One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence.

He was the second husband of the soprano Lily Pons; they were married from 1938 to 1958 when the marriage was dissolved. 1 1958 Columbia CL 1208
The Romantic Music of Tchaikovsky Vol. Death
He died in Haiti on January 13 1980 aged 78.

André Kostelanetz (Russian: Андрей Костеланец December 22 1901 – January 13 1980) was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger one of the pioneers of easy listening music.