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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