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John Kendall was a pioneer of the Suzuki method in the United States. His life and career are recalled in this book: Recollections of a Peripatetic Pedagogue.
The appropriateness of ‘peripatetic pedagogue’ to describe my career can be understood by glancing at the maps in the endpapers of this book, where my travels, both national and international, are recorded. Indeed, a colleague once called me ‘the Marco Polo of the Suzuki Method.’ Antoher thought ‘Johnny Appleseed of the Suzuki movement’ might be appropriate. Fortunately, no one has yet designated me as Genghis Khan of the violin world,’ although the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun once described me as a member of the ‘American Strange Teachers Assosicaiton.’ – John Kendall
