Spartiti per banda

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...

Scritta per undici fiati quando Mendelssohn aveva quindici anni, è stata impostata per banda di fiati contemporanea (le parti di sassofono sono opzionali, rispettando il desiderio di accuratezza stori...

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...

Uno dei tanti grandi capolavori di J.S. Bach, queste opere per organo trascritte (conosciute come 'La Grande' Fuga) sono pezzi meravigliosi da ascoltare e suonare. Accuratamente modificate per i color...

Con una partitura per flauto, oboi, clarinetti, fagotti, corni e contrabbasso (parti alternate per controfagotto o clarinetto contrabbasso), questa è un'edizione estremamente sensibile e bella dell'op...

Il secondo decennio di marce di Sousa iniziò con The Corcoran Cadets (1890). Si tratta di una marcia in ottavi pensata più per essere suonata da seduti che sul campo. Sembra che Sousa si sia prefisso...

Questo classico della biblioteca Ludwig Music è una splendida rielaborazione di una delle belle e struggenti canzoni d'autore di Richard Strauss. L'arrangiamento per banda di fiati è estremamente risp...

Originariamente parte di una cantata di Elgar del 1890, questo arrangiamento basso ed espressivo per banda è un meraviglioso strumento didattico e di esecuzione. Non tecnicamente impegnativo, è un bel...

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...

Scritto nel 1866, il giorno in cui seppe che il suo buon amico e nazionalista norvegese Rikard Nordraak era morto, il monumento originale alla memoria del suo caro amico fu composto da Edvard Grieg pe...

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...

Questa trascrizione per banda di Randy Earles (curata dal grande Frederick Fennell) della versione del 1919 de L'uccello di fuoco deve la sua esistenza all'impareggiabile programma delle bande scolast...

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...