“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
für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 670677
Dover Full Scores
Book
Item no.: 173321
Partitur, broschiert
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1676675
für sinfonisches Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194644
Bearbeitung für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 445368
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
from Symphony No. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740141
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385237
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 557993
Leinenausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1673812
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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 162978
Final Version 1906
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 781350
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287450
"Der Titan"
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391783
Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737892
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
(1884-1888/1896)
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 226927
für Orchester
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 675344
(aus der Symphonie Nr. 5)
for: Harp, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 626083
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153321
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385236
4. und 5. Satz
Klavierauszug (Großdruck) der Vokalteile
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 694202
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
Andreas Ottensamer presents
The Clarinet Collection
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 646105
Facsimile of Composers Manuscript
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 551201
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 147496
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392254
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
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: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Piano reduction
Item no.: 136607
Book
Item no.: 244321
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
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287452
Symphony of a Thousand
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124177
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 759468
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
1908-1910
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577402
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 142953
Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht?
Fünf ausgewählte Lieder
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629832
für mittlere Singstimme und Orchester
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554924