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Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War
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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 t...
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.
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- Creator
- Nigel Cliff
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- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
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- viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780062333162, 006233316X, 9780062333186, 0062333186
- OCLC
- ocn945586066
- Includes bibliographical references 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