Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War /
Cliff, Nigel,
Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff. - First edition. - viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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
9780062333162 9780062333186
2016013386
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 --Travel--Soviet Union.
Pianists--United States--Biography.
Music and diplomacy.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
ML417.C67 / C65 2016
786.2092 B
Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff. - First edition. - viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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
9780062333162 9780062333186
2016013386
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 --Travel--Soviet Union.
Pianists--United States--Biography.
Music and diplomacy.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
ML417.C67 / C65 2016
786.2092 B