Suzuki Changed My Life

这部自传体作品充满了本田早年生活中发生的感人轶事，巧妙地将铃木哲学带入了人们的视野。这本迷人的书写于 70 年代初，起初似乎是一本自传（的确如此），但随着阅读的深入，人们意识到它的意义远不止于此。通过对文学手法的有效运用，本田实际上描绘了他的导师铃木伸一的另一种生活。在本田讲述他的童年生活时，每当他学到一堂人生课--谦逊、慈悲、哲学、热爱生活、热爱艺术和音乐--他实际上都是在向他后来的激情核心--在全世界传播铃木的教诲--迈进。在此，我们将向您介绍日本才艺教育起步的历史。通过音乐培养个性--这是本田博士对才艺教育最基本的定义。我们从一位将才艺教育引入美国的人那里了解到铃木教学在美国的起源。这是一本寓教于乐的读物，其中有欢乐，有心酸，有痛苦，有勇气，更重要的是，它让我们深入了解了这场仍在进行的革命--幼儿教育的发展。所有对铃木及其学说感兴趣的人都应该读一读这本书

作曲家: Masaaki Honda
出版社: Alfred Music
原文简介:
This autobiographical work is full of touching anecdotal references to occurrences in Honda's early life that subtly bring the Suzuki philosophies into focus. Written in the early seventies, this charming book seems at first to be an autobiography (which indeed it is), but as one reads further into the book, one realizes that it is much more. Through the effective use of literary devices, Honda is in reality painting a picture of another life, that of his mentor, Shinichi Suzuki. As Honda tells of his boyhood, each time he learns a lesson in life---humility, compassion, philosophy, love of life, love of art and music---he is in fact building towards the core of his later passion, the spreading of Suzuki's teachings worldwide. Contained herewith is a history lesson on the beginnings of Talent Education in Japan as told by one of the few people who was there at the very beginning. "Develop character through music"---this is how Dr. Honda defines Talent Education at its most fundamental. One learns of the beginnings of Suzuki teaching in the United States from one of the men responsible for bringing Talent Education to this country. This is entertaining reading, with joy, heartache, pain, courage and, above all, insight into this revolution which is still taking place, the development of early childhood education. It should be read by all who have a passing interest in Suzuki and his teachings.