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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cliff, Nigel.     Subjects     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cliff, Nigel.       by title:      Moscow nights : the ...         MARC Display

Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff. by Cliff, Nigel. New York, NY : Harper, c2016. Subjects 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. ISBN:  9780062333162 (hardcover) 006233316X (hardcover) Description:  viii, 452 pages ; 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 786.2092 Cliburn Cl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Biography B Cliburn Cl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 786.2092 Cliburn Cl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waialua Public Library Adult Biography B Cliburn Cl Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Biography B Cliburn Cl Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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