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Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War
- Title
- Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
- Author
- Cliff, Nigel
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A dramatic account of the life of Cold War pianist Van Cliburn describes his early years as a musical prodigy in Texas and the ways he charmed both American and Russian audiences, helping to ease tensions between the two nations.--Publisher's description. 505 0 $a
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
- Contents
- First movement: sognando. The prodigy ; Room 412 ; The successor ; Van Cliburn Days ; The secret speech ; The red moon -- Second movement: volante. To Russia, with love ; "Vanya, Vanyusha!" ; "We are in orbit" ; "American Sputnik" ; The last romantic ; "He played the piano and the world was his" ; "He's better than Elvis by far!" ; In the heat of the kitchen ; Khrushchev in the capitalist den ; Back in the USSR ; Sole diplomacy ; Endgame -- Third movement: pianoforte. America's pianist ; Great expectations ; The summit -- Coda.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-12787
- ISBN
- 9780062333162
- 006233316X
- LCCN
- 2016013386
- OCLC
- 2016013386
- Author
- Cliff, Nigel, author.
- Title
- Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-12787