02733cam a2200529 i 4500 19019964 BJBSDDR 20260826120528.0 ta 160318s2017 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 2016013386 9780062333179 (pbk.) 0062333178 (pbk.) 19019964 DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- e-ur--- ML 417 C636C 2017 786.2092 Cliff, Nigel, 1969- 47706 Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff. First Harper Perennial edition New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2017. viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Originally published : HarperCollins, 2016 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. 505 0 $a Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 Travel Soviet Union. Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 Viajes Unión Soviética 50189 Pianists United States Biography. Pianistas Estados Unidos Biografías 6242 Music and diplomacy. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Unión Soviética 6933 Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. Unión soviética Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos 6934 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 127841 127841 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2026-07-23 0 ML 417 C636C 2017 00000199092 2026-07-23 12:44:00 1 2026-07-23 BK