | Met soprano Lily Pons during rehearsals for Chesterfield Presents program |
| 1934-1938 | Conductor, Chesterfield Presents radio broadcasts |
| 1937 | Weekly CBS broadcast Andre Kostelanetz Presents began |
| 1938, June 2 | Married Lily Pons in Silvermine, Connecticut (divorced 1958) |
| 1939 | Conductor, outdoor concert series, Lewisohn Stadium, featuring New York Philharmonic Received honorary doctorate, Albion College, Albion, Michigan |
| 1939-1940 | Conductor, Tune-Up Time radio broadcasts, sponsored by Ethyl Gasoline |
| 1940 | Began recording with Columbia Records |
| 1940-1944 | Conductor, The Pause that Refreshes on the Air radio broadcasts, sponsored by Coca-Cola |
| 1942 | Commissioned Aaron Copland, Jerome Kern, and Virgil Thomson to compose Portraits of Great Americans |
| 1944-1945 | Conducted over 100 concerts on two tours with United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) |
| 1945 | Received honorary doctorate, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music |
| 1945-1946 | Conductor, Music Millions Love radio broadcasts, sponsored by Chrysler |
| 1953 | Began the "Special Saturday Night" non-subscription concert series |
| 1960, Aug. 1 | Married Sara Gene Orcutt, in Honolulu, Hawaii (divorced 1969) |
| 1963 | Began late spring "Promenades" series with the New York Philharmonic |
| 1965 | Received Gold Record award from the Recording Industry Association of America for his album Wonderland of Golden Hits |
| 1979, Dec. 31 | Conducted San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in his last performance |
| 1980, Jan. 13 | Died, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |