Did you know there have been hundreds of piano pieces composed for the left hand only? One of the earliest dates back to 1895, but the most famous is probably Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D. That work was composed for Paul Wittgenstein, whose right hand was amputated during the First World War. The pianist-detective in my Scott Drayco series had an injury that would lend itself to such left-hand compositions (although you'll have to read the books to find out why he finds this distasteful).
Here's Leon Fleischer playing the concerto with the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa:
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