The suggestion of orchestral relationships is contained in the massiveness of the harmonic texture, and in the cumulative effect of the climaxes and crescendi.

He conveys an impression of extended tone-spaces, of a largeness, complexity, and solidity of structure, which are peculiar to his own music, and which presuppose a rather disdainful view of the limitations of mere strings and hammers; yet it is all playable: its demands are formidable, but not prohibitive.
[Illustration (Score): FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF THE MS.

OF THE "SONATA TRAGICA"] In 1895 MacDowell published his "Sonata Eroica" (op.

50), and those who had wondered how he could better his performance in the "Tragica" received a fresh demonstration of the extent of his gifts.

For these sonatas of his constitute an ascending series, steadily progressive in excellence of substance and workmanship.