“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.
für mittlere Singstimme und Orchester
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554924
Kritische Gesamtausgabe Band 3
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 113104
for Euphonium and Piano
for: C/Bb Euphonium BC/TC
Book
Item no.: 956654
Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 768952
Piano, Orch.
for: SATB divisi -G/E
Book
Item no.: 936227
Die Geschichte eines Hochstaplers aus Wien, der Stadt der Klaviere
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1009182
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203314
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Viola
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204356
dalla 5a Sinfonia
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772441
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 659987
4. Satz aus der Sinfonie Nr.2
for: Voice (alto), piano
Item no.: 133383
Mahler 6
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 336579
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 336577
pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 334475
Mahler 9
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 337181
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 371062
Sinfonien 7-10 u. a.
for: Trombone
Item no.: 130569
nach "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" für Frauenchor (SSA) und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 423882
Chamber Ensemble arranged by Arnold Shoenberg
for: Voice (S/Mez), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 490798
for: Hohe Singstimme, Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1557732
Miniature Score
Study score
Item no.: 343089
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 431004
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130565
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287449
"Symphonie der Tausend"
Mahler - Gesamtausgabe 8
Nach dem Text der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe. Herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 113106
(Symphony No.5)
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187529
Finale
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183475
für eine Tenor- und eine Alt- (oder Bariton-) Stimme und Orchester
nach dem Text der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe
for: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 586831
Based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Complete Works, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
Mahler Gesamtausgabe 10
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 113107
nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert und aus „Des Knaben Wunderhorn“
for: Voice (low), string quartet
Score
Item no.: 1611247
original für Klavier und Streichtrio
for: Flute [oboe], clarinet, bassoon, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1690968
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893235
Final Version 1906
additional part
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781357
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685911
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685913
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745487
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 278517
Ergänzungsstimme
for: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552075
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685914
für sinfonisches Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194644
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 695243
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
1908-1910
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577402
Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht?
Fünf ausgewählte Lieder
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629832
„Was mir die Liebe erzählt“
for: Brass ensemble, organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1659016
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1664041
for: SATB, Orchestra or Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039696