“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949468
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1000347
für 9 Violoncelli
for: 9 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673263
Final Version 1906
additional part
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781361
aus "Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert"
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1555443
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685914
for: achtstimmigen gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 182291
nach den Texten aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: achtstimmigen gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664194
for: GCH (SSAATTBB) HA
Choir score
Item no.: 582591
for: Harfe
Single part Harp
Item no.: 582592
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393037
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 130554
Gustav Mahler – Igor Strawinsky – Anton Webern – Frank Martin
Veröffentlichungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung 2
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260886