Cliff, Nigel, <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062333162 9780062333186 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016013386 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 --Travel--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pianists--United States--Biography.<br/>Music and diplomacy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.<br/>Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML417.C67  / C65 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>786.2092  B