“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: höhere und tiefere Singstimme mit Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 658623
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 353795
for: Trombone
Item no.: 130568
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 353796
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381929
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383539
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1744858
Ein Essay über Rückert-Lieder von Gustav Mahler
Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft 83
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 227178
Mahler 8
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 336581
Eine musikalische Ambivalenz
Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft 122
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 397028
Mahlers "Vierte Symphonie" und ihre Interpretation um die Jahrtausendwende
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 773297
for: Trumpet
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204360
for: Harp, Keyboard and Others
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204355
Einrichtung für Orgel
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 159307
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 151208
for: Harp, strings
Score
Item no.: 166949
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 184296
"The Titan"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758644
for: Trombone Octet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973464
Book
Item no.: 934693
for: für Soli, gemischten Chor (SATB), großes Orchester und Fernorchester
Partitur
Item no.: 341068
for: für Sopran-, Alt- und Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor (SATB) und großes Orchester
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 584304
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 660817
A tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 776843
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385234
for: Alto / Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 143587
for: für Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 365019
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356837
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 275094
for: BLECH ENSEMBLE SCHLAGZ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551246
for: Flexible String Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 991699
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265828
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 738534
for: Voice (alto), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198509
for: Brass ensemble (13 parts), glockenspiel
Score
Item no.: 1716247
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745522
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947877
Based on the New Critical Complete Edition, published by Bote & Bock, Berlin. Published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 635059
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386163
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670085
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1203379
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993954
for: Bassoon
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204331
for: Recorder ensemble
Score
Item no.: 418711
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 898626
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946879
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676829
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594406