Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
Title:
Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
Author:
Cliff, Nigel.
ISBN:
9780062333162
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 452 pages ; 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Abstract:
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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