Michael G. Cunningham 
Music History in Layers 
Its European Continuum

Layer I is for rank beginners, freshmen music majors, and informed, casual readers.
Layers I and II are for music professionals, sophomore music majors, and those who will not use or benefit from excessive details.

Sobre o autor

Michael G. Cunningham was born in Warren, Michigan, in 1937 and holds music degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, the University of Michigan, and Indiana University. Composition has been one of his primary lifetime activities, and since 1958, he has concentrated on creating a large music catalog of various types of music for all manner of performance combinations. From 1973 to 2006, he was professor of theory/composition at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. During that time, and since, he has created a number of books that deal with theory, composition, and other music subjects.