[SLE] bash Script Using Filenames with Embedded Spaces

I am trying to write a simple bash script to handle files with embedded
spaces in the filename. For example, a listing of a directory using "ls -1"
gives:

ls -l *.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 lucky users 20168832 2006-11-03 17:54 01 Allegro.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 lucky users 8105984 2006-11-03 17:53 02 Adagio un poco mosso.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 lucky users 10661760 2006-11-03 17:53 03 Rondo - Allegro.mp3

The following simplified script

for i in `ls -1 *.mp3`
do
echo $i
done

produces the following output:

01
Allegro.mp3
02
Adagio
un
poco
mosso.mp3
03
Rondo
-
Allegro.mp3

I have tried various combinations of single and double quotes to no avail
including redirecting the "ls -1" listing to a file and escaping the
spaces with a backslash, again to no avail.

Surely there must be some trick I can use to handle this anomoly.?

Thank you,
Lucky Leavell

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