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Suzuki the man and his dream to teach the children of the world

"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 p...

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Main Author: Hotta, Eri, 1971- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Suzuki, Shinʼichi, > 1898-1998.
Violin teachers > Japan.
Violin > Instruction and study > Japan > Juvenile > History > 20th century.
Violin > Instruction and study > Juvenile > History > 20th century.
Humanism in music.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:263 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
ISBN:9780674238237
0674238230
Author Notes:Eri Hotta is the author of Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy , a history of the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective. She has taught at the University of Oxford, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. She writes on a variety of subjects for Japanese and English-language readerships.

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