“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: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1552065
nach Texten aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: achtstimmigen gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364530
Revidierte Fassung 1899 in 2 Sätzen
for: für Soli: Sopran,Alt,Tenor, Knabenalt (ad lib.), Chor SATB,großes Orchester und Fernorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 190059
Briefe
Bibliothek der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft
Book
Item no.: 399719
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745486
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1203180
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 157668
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685344
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 149521
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108635
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 287447
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 945597
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665584
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 973420
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 577184
In four movements
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 796350
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204406
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 353608
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 350882
Study score
Item no.: 326442
Study score
Item no.: 224933
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675343
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 223882
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391788
for: SATB, Orchestra or Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039696
Postcard
Item no.: 1316999
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1713260
original für Klavier und Streichtrio
for: Flute [oboe], clarinet, bassoon, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1690968
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203314
Die Geschichte eines Hochstaplers aus Wien, der Stadt der Klaviere
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1009182
Mahler 6
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 336579
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 336577
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 659987
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 431004
for: Violin, Clarinet, Cornet (Flugelhorn), Violoncello & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1632065
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893235
4. Satz aus der Sinfonie Nr.2
for: Voice (alto), piano
Item no.: 133383
Mahler 9
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 337181
for: Trombone
Item no.: 130569
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: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287449
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772441
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204356
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 371062
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130565
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
for: Voice (low), string quartet
Score
Item no.: 1611247