About this edition
Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit ("Songs and Chants from My Youth") is a remarkable collection of fourteen songs for voice and piano that offers a uniquely intimate window into Mahler's creative world. Composed across roughly a decade of his early maturity, these songs range from tender settings of folk-inflected texts to the vivid, often ironic poems drawn from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, the anthology that would profoundly shape Mahler's symphonic imagination. Distributed across three volumes, the cycle is essential repertoire for singers, accompanists, and scholars studying the roots of Mahler's mature orchestral song style.
This edition reproduces the first publication issued by the venerable Mainz house of B. Schott's Söhne in 1892, bearing publisher numbers 830, 32, and 34 and plate numbers 25183–25185. Schott's original printing served as the principal source through which Mahler's early songs entered the European repertoire, and it preserves the composer's intended three-volume arrangement and textual details from the period of initial publication. Because Mahler himself oversaw this release, the Schott edition remains a touchstone for performers and researchers seeking the songs as they were first presented to the public.
About this edition:
- Complete score of all 14 songs across the 3 original volumes
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches, suitable for desk study and performance use
- Faithfully reproduced from a public domain historical source
- Published by Purple 4R Publishing
We're pleased to make this historic Schott edition available once again in a clean, affordable printed format — bringing a foundational work of the late-Romantic song repertoire within easy reach of singers, pianists, teachers, and Mahler enthusiasts everywhere.
