the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War Cliff, Nigel 1969- creator text bibliography nyu 2017 First Harper Perennial edition monographic eng

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viii, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. 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 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. Nigel Cliff. Originally published : HarperCollins, 2016 Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- e-ur--- Cliburn, Van 1934-2013 Travel Soviet Union Cliburn, Van 1934-2013 Viajes Unión Soviética Pianists United States Biography Pianistas Estados Unidos Biografías Music and diplomacy United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Unión Soviética Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Unión soviética Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos ML 417 C636C 2017 786.2092 9780062333179 (pbk.) 0062333178 (pbk.) 2016013386 DLC 160318 20260826120528.0 19019964 eng