Philip Stevens ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>There is a history of piano works for the left hand alone, e.g., the works
>commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein from Prokofiev, Ravel, Strauss, Korngold.
>Can listers name pieces written for the right hand alone?
The second of Alkan's Trios Etudes Op.76. The first is for LH alone, the
last for both together.
I gather that when Ronald Smith, Alkan expert and no slouch technically,
first looked at Op.76 No.1, he thought: hmmm, this isn't going to be easy.
*Then* he realised: my God, it's for the Left Hand ALONE!
Deryk Barker
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