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STEPS

PARNASSUM,

Parnassus is a mountain in Greece which, in mythology, was the home of the Muses; the title implies a journey toward artistic perfection.

or a

GUIDANCE

MUSICAL COMPOSITION

ACCORDING TO THE RULES,

By a new and certain method, never before

published in this same order:

Elaborated by

JOHANN JOSEPH FUX,

Chief Master of the Chapel to his Sacred Imperial and Royal

Catholic Majesty CHARLES VI,

Emperor of the Romans.

Fux served as the Kapellmeister (Supreme Choir Prefect) at the Habsburg court in Vienna.

An ornate heraldic vignette featuring a central shield surmounted by an imperial crown, flanked by decorative scrolls, acanthus leaves, and floral motifs.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Printed by Johann Peter Van Ghelen, Printer to his Sacred Imperial and Royal

Catholic Majesty, 1725.