Laterality from the Pianist´s Point of view in the Context of 20th century piano literature

This thesis describes the role of the left hand in piano works of the composers of 20th centruy, especially in leoš Janáček´s composition "Capriccio for left hand and wind instruments ensemble". You can find an alphabetical list of composers who dealt with this theme and list of all available compositions for left hand. A point of view of the pianists - veterans was very important - they encouraged the composers to write a solo left-hand works and so they contribute to distribution of these compositions. Also the left-handed pianists asked the composers for new compositions for left hand. Key words: Laterality, Janáček, Capricci