r.h. only repertoire

[birba]

i haven't touched the piano since october 15th due to three operations i had to undergo.  the last one was on my left arm and it's going to take another month or two before i can play with it.  i want to get back and get my r.h. back into shape. i'll take the cromatic and double thirds chopin etudes for starters, but is there any repertoire for r.h. only?  i can't think of anything...

[retrouvailles]

There is an etude by Ned Rorem that is for left hand alone (he also has a piano concerto with a movement for right hand alone). Also, the second movement of York Bowen's Curiosity Suite is for right hand alone. Also, don't forget that Alkan etude that is for the right hand (a late opus number). A list of some others is here:

https://pianoeducation.org/pnoonhnd.html

[birba]

thanx retrouvailles.  never heard of most of those composers.  the rorem attracts me the most.

[slow_concert_pianist]

Leopold Godowsky wrote a number of fiendish arrangements of Chopin/Strauss's [etc] works for right or left hand only. They can be found here https://www.piano-pal.com/oneh.htm

[retrouvailles]

Leopold Godowsky wrote a number of fiendish arrangements of Chopin/Strauss's [etc] works for right or left hand only. They can be found here https://www.piano-pal.com/oneh.htm

I don't think left hand only repertoire would work well for right hand alone, given the reverse anatomy of the two hands, especially given the highly idiomatic (but difficult) writing that Godowsky was so good at. Not a good idea, in my opinion.

[birba]

thanx for that site!  there's a lot for r.h. alone.  retrouvailles is right though, the godowsky can't be changed to the right hand.  the only piece i ever learned for left hand was the ravel concerto.  and that, also, can't be changed to the right hand.  anatomically, it's just not feasible.