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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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