Concert Band Sheet Music from Ludwig Music Publishing Company

Long a staple in the Ludwig Music catalog, directors wishing to have their bands experience the beauty and majesty of Beethoven's only opera are well served in the faithful rendering of this overture.

Mozart wrote the Viennese Sonatinas in Vienna in 1783. Some of the sonatinas first appeared as ensembles for two Clarinets and Bassoon but were later transcribed for Piano. The original manuscripts ar...

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...

Written for eleven winds when Mendelssohn was fifteen years old, it has been set for contemporary wind band (the saxophone parts are optional, staying with a desire for historical accuracy to the exte...

Based on nautical songs and sea chanties (including the statement of and twelve variations on 'Drunken Sailor'), Sea Songs is a great addition on any concert program. Fashioned by the former chief arr...

One of the many great masterpieces by J.S. Bach, these transcribed organ works (known as 'The Great' Fugue) are wonderful pieces to hear and play. Carefully edited for the colors available in wind ban...

Scored for flute, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, and contrabass (alternate parts for contrabassoon or contra bass clarinet) this is an extremely sensitive and beautiful edition of Gounod's work or...

Sousa's second decade of writing marches began with The Corcoran Cadets (1890). The piece is an eighth-note march designed more for sit-down playing, rather than for the field. It seems as though Sous...

This classic of the Ludwig Music library is a wonderful reworking of one of Richard Strauss' lovely and haunting early art songs. The wind band arrangement is extremely respectful of the original work...

Originally part of an Elgar cantata from the 1890s, this low and expressive arrangement for band is a wonderful teaching tool and performance piece. Not technically demanding, it is a beautiful study...

The concept of APPARITIONS was inspired by Walt Whitman' brief poem of the same name. The composition deals with both appearances (or "apparitions") and true nature of an abstract idea. The...

Written in 1866 the day he heard his good friend and Norwegian nationalist Rikard Nordraak died, the original monument to the memory of his dear friend was composed by Edvard Grieg for piano. One year...

Written as a tribute to a high school band director killed in a car accident three months after starting his first teaching job, this work is sensitive without being maudlin. A great combination of cl...

Dana Wilson always strives to introduce students and audiences to new ways of thinking about music and performance practices. This work serves somewhat as an incantation, a summoning up of, by means o...

The three movements of "Sea Drift" derive their titles and inspiration from three poems in the Walt Whitman collection entitled "Sea Drift." This title won First Prize in the 1995 American Bandmasters...

This transcription for band by Randy Earles (edited by the great Frederick Fennell) of Stravinsky's 1919 version of The Firebird Suite owes its existence to the incomparable school band program, long...

Mvmt II, after 'The Thunderer' - The continuation of Hearshen's epic symphony on Sousa themes, the second movement is based on The Thunderer. It is presented in a largamente tempo and the settings ran...

The fourth movement of a symphony based on the music of John Philip Sousa. This work is based on HANDS ACROSS THE SEA and reflects the creativity and ingenious musical treatment found in the other mov...

Lost in the Funhouse is full of extra-musical allusions. The first movement suggests the attraction's entrance, complete with pounding heartbeats and sudden slides down trick steps. The second movemen...

This solid work uses an ancient form with fresh new musical ideas and grade specific scoring.

These masterworks of J.S. Bach's organ oeuvres are respectfully and masterfully presented in this wonderful transcription by the late John P. Paynter. A terrific recording is also available through Lu...

This is an attractive rhapsody of songs which were popular with sailors during the grand era of 'wooden ships and iron men.' Short solos are included for numerous instruments along with extensive perc...

Tribute is paid to the automobile industry with this colorful and fun work that is sophisticated and rewarding. Composed in five continuous sections, this unique work is appropriate for festivals and...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

In addition to his well known marches, Sousa was also a prominent composer of operettas and musical comedies.  This delightful work was originally written as an opening to the first act of an un-...