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When the world stopped to listen : Van Cliburn's Cold War triumph and its aftermath / Stuart Isacoff.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML417.C67 I83 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Isacoff, Stuart, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
Cliburn, Van.
International Tchaikovsky Competition--(1st : 1958 : Moscow, Russia).
International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Pianists--United States--Biography.
Pianists.
Music--Competitions.
United States.
Russia (Federation)--Moscow.
Music--Competitions--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.
Music.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Van 9
Chapter 2 From Juilliard to the Big Time 26
Chapter 3 The Big Decision 46
Chapter 4 A Tale of Two Nations 62
Chapter 5 The Great Convergence 82
Chapter 6 The Land of Snow and Spies 98
Chapter 7 Some Wins, Some Losses 115
Chapter 8 The Storm Before the Calm 137
Chapter 9 Hurt Feelings 160
Chapter 10 Red, White, and Blues 181
Chapter 11 The Van Effect 203
Chapter 12 Van, Continued 217
Chapter 13 The End of the Road 232.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780385352185
0385352182
OCLC:
953867235

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