[5] His name may alternatively be spelled as Stanislaw Ludkiewicz (Polish) or Stanislav Filipovich Ludkevich (Russian).

[7] During this time he also studied on his own at the Conservatory of Galician Music Society in Lviv under Mieczysław Sołtys.

He was one of the organizers of the higher musical institute in Lviv named after Mykola Lysenko, from 1910 until 1915 he was its director,[10] and from 1919, teacher of theoretical disciplines and inspector of legal entities.

[4] He was the author of numerous musicological works, was a publicist, and originator and editor of musical publications.

The participation of Lyudkevych in the revolutionary-democratic movement of Western Ukraine lead to the ideological orientation of his activities and works.