Piano for Left Hand
Andante Teneramente and Etude for Left Hand
By Phillip Wilcher
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$14.00

Composed 2011
Recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on Wind Chimes (Wirr049 ) available online
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Composers' Series, The - Volume 6 Piano Solos (Rofe)
By Esther Rofe
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$34.00
Esther Rofe (1904 - 2000)
14 piano solos composed between 1927-1938
By all accounts Esther Rofe was a “character,” a “battler”. A prodigiously talented child she showed determination and resolve in all that she undertook. Rofe considered herself a narrative composer. She was inspired by the fact that her father had about two thousand books and she always was an avid reader.
Like many of her contemporaries Rofe studied composition and orchestration with Fritz Hart and A. E. Floyd. She had started writing music at about age seven, her first composition was written about a storm, though there was not much opportunity to study composition in Melbourne at that time for a child. Her teacher, Harold Smith, helped her with harmony and counterpoint and her mentor Alberto Zelman gave invaluable advice about orchestration and arranging. From approximately aged nineteen Rofe took private theory lessons from Dr A. E. Floyd organist and choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral. When she was fourteen Rofe joined the second violins of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under direction of Alberto Zelman. Rofe had the opportunity to play with some great artists of her time as a member of the violin section, including Una Bourne, Dame Nellie Melba and Mischa Elman.
Level of difficulty: mostly intermediate grades
More comprehensive biographical notes are within the volume which also includes a CD of all the works.
Researched, edited and recorded by Jeanell Carrigan
Volume 6: Esther Rofe
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Three Part Invention (1927)
https://youtu.be/SHrxE4y97Co
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Fugue in Four Voices (1927)
https://youtu.be/1DVN5yKDFCw
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Choral Prelude II (1927)
https://youtu.be/q52EpUbC_hU
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Miniature Variations on a Theme in A minor (1927)
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Miniature Variations (1927)
https://youtu.be/fwJ-PFmNeFc
- Echo di Vienne (no date)
- Pro-Tem Suite. Little Suite for the Left Hand
- 1. Prelude
https://youtu.be/AVqPEX7-0YM - 2. Dance
https://youtu.be/ZuCjvWa8fgk - 3. Chorale (1937)
https://youtu.be/QsDBb-fIrKg
- Pierrette at Court (1938)
- The Island (1938 rev. 1993)
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Jester (1962)
https://youtu.be/fpWJ3WPCmWM
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Für Else (1989)
https://youtu.be/5IkkF__Rr1o
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Londonderry Air (Traditional arranged by Esther Rofe)
https://youtu.be/1W5G7CSA_0w
ISMN 9790720227672
$35.00 for instant PDF download
As part of 'The Composer's Series' many of these works have been recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on a CDs: Nostalgia (Wirr080); Reverie (Wirr 106); Sea Impressions (Wirr108)
Concert Waltz, for Left Hand
By Miriam Hyde
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$11.00
Left Hand Solo piano, c.1'40, Grade 7 Series 17 AMEB
Composed 1977
Other left hand pieces by Miriam Hyde are also available:
- Rhapsodic Study for Left Hand (Grade 7-8)
- Left Hand Study (Grade 5)
- Intermezzo for Left Hand (Grade 8)
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ISMN 9790720126562
Five Nocturnes for Left Hand
By Phillip Wilcher
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$21.00

- Nocturne 1, c. 2'05
- Nocturne 2, c.1'00
- Nocturne 3, c.1'45
- Nocturne 4, c.2'06
- Nocturne 5, c.2'00
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Inquieto
By Brennan Keats
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$14.00

- Grade: 8
- Genre: Neo Classical 21stC.
- Date of Composition: 2016
- Tempo Agitato con passione, crochet equals 100. A work designed to display strong technique and explore the sonorous of the instrument.
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ISMN 9790720171715
Intermezzo, for Left Hand
By Miriam Hyde
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$11.00
Left Hand Study
By Miriam Hyde
Regular price
$11.00
Solo piano for the Left Hand, c.1'50. Grade 5
Composed 1985
Other left hand pieces by Miriam Hyde are also available:
- Concert Waltz for Left Hand (Grade 5)
- Rhapsodic Study for Left Hand (Grade 7-8)
- Intermezzo for Left Hand (Grade 8)
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ISMN 979072040155Prelude in D flat major for left hand
By Phillip Wilcher
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$11.00

Composed 2022
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Rhapsodic Study for Left Hand
By Miriam Hyde
Regular price
$11.00
Solo piano for the Left Hand, c.3'40. Grade 7-8
Composed 1976
Other left hand pieces by Miriam Hyde are also available:
- Concert Waltz for Left Hand (Grade 5)
- Left Hand Study (Grade 5)
- Intermezzo for Left Hand (Grade 8)
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ISMN 9790720133621
Riff Madness
By Michael Hannan
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$11.00
Solo piano for jazz pianist. Grade 5 as a left-hand only piece.
Riff Madness is intended both as a left-hand technical study and as the basis for a right-hand improvisation. Composed 1981
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Study for Left Hand
By Larry Sitsky
Regular price
$24.00

Composed 1959
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Three Etudes for Left Hand
By Phillip Wilcher
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$14.00

Composed 2010
Etude in Eb Minor, recorded by Jeanell Carringan on Wind Chimes (Wirr049) available online
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- Etude in E Minor - sheet music, c.1'40
- Etude in Eb Minor - sheet music and audio, c.1'20
- Etude in Bb Minor - sheet music, c.2'00