TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cliff,Nigel
TI  - Moscow nights: the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War 
SN  - 9780062333162
AV  - ML417.C67 C65 2016
U1  - 786.2092B 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Cliburn, Van,
KW  - Pianists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Music and diplomacy
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Soviet Union
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -