The earlier portion, comprising four parts ("In a Haunted Forest," "Summer Idyll," "The Shepherdess' Song," "Forest Spirits"), was published in 1891, the supplement in 1893.
Meanwhile his prestige grew steadily.

Each new work that he put forth met with a remarkable measure of success, both among the general public and at the hands of many not over-complacent critical appraisers.

On January 10, 1890, his "Lancelot and Elaine" was played at a Boston Symphony concert under Mr.Nikisch.In September, 1891, his orchestral suite in A-minor (op.

42) was performed for the first time at the Worcester Festival, and a month later it was played in Boston at a Symphony concert under Mr.Nikisch.In November of the same year the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, under Bernhard Listemann, performed for the first time, at the Tremont Theatre, his "Roland" pieces, "The Saracens" and "The Lovely Alda." On the following day--November 6, 1891--he gave his first piano recital, playing, in addition to pieces by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Templeton Strong, P.
Geisler, Alabieff, and Liszt, his own "Witches' Dance," "Shadow Dance" (op.

39), "The Eagle," the Etude in F-sharp (op.