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Author Cliff, Nigel, author
Title Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff
Publ&date New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016
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Edition First edition
ISBN 9780062333162
006233316X
9780062333186 (electronic book)
0062333186
NUMBER 40026608292
Descript viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content 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
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
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index
Subject Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 -- Travel -- Soviet Union
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013
Pianists -- United States -- Biography
Music and diplomacy
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States