Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum (Piano) - Debussy

A beautiful piano piece composed by Debussy, performed by Mazza Cloud. Self taught for the first two years, I have been playing for 3 years now, and this piece took about a month to learn and get presentable.

"The Latin phrase Gradus ad Parnassum means "Steps to Parnassus". It is sometimes shortened to Gradus. The name Parnassus was used to denote the loftiest part of a mountain range in central Greece, a few miles north of Delphi, of which the two summits, in Classical times, were called Tithorea and Lycoreia. In Greek mythology, Mount Parnassus was sacred to Apollo and the nine Muses, the inspiring deities of the arts."

"Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum is a satirical piano composition by Claude Debussy, from his suite Children's Corner, poking fun at Muzio Clementi's collection (or, as Myriam Chimènes states in the notes to the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli version, at Czerny's collection)."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradus_ad_Parnassum

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Wow :) mrs cloud