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Moscow Nights; The Van Cliburn Story; How One Man and His Piano Transformed The Cold War Hardcover - 2016

by Nigel Cliff

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New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2016 HarperCollins, New York. 2016. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder mark on textblock top. Book Condition: Fine; small nick to bottom of front board. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($28.99); slight edge bumps at head. Tan boards with red overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering and design on spine. 452 pp 8vo. In 1958 an unheralded twenty-three-year-old piano prodigy from Texas named Van Cliburn traveled to Moscow to compete in the first International Tchaikovsky competition. Although a Soviet had already been picked to win, Cliburn's talent, passion, the ability to play a piano with more feeling than any Russian even won over Khrushchev who agreed to give him the award. He thus became a hero in the USA too and an ambassador for hope and peace who music would temporarily bridge the divide between the two powers. A clean very presentable copy.
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  • Title Moscow Nights; The Van Cliburn Story; How One Man and His Piano Transformed The Cold War
  • Author Nigel Cliff
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York, NY
  • Date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 007347
  • ISBN 9780062333162 / 006233316X
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Pianists - United States, United States - Foreign relations - Soviet
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016013386
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the rear cover

In 1958, an unheralded twenty-three-year-old piano prodigy from Texas named Van Cliburn traveled to Moscow to compete in the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. The Soviets had no intention of bestowing their coveted prize on an unknown American; a Soviet pianist had already been chosen to win. Yet when the gangly Texan with the shy grin took the stage and began to play, he instantly captivated an entire nation.

The Soviet people were charmed by Cliburn's extraordinary talent, passion, and fresh-faced innocence, but it was his palpable love for the music that earned their devotion; for many, he played more like a Russian than their own musicians. As enraptured crowds mobbed Cliburn's performances, pressure mounted to award him the competition prize. "Is he the best?" Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev demanded of the judges. "In that case . . . give him the prize!"

Adored by millions in the USSR, Cliburn returned to a thunderous hero's welcome in the United States and became, for a time, an ambassador of hope and peace. In this thrilling, impeccably researched account, Nigel Cliff recreates the drama and tension of the Cold War era, and brings into focus the gifted musician and deeply compelling figure whose music would temporarily bridge the divide between two dangerously hostile powers.

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  • Booklist, 08/01/2016, Page 15
  • BookPage, 10/01/2016, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2016, Page 50
  • Library Journal, 08/01/2016, Page 95
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/25/2016, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/30/2016, Page 0

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