This leads to a rather decent recital in the auditorium and, whatever else one can say about this series, it is trying hard. It continues to blend in actual music as part of its story and I do appreciate that. Taking time to remember that the grieving process is still ongoing for a lot of these people is also a very welcome touch. I went into this volume completely blind, having seen the art on the cover and found interest - I have to say I was quite surprised by the turn it took. I was expecting it to go in a very different direction than it did, and I am somewhat grateful - though it contains tragedy, the story reads almost like a rom-com in its tone at parts, with playful and cheerful characters contrasted to the experience of grief and the different forms that can take. Zank, Stephen (24 May 2013). Maurice Ravel: A Guide to Research. Routledge. note B206. ISBN 978-1135173517 . Retrieved 25 February 2014. Mawer, Deborah (2006). The Ballets of Maurice Ravel: Creation and Interpretation. Ashgate. p.224. ISBN 9780754630296.

Piano Duo for the Left Hand surprised me by being very interesting! I'm not usually a fan of music manga, since capturing sound on a paper hardly ever works. Shu's a delinquent and he ends up in fights all the time. He meets Akari, a fellow student and a piano virtuoso, and listens to her concert although not enjoying it that much. Due to circumstances they both end up late and thus they pedal to the concert place together, so that Akari won't be late. But, there's a car crash and Akari dies and Shu gets injured. Oddly enough Akari lives on now in Shu's left hand and Shu decides to continue the girl's dream. The whole thing is quite dramatic and happens very fast, but the idea is surely something else. There a sports manga feeling to this and I surely want to know how the series evolves, since the plot is constructed well and the flow is great. Howe, Blake (April 2010). "Paul Wittgenstein and the Performance of Disability". Journal of Musicology. 27 (2): 135–180. doi: 10.1525/jm.2010.27.2.135. JSTOR 10.1525/jm.2010.27.2.135. I found the clothing of the characters a bit strange as they were very loose and soft. It's really a particular and different style from what I'm used to, but I like it.

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The piano element was an interesting choice because it can be hard to convey music through the written medium, however, the author did manage to capture the essence of people’s love for piano music. In fact, as evidenced by the detailed endnotes on the different piano pieces mentioned in the story, it was clear the author had done their research and that really helped bolster the credibility of the piano music inclusion.

This whole section is a lot of fun and Shu and Akari have a simple, straightforward chemistry and we’re getting set to see several volumes of Shu learning to love music and turn his life around and the two of them learning to love each other.

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On another hand, I found Akari's father very interesting. The close link between father/daughter was amplified with music, and I thought it beautiful that the father was able to recognise his daughter's playing even though someone else was standing in front of him. This manga may be where I can actually call one underrated, a beautiful opening and a hook. Reading the story progress with the consequences our main characters and side characters have to face from their very own perspectives after the certain death of a character. The conveying of feelings throughout the read has been heartfelt. Consuming the art and story while listening to actual piano performances for each song that was played has been an immaculate experience which I wish I could've done with other music mangas like "Your It's not something new, but the idea of it is used in a fresh way that makes Shu's character and his "left-hand" very fun to read about. I also love that even though Shu never has anything planned for his future before, he now wants to honour Akari by learning how to play the piano and let the world hear it.

Wittgenstein gave the premiere with Robert Heger and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on 5 January 1932; [3] Ravel had first offered the premiere to Arturo Toscanini, who declined. [4] Dunoyer, Cecilia (1993). Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874–1966. Indiana University Press. p.97. ISBN 0-253-31839-4. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this books, but it is a brilliantly crafted story with artwork to match. Piano Duo for the Left Hand, Vol. 1 by Kenta Matsuoka is an amazing shonen manga about a boy who wants to learn the piano after fatal accident. Shu is a tough guy and not inclined to the arts at all. One day, he meets Akari, a girl who is famous for being a piano-playing prodigy. When tragedy strikes, Shu finds that his left hand is being haunted by Akari's spirit. All he can do is try to fulfill her piano-playing dreams. This manga was super nice to read! I'm surprised to have liked it that much! I was intrigued by the title, which I think was super well found by the mangaka, but I didn't really know what I was diving into before starting the story.

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There’s not much sadder than a story that has all the elements needed to be great except it isn’t very well written and that’s precisely where this series has come to rest in my estimation. Ravel is quoted in one source as saying that the piece is in only one movement [6] :41 and in another as saying the piece is divided into two movements linked together. [6] :41 According to Marie-Noëlle Masson, the piece has a tripartite structure: slow–fast–slow, instead of the usual fast–slow–fast. [6] Whatever the internal structure may be, the 18–19minute piece negotiates several sections in various tempi and keys without pause. Towards the end of the piece, some of the music of the early slow sections is overlaid with the faster music, so that two tempi occur simultaneously. Now, it’s not framed that way. The actual point is using your hands as a gift to play music, not to lash out, and it lets Shu be the mature one in the room with regards to both Gregor and Akari, who lashes out on her own in a fit of rebellion such as she has yet to manifest.

Which comes to the end of the story and, yeah, my time with this series. I dearly want to follow this, but the mangaka isn’t nearly up to the task of making this as interesting as it sounds. The premise is delightfully wonky, Akari and Shu are a great pair, but the moment-to-moment writing can’t keep pace with the ambitions. First of all, thank you so much NetGalley, publisher, and author, for providing me this ARC in exchange for an honest review)Lewis, Cary (August 1965). The Piano Concertos of Ravel ( M.Mus.). North Texas State University. OCLC 42709867 . Retrieved 24 April 2017.