Right Hand Alone Pieces

[jre58591]

do you guys know of any? i can only think of one off the top of my head, which is alkan's op 76 no 2. there have got to be more pieces out there, whether theyre classical, modern, or anything in between. i must find more. i already know of tons of left hand pieces, should my right hand get permanently injured or something. what if i lost my left hand though? would you be prepared? this is partly what this thread is for.

[opus10no2]

Some of the Godowsky left hand studies CAN be played right hand alone with very clever fingering, and they would be even more difficult for the right hand because of the uppervoice/outer finger bias.

Aside from what's mentioned there is sadly very few.

[opus10no2]

Actually, the most important work for 'right hand alone' other than the aforementioned Alkan work of Chopin's 10/2..
Although it's not for right hand alone, the right hand is very innovative in that it does 2 completely different things at ones, it has 2 primary melodies, an accompinament, indeed.



And I found this...

Works for the right hand:
Advanced:  Jean Absil, Trois Pieces: Heroique, Tendre, Gaie.   Max Eschig (Theodore Presser), 1961; Charles Velentin Alkan, Introduction, Variations et Finale, Op 76, No. 2, Editions MR Braun; Richard Rodney Bennett, Five Studies for Piano No. 2, Universal Edition (European American Music Dist. Corp.); Cathy Berberian Kariscar, NYPL Special Collections; Marshall Bialovsky, CPE Bach Comes to the American Southwest, Two Medications on Music Of John Dunstable, Twelve Variations on an Imaginary Jewish Folk Song, Available from Sanjo Music, Box 7000-104 Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 Phone: (310)541-8213; Allan Bank, Six Studies for Piano One Hand (left or right) Sets I and II, Both sets available from American Composers Editions; Paul Bliss, Two Compositions: Forest Echos, The Winding Road, Theodore Presser Publishing; Ed deBoer, Toccata Amsterdam, Donemus (Theodore Presser), 1978; York Bowen, Caprice from Curiosity Suite, Op 42, Five Sketches, DeWolfe Ltd; John Branson, Prelude (Willis Music, 7380 Industrial Road, Florence, KY 41042 Phone: (606) 283-2050 Fax: (606) 283-1784); Louis Calabro, Fantasy (1984); Auguste Dupont, Fantasie et Fugue, Schott edition (European American Music Dist. Corp.);   Beatrice Hatton Fish, A Right Hand Trick, Schroeder and Gunther, Publishers (Hal Leonard Corp); Arthur Foote, Prelude-Etude Op 37, No. 1, AP Schmidt, Publishers (Warner Brothers Publications, Inc.,15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, Miami, FL 33014 Phone: (305) 620-1500 Fax: (305) 621-1094); Peter Racine Fricker, 12 Studies for Piano, Op 56, Schott Publishers; Ned Rorem, 8 Etudes for Piano, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.,Concerti for right hand alone or for 3 hands: Henri Cliquet-Pleyel, Concerto for 3 hands and Orchestra (Jobert Publishers, Theodore Presser); Malcolm Arnold, Concerto, and Phyllis and Cyril, G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc Edition; Arthus Bliss, Concerto for 2 pianos, 3 hands, Op. 17; Gordon Jacob, Concerto, Novello publishers (Music Sales Corporation); Gunther Schuller, Concerto for 3 hands, Premiered in 1990 by Lorin Hollander and Leon Fleisher and the Illinois Chamber Orchestra

Intermediate: Carl Czerny, Etude for One Hand; Eduard Marxsen, La Ricordanza from 3 Impromptus, Op. 33 "Hommage a Dreyscheck"; Capriccio in E flat for the right hand alone,Op. 26 No.2, by Rudolph Ganz; Brian Elias, Five Piano Pieces,  J and W Chester, Ltd Publishers(G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc); Henry Holden Huss, Prelude No 3 from 4 Preludes en Forme d'etudes, Op 17, Schirmer edition; Soulima Stravinsky, Piano Suite for Right Hand, Sonatina Terza, Peters Edition 373 Park Avenue South New York NY 10016 Phone: (212) 686-4147 Fax: (212) 689-9412; Philip Wilkinson, Suite: Left Hand, Right Hand, Aschergerg, Hopwood and Crew, Publishers.

