Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

E205935

classical composition orchestral work piano concerto

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand is a 1930 concerto by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its dark, jazz-influenced orchestration and its virtuosic design for performance using only the left hand.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major	4
Concerto pour la main gauche	1
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Context triple: [Maurice Ravel, notableWork, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand]

A. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 is a Romantic-era concerto by Robert Schumann celebrated for its lyrical integration of piano and orchestra and its expressive, poetic character.
B. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 is Clara Schumann’s youthful Romantic concerto for piano and orchestra, admired for its expressive lyricism and remarkable compositional maturity.
C. Piano Variations
Piano Variations is a stark, modernist solo piano piece by Aaron Copland, noted for its rigorous use of a single theme and its influential role in American 20th-century music.
D. Caprice for Three
Caprice for Three is a contemporary classical piece for three string soloists, featured on the collaborative album "Appalachian Journey" by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
E. Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata is the codename given by Nazi Germany to the devastating Luftwaffe air raid on the English city of Coventry during World War II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Target entity description: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand is a 1930 concerto by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its dark, jazz-influenced orchestration and its virtuosic design for performance using only the left hand.

A. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 is a Romantic-era concerto by Robert Schumann celebrated for its lyrical integration of piano and orchestra and its expressive, poetic character.
B. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 is Clara Schumann’s youthful Romantic concerto for piano and orchestra, admired for its expressive lyricism and remarkable compositional maturity.
C. Piano Variations
Piano Variations is a stark, modernist solo piano piece by Aaron Copland, noted for its rigorous use of a single theme and its influential role in American 20th-century music.
D. Caprice for Three
Caprice for Three is a contemporary classical piece for three string soloists, featured on the collaborative album "Appalachian Journey" by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
E. Moonlight Sonata
Moonlight Sonata is the codename given by Nazi Germany to the devastating Luftwaffe air raid on the English city of Coventry during World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classical composition ⓘ orchestral work ⓘ piano concerto ⓘ
associatedWith	interwar period ⓘ
catalogueNumber	M. 82 ⓘ
commissionedBy	Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ
composer	Maurice Ravel ⓘ
compositionDecade	1930s ⓘ
contemporaneousWith	Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel) ⓘ linked to: Piano Concerto in G major
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ
difficulty	virtuosic ⓘ
genre	classical music ⓘ jazz-influenced classical music ⓘ
hasMovementCount	1 ⓘ
hasOrchestra	symphony orchestra ⓘ
hasSoloInstrument	piano ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important example of jazz influence in classical music ⓘ major work in left-hand piano repertoire ⓘ
intendedPerformerLimitation	right arm amputated ⓘ
key	D major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
notableCommissionContext	commission by World War I veteran pianist ⓘ
notableFeature	dark orchestration ⓘ designed to be played with left hand only ⓘ virtuosic piano writing ⓘ
orchestrationCharacteristic	prominent use of low register ⓘ use of jazz harmonies ⓘ
originalTitle	Concerto pour la main gauche ⓘ linked to: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
period	20th-century music ⓘ
premierePerformer	Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ
scoring	orchestra ⓘ piano left hand solo ⓘ
structure	one movement ⓘ
style	Impressionism ⓘ jazz-influenced ⓘ
workType	concerto ⓘ
writtenFor	one-armed pianist ⓘ
yearComposed	1930 ⓘ

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