“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: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636542
in Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 217458
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385237
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153321
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: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 385238
Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Band XIII, Teilband 4
hrsg. von der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 385442
Dover Full Scores
Book
Item no.: 173321
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 142953
"Resurrection"
New revised edtion based on the Critical Edition of 2010. A separate textbook with historical essays and a critical report in German and English is enclosed
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 579442
für sinfonisches Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194644
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 615555
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
4th and 5th movement
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 693115
Kritische Gesamtausgabe Band XIV, Teilband 1 herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav-Mahler-gesellschaft, Wien (Gesamtausgabe, kritischer Bericht) (Complete edition, Critical Report)
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 314795
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
für hohe Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 293239
Miniature Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209978
Fotographie von Moritz Nähr, aufgenommen 1907 in der Wiener Hofoper
DIN A6
Postcard
Item no.: 235927
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 130565
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
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745486
Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Band XIII, Teilbd. 3, Int. G. Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385436
Postcard
Item no.: 1316999
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
Lieder
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 467900
(1901-1903)
Philharmonia Taschenpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 104705
Book
Item no.: 771078
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186331
for low voice and piano
from the symphony no.2
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 169627
in d-Moll, op. 125
mit Gustav Mahlers Retuschen
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 764827
dalla 5a Sinfonia
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772441
An Introduction to his Music
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 121124
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 659987
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 121018
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 605784
Neue Ausgabe
Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Band XIV, Teilband 3, Int. G. Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 385437
2010 Critical Edition by the International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562724
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 767432
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 576354
15 Lieder, Humoresken und Balladen
for: tiefere Singstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 182193
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, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203314
Oxford Studies in Music Theory
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 886123
Synthese, Innovation, kompositorische Rezeption
Studien zur Wertungsforschung 54
Book
Item no.: 617794
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 287449
Cambridge Composer Studies
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 980464
Ausgewählte Sätze
for: Piano
Item no.: 579851
Cambridge Composer Studies
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 980097