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When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph, and Its Aftermath

Category: Engineering & Transportation, Medical Books, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Isacoff Stuart
Publisher: George Spafford
Published: 2017-01-11
Writer: Erle Stanley Gardner
Language: Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Creole, Greek
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WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TO LISTEN Van Cliburn's Cold - Pianist Van Cliburn wowed the Soviet Union in a Tchaikovsky competition in April 1958--when the Cold War was at its peak. He gives Cliburn's dialogue a gentle Texas drawl. Isacoff goes beyond the competition with a look at Soviet life, in particular the popularity of American jazz and film, and

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Van Cliburn, Nikita Khrushchev, and a Lull in the Cold War - Some members of the jury added that honoring the American might be a significant gesture to help thaw the Cold War. This was at a time when people in He has recently finished a book to be published next March, When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Moscow Triumph and its Aftermath.

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Van Cliburn in Moscow, 1958: When Classical Music Made the - Stuart Isacoff, When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn's Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath (Knopf). It was more than fabulous technique. Cliburn had played Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto for his competition finale with such authentic

Van Cliburn - Wikipedia - Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (/ˈklaɪbɜːrn/; July 12, 1934 - February 27, 2013) was an American pianist who, at the age of 23, achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 (during the Cold War).

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