Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cliff, Nigel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013--Travel--Soviet Union.

Cliburn, Van.

Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.

Pianists--United States--Biography.

Pianists.

Travel.

United States.

Soviet Union.

Music and diplomacy.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

International relations.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780062333162

006233316X

OCLC:

945586066