Beginning: Ella Ketterer, Valse Melodique, Theodore Presser edition; Cedric Wilmont Lemont, Valse in C major, Presser; Harry Meyerowitz, Three Piano Compositions, G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc (easy instructional material); Eugenie Rocherolle, Hands Separately, Kjos Music Co., 4380 Jutland Dr, San Diego, CA 92117 Phone: (619)270-9800 Fax: (619)270-3507.

[opus10no2]

SOLO WORKS FOR RIGHT HAND ALONE

Jean Absil. Trois pièces: Heroïque, Tendre, Gaie (1940). (Max Eschig, 1961).
Charles Alkan. Introduction, variations et finale, op. 76 (Editions M.R. Brown, c. 1838)
Cathy Berberian. Moriscat(h)y. (Universal, 1971)
Richard Rodney Bennett. Study No. 2 from 5 Studies for Piano, 1962-64, (Universal)
Miguel Jiménez Bernal. Toccatina para la mano derecha, from Antigua Valladolid (The Ancient City). Peer International Corp. 1954
Marshall Bialosky. C.P.E. Bach Comes to the American Southwest; Two Meditations on Music of John Dunstable; Twelve Variations on an Imaginary Jewish Folk Song. (Sanjo Music)
Paul Bliss. Two Compositions: Forest Echoes, The Winding Road. (T. Presser,1926).
Ed De Boer. Toccata. (Donemus, 1978)
York Bowen. Caprice from Curiosity Suite, op. 42 (J. Williams); Five Sketches. (De Wolfe Ltd.)
John Branson. Prelude (Willis Music, 1989).
Colin Brumby: Reverie (In "Australian")
Louis Calabro Fantasy for Piano Right Hand (1984)
Carson Cooman: Etude for Right Hand "The Ornathalogist".
Tina Davidson. I Am the Last Witness. (Unpublished ms., 1984) Amer. Music Center
August Dupont: Fantasie et Fugue, op. 41 (1875)
Ross Edwards. Three Little Piano Pieces (In "Australian")
Brian Elias. Five Piano Pieces. (J & W Chester, Ltd., 1972)
Vivian Fine. The Flicker (Gunmar Music, 1973)
Beatrice Hatton Fisk. A Right Hand Trick (Schroeder & Gunther, 1944).
Arthur Foote Prelude-Etude, op. 37 no. 1. (A.P. Schmidt, 1897)
Peter Racine Fricker Etude op. 38, no. 9 (Schott, 1962).
David Gallasch. Space Music (In "Australian")
Rudolph Ganz. Capriccio, op. 26 no. 2. (G. Schirmer, 1917)
Peter Golub: Six Pieces (1980)
Cor De Groot: "In any direction", A Poem for the Right Hand Only with 2 Pedals (Donemus, 1974)
Shirley Harris: Study in A minor
William Hawkey: Playmates (in "Australian")
Marjorie Hicks. 2 Indispositions. (BMI Canada, Ltd., 1969). Indisposed Left Hand: Scherzino
Margariet Hoenderdos. Es verjüngt sich nach unten. (Donemus, 1986)
Henry Holden Huss. Prélude No. 3 from 4 Préludes en forme d'études, op. 17 (G. Schirmer, 1901)
Frank Hutchens. Vienna Interlude: Piano Study. (Allan & Co., 1954)
Miriam Hyde: Three Concert Studies
Ella Ketterer: Valse Melodique. (T. Presser, 1951).
Karl Kohn: Etude for the Right Hand (and Foot), 1978. American Music Center
Ellis Kohs: Etude Variations on a Sestatonic Scale (A-B-C-D-D#-E) After a Theme by Johannes Brahms
and E.B. Kohs' Fantasy II for Solo Violin). (Ms, 1985) Amer. Music Center
Ellis Kohs: Ten Two-Voice Inventions, nos. 3 and 8 unpublished ms., (no date) Amer. Composers Alliance.
Walter Lang: Etude no. 4 from 10 Klavier-Etüden, op. 74 (Hug, 1964)
Elizabeth Lauer: Dextravaganza. (Amer. Composers Alliance, 1991)
Jeffrey Leask: Film Theme (in "Australian")
Cedric Wilmont Lemont. Valse in C major, (T. Presser, 1929).
Jeffrey Levine: Soliloquy for the Right Hand (1982)
Otto Luening: The Right Hand Path (1984)
Wladyslawa Markiewiczowna: Przy Studni, No. 5: Etiuda Na Prawa Reke [By the Well]. (Dom Muzyki Polskies).
Harry Meyerowitz: Three Piano Compositions: Gavotte, Waltzing Snowflakes; An Old Chinese Music Box. (G. Schirmer, 1941).
Georges Migot: 5 Etudes en forme de suite. (Leduc, 1941).
Maryanne Nagy: 1-handed Solitaire
Allison Nowak: View for Piano Right Hand (1981)
L. Augustus Nowak: Theme and Variations (1987)
Lionel Nowak: Practice Piece (1982)
Marcello Panni: Appunto 8.68. (Edizioni Zuvini Zerboni, 1972).
Felix Petyrek: Zwei Tanzstücke. In Einhändig, ed. Walter Georgii (P.J.Tonger [n.d.])
John Robert Poe: Look Ma, One Hand. (Kjos)
Robert E. Pollock: Short Study. (Mobart Music, 1979). Ms.
Mischa Portnoff: Trilogy — Suite
Valentino Ragni: Mosaiken. (Hug, 1982)
Eugénie R. Rocherolle: Etude and Waltz, two of the four pieces in Hands Separately (Kjos, 1989)
Ned Rorem: Etude no. 7 from Eight Etudes (Boosey & Hawkes, 1976)
Gustave Samazeuilh. Souvenir from Esquisses (Durand, 1948)
Maya Sauter: Improvisationen zum Transponieren, Nos. 1 and 3. (Pelikan)
Allen Shawn: Six Miniatures (1988)
Lucijan Marija Skerjanc: Six Pieces (Ljubljana, 1952). Nos. 1, 2, and 3
E. De Santa Sourget: Gavotte Variée (1881)
Soulima Stravinsky: Piano Suite (C.F. Peters, 1980);
Soulima Stravinsky: First mvt., Fantasia piccola, from Sonatina Terza (C.F. Peters, 1975).
Yuji Takahashi: 3 Poems of Mao Tse-Tung. (Zen-On Music, 1976).
Gunther Tautenhahn: Bagatelle. (See-Saw Music, 1976)
Phillip Wilkinson: Suite -- Left Hand, Right Hand. (Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd., 1966) Mvts. 2, 4, and 6.
Mary Wurm: Etude, op. 42, no. 2 (Steingraber, c. 1905)

