Moscow Nights : The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War Hardcover - 2016
by Cliff, Nigel
- Used
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Details
- Title Moscow Nights : The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War
- Author Cliff, Nigel
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY
- Date 2016-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 10691021-6
- 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)
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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
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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Citations
- 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
