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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Cliff, Nigel.
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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.
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Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.
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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.
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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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Hawaii State Library
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786.2092 Cliburn Cl
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Adult Biography
B Cliburn Cl
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786.2092 Cliburn Cl
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Waialua Public Library
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B Cliburn Cl
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