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Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World
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Author:
Eri Hotta
Publisher:
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Date:
November 15, 2022
Shinichi Suzuki, of the eponymous Suzuki Method, debunked Western stereotypes about "authentic" classical performance while transforming music education globally. Yet as Eri Hotta shows, his movement was about much more than developing music skills. A committed humanist, he aspired to nurture the potential, musical or otherwise, in every child.
What The Reviewers Say
Tokyo-born historian Eri Hotta takes on the life story of the man who made the mini-masters. But, as often happens with books pointing to big questions, the most interesting stuff points back at smaller or, anyway, more particular ones.
Hotta begins Suzuki midway through her subject’s life.
[Hotta's] story of Shinichi Suzuki is clearly and well written, a great life story and, though her subject lived almost a century and she seems to have left out nothing important, is no longer than it needed to be.
An exhaustive biography of the man behind the method. The writing is clear, and the storytelling is at once global and personal. The book’s scope extends beyond biographical detail, especially in the opening chapters, and great attention is assigned to the historical context of his 99 years of life..
