Title Moscow nights : the Van Cliburn story : how one man and his piano transformed the Cold War / Nigel Cliff.

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New York, NY : Harper, [2016]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	786.2 CLIFF	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	BIOG. CLIBURN, V.	Storage
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	B CLIBURN, VAN	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	BIO CLIBURN	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	786.2092 CLIFF	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	B CLIBURN VAN C	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Adult	B CLIBURN, VAN	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography	B CLIBURN	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography	B-CLIBURN CLI	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - New Materials	786.2092 CLIBURN	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	viii, 452 pages ; 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
Subject	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.
	Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013. (OCoLC)fst01802071
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	Music and diplomacy. (OCoLC)fst01909911
	Pianists. (OCoLC)fst01063351
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN	9780062333162 (hardcover)
	006233316X (hardcover)

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