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, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062333162
- 006233316X
- 9780062333186
- 0062333186
- 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
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- Diplomatic relations
- Music and diplomacy
- Pianists
- Travel
- Soviet Union
- United States
- 786.2092 B 23
- ML417.C67 C65 2016
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Eustis Memorial Library | Adult | Biography | B CLI | 1 | Available | 650391001701905 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
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.
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.
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