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Title Moscow nights [electronic resource eBook] : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2016.
Description 1 online resource
Edition First edition.


BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
Format: Kindle Book.
Format: OverDrive Read.
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Other edition Original 9780062333162
Subject 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.
Genre Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9780062333186
STANDARD # 431AB090-ABF3-4771-95D5-0CB66723B613 OverDrive