LudwigMasters Concert Band

Unique and beautiful describe Pastorale and Fanfare from Robert Spicer. The expressive pastorale is breathtaking in its loveliness, and the fanfare stirring and playable. This is just the special numb...

The result of a commission from the St. Edward High School Band (Lakewood, OH) for their performance at Severance Hall, Of Dreams and Destiny by Clarence Barber speaks to the dreams of students for th...

Trouping Days is a popular "band wagon" march, played fast and loud as the band rode through towns to attract customers. This arrangement by Gene Milford exhibits Karl King's wonderful gift for melody...

A minimalist approach makes this a unique work well-suited for teaching of chromatic fingerings. Chris Campbell's Perspective Shift is clever, tongue-in-cheek, and features interesting but not difficu...

Safely scored, Acclamation Overture by Kelly Bennette is playable by less experienced bands. It is a rewarding challenge, well worth the effort and---to add to it all---it is an enjoyable work to play...

A Welsh ballad, this lovely melody has been set for concert band by Gene Milford in this arrangement called The Sun's Bright Glow. Myfanwy has been called by some "the greatest love song ever written....

Instrumentation rather than difficulty makes this work a grade 3. Jeremy Martin's arrangement of Be Thou My Vision is ideal for memorial services or just for that spot at your concert where you want t...

Back Home Again in Indiana by James F. Hanley has become a jazz standard over the years and is the perfect vehicle for your band's vocal soloist. It may be played without the vocalist if you wish, wit...

This western look at a Japanese melody, with stark rhythmic treatments, has been immensely popular since its first publication. A lyrical clarinet/saxophone/euphonium melody provides a beautiful contr...

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...

Renowned for his timeless additions to the world of opera and orchestral repertoire, Richard Wagner composed Trauermusik to accompany Carl Maria von Weber's remains to their final resting place. Using...