The publisher Kenneth Roberton championed his cause and published three substantial volumes, with piano accompaniment, in facsimiles of the composer's beautifully and precisely calligraphed manuscripts, with cover illustrations by the composer.
"In a great big living room," she said, "you might have a niche for a grand piano, a substantial secretary to write on, places for sofas and comfortable chairs".
At the same time, Bartók was expanding the catalog of his compositions, with many new works for the piano, a substantial number for orchestra, and the beginning of a series of six string quartets that was to constitute one of his most impressive achievements.
This B&B is big on frills and character, with interesting antiques, a grand piano and a substantial front porch.
Mr. Rechtman is more familiar in New York as pianist and composer, and his Three Movements for Cello and Piano end the substantial program here.
In 1837, after composing many of the "Songs Without Words," Mendelssohn said he "would rather write bigger things," a goal he quickly realized with substantial chamber works like the Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, which the musicians performed in the first half of the program.
First performed in 1932, Winter Legends is easily the most substantial work here, more three-movement symphony with piano than piano concerto perhaps, with the solo instrument amplifying the orchestral statements rather than being spotlighted in its own right.
The toy piano pieces were less substantial and certainly flightier than the Bach and Janacek works, but their sheer peculiarity commanded attention.
| The season's first subscription program is more substantial, with works by Rachmaninoff (the Piano Concerto No. 3, with the commanding Yefim Bronfman), Ravel, and Bartók (the "Miraculous Mandarin" Suite), preceded by the U.S. première of Steven Stucky's "Rhapsodies".
The ensemble pieces ranged from the aphoristic 1991 Capriccio, with its larger-than-life solo piano part, to the substantial Quickly of 1994, a sequence of 23 quirky variations, wonderfully lucid and scored, with sparkling crispness and wit.
