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This is a Open Education Resource for college level music theory courses edited by Kris Shaffer and Robin Wharton, and published by Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing.
"Understanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia. The text covers the fundamentals of music and the physics of sound, an exploration of music from the Middle Ages to the present day, and a final chapter on popular music in the United States." (Understanding Music: Past & Present webpage)