“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.
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 659987
4. Satz aus der Sinfonie Nr.2
for: Voice (alto), piano
Item no.: 133383
nach "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" für Frauenchor (SSA) und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 423882
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130565
nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert und aus „Des Knaben Wunderhorn“
for: Voice (low), string quartet
Score
Item no.: 1611247
für sinfonisches Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194644
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 142953
„Was mir die Liebe erzählt“
for: Brass ensemble, organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1659016
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1664041
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685344
Orchesterlieder
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 350882
für Sopran und Orchester (Neuausgabe 2011)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391788
für Orchester
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675343
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1677217
Based on a cycle of six poems translated from the Chinese by Hans Bethge
Reprint of the Universal-Edition, Vienna, 1912 edition
for: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 129239
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 290852
4th and 5th movement
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 693115
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 364011
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1671221
Fotographie von Moritz Nähr, aufgenommen 1907 in der Wiener Hofoper
DIN A6
Postcard
Item no.: 235927
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 695756
für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 670677
Ausgewählte Sätze
for: Piano
Item no.: 579851
2010 Critical Edition by the International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562724
mit 9 Abbildungen und 4 Notenbeispielen
C.H.Beck Wissen
Book
Item no.: 1667295
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1555448
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
New Critical Edition by The International Gustav Mahler Society
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471669
für Orchester
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391799
"Resurrection"
New revised edtion based on the Critical Edition of 2010. A separate textbook with historical essays and a critical report in German and English is enclosed
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 579442
"Symphony of a Thousand"
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 577586
from the Symphony No. 5
for: Harp, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624141
nach den Texten aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: achtstimmigen gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664194
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385237
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186331
in Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 217458
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 576354
Based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Complete Works, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 113102
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 642691
Lieder
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 467900
Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Band XIV, Teilband 4, Int. G. Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 385443
Die Wegbegleiterinnen des Komponisten
porträtiert nach Briefen, Tagebüchern und zeitgenössischen Dokumenten
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1478473
Musikführer
Serie Musik
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1655741
15 Lieder, Humoresken und Balladen
for: tiefere Singstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 182193
für Orchester
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675347
"Der Titan"
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391783
Book 9: Excerpts from the inspirational Symphony No 1, abridged and arranged for easy piano
The Essential Classics series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657893
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392254