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• Title:When the world stopped to listen : Van Cliburn's Cold War triumph and its aftermath / by Stuart Isacoff.
  
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• Author/Creator:Isacoff, Stuart, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
  ©2017
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ML417.C67 I83 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013.
  International Tchaikovsky Competition (1st : 1958 : Moscow, Russia)
  Pianists--United States--Biography.
  Music--Competitions--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographies.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:From the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Piano, the captivating story of the 1958 international piano competition in Moscow, where, at the height of Cold War tensions, an American musician showed the potential of art to change the world. April of 1958--the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the outcome of the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition seemed preordained. Nonetheless, as star musicians from across the globe descended on Moscow, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the Russian spirit. This is the story of what unfolded that spring--for Cliburn and the other competitors, jurors, party officials, and citizens of the world who were touched by the outcome. It is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most remarkable events in musical history, filled with political intrigue and personal struggle as artists strove for self-expression and governments jockeyed for prestige. And, at the core of it all: the value of artistic achievement, the supremacy of the heart, and the transcendent freedom that can be found, through music, even in the darkest moments of human history [Publisher description].
  
• Notes:"This is a Borzoi Book"--title page verso.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780385352185 (hardcover)
  0385352182
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Van
  ch. 2 From Juilliard to the Big Time
  ch. 3 Big Decision
  ch. 4 Tale of Two Nations
  ch. 5 Great Convergence
  ch. 6 Land of Snow and Spies
  ch. 7 Some Wins, Some Losses
  ch. 8 Storm Before the Calm
  ch. 9 Hurt Feelings
  ch. 10 Red, White, and Blues
  ch. 11 Van Effect
  ch. 12 Van, Continued
  ch. 13 End of the Road.