FOR LEFT OR RIGHT HAND
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Piece in A major (International, ed. Vrieslander)
Allan Blank: Six Studies for Piano One Hand, 2 Sets (American Composers Editions, 1992/1993).
Maria Büttner: 6 Osterreichische Tänze (Doblinger, 1946)
Carl Czerny: Etude in A major. In Piano Music for One Hand (G. Schirmer,1972)
Eric Gross: For 5 fingers or 1 hand (in "Australian")
Samuel Wellman. Waltzes, op. 75 "for left hand, or right hand if you insist". Amer Music Center

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[brewtality]

do you guys know of any? i can only think of one off the top of my head, which is alkan's op 76 no 2. there have got to be more pieces out there, whether theyre classical, modern, or anything in between. i must find more. i already know of tons of left hand pieces, should my right hand get permanently injured or something. what if i lost my left hand though? would you be prepared? this is partly what this thread is for.

I was thinking about the same thing. I'd be suicidal if I couldn't play piano anymore.

[thierry13]

I was thinking about the same thing. I'd be suicidal if I couldn't play piano anymore.

I'd compose for it.

[jre58591]

sure, you may be able to play some pieces for left hand only with the right hand, but thats not what theyre designed for. they dont match the anatomy of the right hand, if you know what i mean.

[opus10no2]

I do know what you mean, but it can be done, and it's very difficult; lots of crossing fingers 3/4/5, and again - this just shows again how revolutionary the Chopin original 10/2 was in expanding the technical possibilities of the right hand.

[carpbear]

I was thinking about the same thing. I'd be suicidal if I couldn't play piano anymore.

Totally relate.  When I messed up my left hand (and I waited a year before I went to the doctor; and then only because my thumb and index finger had locked and I couldn't move them at all) I got really, really depressed -- to the point where I pretty much just stopped functioning.

My partner suggested that I arrange some music for the right hand alone; so I started looking around and soon -- I was off to the races, writing my own transcriptions of some of the Chopin Etudes, transcribing music written for the violin, viola and cello, transcribing Schumann -- and that broke the depression!