“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.” Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Gustav Mahler is one of the great, visionary composers of the Art Nouveau era, who bridged the gap between the late romantic and classical modern periods. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his innovative works today!
With each of his symphonies he set out to ’build a world’. Most of his contemporaries did not understand this, his works were considered too long, overloaded and confused. But Mahler had great confidence in his compositions: ’My time will come.’
And he was absolutely right, the Nine Mahler Symphonies, Mahler’s Lied von der Erde and the Art Song by Mahler are all part of today’s standard repertoire for orchestras, conductors and singers worldwide. The 10th, The Unfinished Symphony by Mahler, only consists of one finished movement, and is often performed today, either alone as a single movement, or in an arrangement made from Mahler’s sketches.
Like his antipode Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler is considered a master of orchestration. Mahler made a career primarily as an opera conductor, and as director of the Vienna Court Opera, which is now the Vienna State Opera, he set exemplary standards which are admired, and upheld to this day.
Scores and piano reductions of his works can be found printed by the biggest publishers today, as Universal Edition – Works by Mahler in Vienna, and also Breitkopf & Härtel – Works by Mahler, who also started a new edition of the symphonies in 2019.
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
Book
Item no.: 173321
Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Orchester
Neue Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft Wien
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143758
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1676675
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385237
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 767432
in 4 movements (1900-1901/1911)
Mahler Neue Kritische Gesamtausgabe IV
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745158
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 557993
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 162978
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1673812
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287450
Final Version 1906
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 781350
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391783
Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Band XIII, Teilbd. 3, Int. G. Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385436
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287448
Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737892
(1884-1888/1896)
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 226927
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675344
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
Neue Dirigierpartituren-Reihe
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577355
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385236
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 646105
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 771181
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 147496
Facsimile of Composers Manuscript
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 551201
for: Harp, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 626083
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153321
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 694202
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636542
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184942
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392254
for: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Piano reduction
Item no.: 136607
2010 Critical Edition by the International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562724
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287452
for: Piano
Item no.: 579851
Symphony of a Thousand
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124177
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 670677
1908-1910
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577402
nach dem Text der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe
for: 2 solo voices (A/BarT), orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577468
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 142953
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 695243
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629832
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194644
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554924
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 113104
für Viola und Klavier
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 614481