此著自20世纪60年代问世以来,历经几代学者不断更新,已经成为英语世界知名度和使用率颇高的一本西方音乐史的标准教科书。第六版是本著第二作者帕利斯卡逝世前所完成的最后一个版本。此版在原来各版本的基础上做出了适当 Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has become a standard textbook in the history of western music with a high reputation and high usage in the English-speaking world after several generations of scholars. The sixth edition is the last version completed prior to the death of the second author Palisika. This version made on the basis of the original version of the appropriate