Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Concerto pour la main gauche | 1 |
| Piano Concerto for the Left Hand canonical | 1 |
| Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1845793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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orchestral work ⓘ piano concerto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | interwar period ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | M. 82 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| compositionDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Piano Concerto in G major
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surface form:
Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel)
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| difficulty | virtuosic ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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jazz-influenced classical music ⓘ |
| hasMovementCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasOrchestra | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| hasSoloInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important example of jazz influence in classical music
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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
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designed to be played with left hand only ⓘ virtuosic piano writing ⓘ |
| orchestrationCharacteristic |
prominent use of low register
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use of jazz harmonies ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Concerto pour la main gauche
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| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | Paul Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| scoring |
orchestra
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piano left hand solo ⓘ |
| structure | one movement ⓘ |
| style |
Impressionism
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jazz-influenced ⓘ |
| workType | concerto ⓘ |
| writtenFor | one-armed pianist ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1930 ⓘ |
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Subject: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
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originalTitle
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Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Concerto pour la main gauche