Concert Band Sheet Music from Ludwig Music Publishing Company

John Philip Sousa himself was a fan of the music of this important African-American composer. Cave of the Winds is an inventive and highly original march scored for band by Percy Grainger expert Dana...

Seldom do young students get to perform music by the master composers. Hymn of Freedom from Brahms' first symphony is an exception. Of sublime beauty, the theme has been arranged by Robert Longfield i...

Listen to the Lambs is, in its original form, an a cappella choral work. Called "a religious characteristic in the form of an anthem" by its composer, the composition is one of breath-taking beauty an...

Borodin's most famous melody is here made accessible to younger players. Aric Branchfield's arrangement of Polovtsian Dance retains the stunning beauty of the original without overt technical demands....

Karl King wrote this work while still in his teens and it was first published as #3 in the Artarmo Band Book for young bands. Gene Milford has adapted this work for modern instrumentation to fit your...

It's time to get out your Turkish crescent! This favorite Beethoven melody has been modified just slightly to facilitate the technical demands on the young performer. Third clarinets stay below the br...

No one does Sousa better than Schissel! Here is another of his expert contributions to his own 'Heritage of the Concert Band' series, with extended historical notes, modern instrument parts and a full...

Andrew Balent has taken this popular Gounod theme, originally written for the unfinished Suite Burlesque, but best known today as the theme song of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show, and created a...

We Gather Together, one of the most recognizable melodies in the world, has always transfixed audiences with its gentle beauty. In Michael Vertoske's poignant setting, doublings have been carefully cr...

The ballets of Tchaikovsky are well known for their melodic inventiveness. In this suite are three excerpts from his most famous ballets that are certain to captivate listeners and players: Farandole...

Only an expert on Karl King could make this classic believable at the beginning level. It has the melody and style captured admirably, yet with expertly adjusted ranges and simplified rhythms. Don't m...

A stunning original work by our beloved "March King," America paints a beautiful and exciting picture of the building of a great nation. Complete with clanging steel, burnished axes clearing the fores...

Michael Vertoske has crafted an arrangement of stunning simplistic beauty. This familiar carol has been transformed into an instrument of heavenly tones and deepest reverence. It is the perfect vehicl...

Another stellar march from one of the masters of the genre, The Huntress has all of the great melodies, countermelodies, and bold brassiness that made Karl King so popular. Gene Milford has skillfully...

Sousa wrote much more than marches. This particular work arranged by Loras John Schissel is from a suite entitled Camera Studies---Music for an Imaginary Film. It is clearly Sousa but not the Sousa of...

Homestretch Galop arranged by Gene Milford can be a march or a galop. It all depends on the tempo your group can handle and what your musicality tells you. It's another magnificent work from the pen o...

Nathaniel Dett was one of John Philip Sousa's favorite composers, even in a time when racial relations in the United States were less than optimal. Dett's music is filled with melodic charm and harmon...

Japanese Suite (Op. 33, H. 176) was written in 1915 for Japanese dancer Michio Ito and was Holst's last composition before writing The Planets. The themes were provided by Mr. Ito with the exception o...

Listen to the Lambs is, in its original form, an a cappella choral work. Called "a religious characteristic in the form of an anthem" by its composer, the composition is one of breath-taking beauty an...

Johannes Brahms was not a religious man in the usual sense of the term, so it should be of no surprise that when he wrote the German Requiem; it did not follow the prescribed five movement form of the...

Young players enjoy playing in minor keys because they are often filled with excitement and drama. This melodic new work capitalizes on that fondness for minor keys and has all the energy and drama th...

Evoking "jog trot" images and moving steadily from beginning to end, this wonderful tune is classic Grainger. This arrangement of the Joseph Kreines edition of Mock Morris for flexible instrumentation...

This famous melody of St. Anthony Chorale has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Whatev...

William Hebert was the principal flute of the Cleveland Orchestra for many years. This arrangement of Concerto for Piccolo or Oboe and Band for the Baldwin Wallace College (now University) Concert Ban...

For trumpet or flute quartet and band, Cascading Trumpets by Albert O. Davis is a bright, shimmering cascade of excitement. Scored to allow either ensemble to be heard well, both band and ensemble par...