Intermediate Sheet Music from Ludwig Music Publishing Company

The most well-known aria from English Purcell's (1659-1695) three-act tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, Dido's Lament (also "When I am laid in Earth") is sung by the title character near the end of the op...

Lush harmonies and a timeless melody are a perfect fit for strings.  The descending chromatic scale leads enchantingly into the dreamlike beauty of the string orchestra. A great selection for a p...

Lush harmonies and a timeless melody are a perfect fit for strings.  The descending chromatic scale leads enchantingly into the dreamlike beauty of the string orchestra. A great selection for a p...

An original work for string orchestra, by a master composer, Olympiad was composed in a quasi-Baroque style. In three movements, the second of which features a lyrical melody for violas and cellos, th...

One of Ludwig's all-time best sellers, teachers and students love this work.

Originally written as a movement from a concerto for two horns, this Vivaldi masterpiece has been wonderfully rescored for string orchestra (with the solo lines being given to the violinists). An opti...

Starting with the lively, contrapuntal Overture in ritornello form, Concertino for Strings demands only moderate technical facility. Movement II (Dirge) features cellos and basses in a pizzicato walki...

Originally written for organ (and often paired with the 'Little' fugue also published for string orchestra from Ludwig Music at 10250117), this arrangement allows all voices the chance to play great l...

The great composer of Norway had a knack for expansive and often haunting melodies. This is one of his finest. Carefully arranged to make the most of the expressive qualities of string instruments, th...

Nelhybel's variations for trumpet and strings provides a nice feature for your star trumpet player and a nice chance for your orchestra to learn the art of accompaniment.

Written in 1966 for the Vivaldi Chamber Orchestra of Manchester, England, PRELUDIO features various types of bowings and bowing articulations (especially in the upper strings), giving developing playe...

An original work for string orchestra, by a master composer, Olympiad was composed in a quasi-Baroque style. In three movements, the second of which features a lyrical melody for violas and cellos, th...

One of Ludwig's all-time best sellers, teachers and students love this stirring arrangement of the first movement of Vivaldi's "Concerto in C for Two Trumpets, Op. 46, No. 1" that retains the characte...

Originally written as a movement from a concerto for two horns, this Vivaldi masterpiece has been wonderfully rescored for string orchestra (with the solo lines being given to the violinists). An opti...

The Requiem is one of Mozart's most recognized works, and the Kyrie movement is exceptionally exciting. It is a busy fugue that will challenge your student's abilities.

Starting with the lively, contrapuntal Overture in ritornello form, Concertino for Strings demands only moderate technical facility. Movement II (Dirge) features cellos and basses in a pizzicato walki...

A great change of pace for your students, Banana Slug Blues is a moderate swing style composition. Written out optional solos are provided for any instrument and an important walking bass line will fe...

The great composer of Norway had a knack for expansive and often haunting melodies. This is one of his finest. Carefully arranged to make the most of the expressive qualities of string instruments, th...

This composition opens in an archaic Slavic mood, and in the course of each of the variations the actual theme emerges in more and more recognizable fragments. The 'deceiving' Slavic mood (Volga Boats...

Prelude in C from J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a beautiful arrangement that features the piano along with very simple string parts. There is an alternate violin 3 part provided for viola. Nel...

Espressivo is almost Romantic in its style and sound. Written in AABAA' form, this original work in G minor is quite playable technically with only minor challenges posed by its mild chromaticism. All...

Nelhybel's variations for trumpet and strings provides a nice feature for your star trumpet player and a nice chance for your orchestra to learn the art of accompaniment.

First performance at the XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980, Lake Placid, New York, by the Crane Chorus and Orchestra, State University College, Potsdam, New York. Instrumentation: 2.2.2+BCl+CBCl.2+CBsn:...

PERPETUAL MOTION is a flashy, encore-type piece composed as a violin solo by Carl Böhm, who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. This arrangement features the entire first violin section on the melod...

Charles Gounod was a prolific French composer in the mid 1800' s, but he was not well recognized by his peers or the public until his opera Faust was first performed in Paris in 1859. The opera remain...