Gradus ad Parnassum

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Gradus ad Parnassum (Steps to Parnassus (the abode of the muses)).
1. Title of treatise on counterpoint by J. J. Fux, 1725.

2. Series of 100 studies by Clementi, pub. 1817 (50 ed. Bülow; complete series ed. Vogrich, 1898).

3. 1st piece in Debussy's Children's Corner is called Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (a parody of a Clementi study).