“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.
Urfassung 1880 in drei Sätzen
for: für Soli, gemischten Chor (SATB), großes Orchester und Fernorchester
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 602708
3-sätzige Fassung
nach dem Text der kritischen Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 268579
Orchestral parts (strings 10.9.8.7.6 + wind set)
for: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552066
Final Version 1906
Linen Cover
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 781351
Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 743589
Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 730444
Konzertfassung von Yoel H. Gamazou
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 655341
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 648175
Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Würzburg 5
Schott Musikwissenschaft
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 358099
und Klavier
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 582978
Revidierte Fassung 1899 in 2 Sätzen
for: für Sopran-, Alt- und Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor (SATB) und großes Orchester
Partitur
Item no.: 342795
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 695244
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 745489
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 948460
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378910
Southern Music
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 926985
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Low Brass
for: Trombone
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204373
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1558496
aus "Symphonie Nr. 10"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586273
Urfassung 1880 in drei Sätzen
for: Soli, gemischten Chor (SATB), großes Orchester und Fernorchester
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135400
for: tiefere Singstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 182193
Verschiedene Lieder
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748565
1. Satz und Skizze eines Scherzo-Satzes
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 109321
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391744
Fünfzehn Lieder, Humoresken und Balladen aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Voice, piano
Piano score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 483093
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675347
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209978
aus der 5. Sinfonie
for: Organ
Item no.: 294060
for: für Orchester
Partitur
Item no.: 212957
from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
for: Voice and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198263
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Clarinet
for: Clarinet
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204366
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
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 670065
Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737895
9 Lieder und Gesänge
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 353796
9 Lieder und Gesänge
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 353795
Kritische Gesamtausgabe
Mahler Neue GA/Bd. Supplement Bd. II
for: höhere und tiefere Singstimme mit Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 658623
Musikführer
Serie Musik
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 649488
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 966660
aus der Sinfonie Nr. 5
classics for clarinets
for: Hohe Klarinette in Es (oder Klarinette solo), Klarinetten (5), Bass-Klarinette
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1635506
Die Symphonien
Zweite Auflage 2019
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 344392
aus "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"
for: vier gemischte Chöre (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 144324
Sinfonien 1-6
for: Trombone
Item no.: 130568
(Resurrection)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1203178
First edition based on the copy of the score revised by Mahler Hamburg 1893
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685903
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947457
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381929
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383539