“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: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391788
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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893235
Mahler 9
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 337181
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772441
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204356
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: tiefe Stimme und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 749283
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183475
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187529
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 371062
for: Hohe Singstimme, Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1557732
for: 2 voices (Alt [Bariton], Tenor), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 586831
Chamber Ensemble arranged by Arnold Shoenberg
for: Voice (S/Mez), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 490798
for: Trombone
Item no.: 130569
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130565
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 334475
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287449
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 113106
Study score
Item no.: 343089
for: Voice (alto), piano
Item no.: 133383
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713953
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: Violin, Clarinet, Cornet (Flugelhorn), Violoncello & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1632065
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 423882
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1269966
for: Voice (low), string quartet
Score
Item no.: 1611247
for: Trumpet, organ
Buch
Item no.: 294949
Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft 70
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 124944
Wiener Schriften zur Stilkunde und Aufführungspraxis 9
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1340780
Durchgesetzt?
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 291332
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951609
for: Timpani
Music score
Item no.: 1107623
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689500
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 991700
from Symphony No. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 757198
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 189382
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1715940
Kritische Gesamtausgabe Band XIII, Teilband 1 herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav-Mahler-gesellschaft, Wien (Gesamtausgabe, kritischer Bericht) (Complete edition, Critical Report)
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 128213
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1031982
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1561055
Study score
Item no.: 350187
First edition based on the copy of the score revised by Mahler Hamburg 1893
Set of orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 685906