Moscow nights
Subtitle: the Van Cliburn story--how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War
By: Nigel Cliff
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780062333162
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Music and the war; Cold War; Biography; Music and diplomacy; Travel; Foreign relations; Pianists
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: First movement: sognando. The prodigy; title: Room 412; title: The successor; title: Van Cliburn Days; title: The secret speech; title: The red moon; title: Second movement: volante. To Russia, with love; title: "Vanya, Vanyusha!"; title: "We are in orbit"; title: "American Sputnik"; title: The last romantic; title: "He played the piano and the world was his"; title: "He's better than Elvis by far!"; title: In the heat of the kitchen; title: Khrushchev in the capitalist den; title: Back in the USSR; title: Sole diplomacy; title: Endgame; title: Third movement: pianoforte. America's pianist; title: Great expectations; title: The summit; title: Coda.