Evolution of one-handed piano compositions.
Electronic searches were performed to investigate the evolution of one-handed piano compositions and one-handed music techniques, and to identify individuals responsible for the development of music meant for playing with one hand. Particularly, composers such as Liszt, Ravel, Scriabin, and Prokofiev established a new model in music by writing works to meet the demands of a variety of pianist-amputees that included Count Géza Zichy (1849-1924), Paul Wittgenstein (1887-1961), and Siegfried Rapp (b. 1915). Zichy was the first to amplify the scope of the repertoire to improve the variety of one-handed music; Wittgenstein developed and adapted specific and novel performance techniques to accommodate one-handedness; and Rapp sought to promote the stature of one-handed pianists among a musically sophisticated public able to appreciate the nuances of such maestros.
Drozdov
Ignat
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Gastrointestinal Pathobiology Research Group, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
Kidd
Mark
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Modlin
Irvin M
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D000674:Amputees / Q000266:history*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*