Gustav Mahler was born 1860 July 7, in Kaliste, Bohemia [Austrian Empire]. He died 1911 May 18 in Vienna.
| PLACE | AGE | DATE | COMPOSITION | REVISIONS |
| Iglau | 5 | 1865 | first compositions (lost or destroyed) | |
| 14 | 1874 | Herzog Ernst von Schwaben, opera (unfinished, MS accidentally destroyed) | ||
| Vienna | 15 | 1876 | Piano Quartet (only the 1st movement survives) | |
| 17 | 1877 | (piano-duet arrangement of Bruckner's 3rd Symphony, with Krzyzanowski) | ||
| 1878 | (completed poem text of Das Klangende Lied) | |||
| 18 | Piano Quintet, scherzo (MS lost) | |||
| 19 | 1880 | Im Lenz, song (Mahler) | ||
| Winterlied, song (Mahler) | ||||
| Maitanz im Grünen, song (Mahler) | ||||
| 20 | Das Klagende Lied ['the lamenting song'], cantata (text by Mahler) | |||
| 19-22 | 1879-82 | Rübezahl, opera (unfinished, MS lost or destroyed, libretto by Mahler) | ||
| 23 | 1883 | Frühlingsmorgen (Richard Leander), #1 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 1 | ||
| Erinnerung (Richard Leander), #2 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 1 | ||||
| Hans und Grete (Mahler), #3 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 1 [music identical with Maitanz im Grünen -- see 1880] | ||||
| Serenade aus Don Juan (Tirso de Molina), #4 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 1 | ||||
| Phantasie aus Don Juan (Tirso de Molina), #5 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 1 | ||||
| Kassel | 1884 | Der Trompeter von Sakkingen, incidental music to "tableaux vivants" (includes "Blumine" serenade) | ||
| 24 | Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (Mahler), #1 of Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen | |||
| Ging heut' morgens übers Feld (Mahler), #2 of Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen | ||||
| Ich hab' ein glühend' Messer (Mahler), #3 of Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen | ||||
| Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (Mahler), #4 of Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen | ||||
| Leipzig | 27 | 1887 | Die Drei Pintos, opera (completion of Carl Maria von Weber's sketches) | |
| Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #1 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 2 | ||||
| Ich ging mit Lust (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #2 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 2 | ||||
| Aus! Aus! (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #3 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 2 | ||||
| Starke Einbildungskraft (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #4 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 2 | ||||
| Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #1 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 3 | ||||
| Ablösung im Sommer (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #2 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 3 | ||||
| Scheiden und Meiden (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #3 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 3 | ||||
| Nicht Wiedersehen! (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #4 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 3 | ||||
| Selbstgefühl (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), #5 of Lieder und Gesänge, part 3 | ||||
| 27 | 1888 | Symphonic Poem (later the 1st Symphony) | ||
| 28 | Symphony in C-minor, 1st movement (later Todtenfeier, still later 2nd Symphony, 1st movement) | |||
| Budapest | 29 | 1889 | 2nd version of Symphonic Poem ("1st Symphony") | |
| Hamburg | 31 | 1892 | Der Schildwache Nachtlied ['the night watchman's song'], orchestral song, #1 of Humoresken (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | |
| Verlor'ne Müh ['wasted effort'], , orchestral song, #2 of Humoresken (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? ['who made up this little song?'], orchestral song, #3 of Humoresken (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Das himmlische Leben ['the heavenly life'] (later used as finale to the 4th Symphony), orchestral song, #4 of Humoresken (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Trost im Unglück ['comfort in unhappiness'], orchestral song, #5 of Humoresken (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| 32 | Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), later used for 2nd Symphony, 4th movement | |||
| 32 | 1893 | Titan, 3rd version of "1st Symphony" | ||
| Das irdische Leben, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Steinbach | 33 | 2nd Symphony, 2nd and 3rd movements | ||
| Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn), basis of 2nd Symphony. 3rd movement | ||||
| Rheinlegendchen, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Hamburg | 2nd version of Das Klagende Lied, eliminating Waldmärchen | |||
| 1894 | 2nd Symphony, 5th movement | |||
| 4th version of 1st Symphony | ||||
| Steinbach | 35 | 1895 | 3rd Symphony, 2nd movement | |
| 3rd Symphony, 3rd movement | ||||
| 3rd Symphony, 4th movement (Nietzsche) | ||||
| 3rd Symphony, 5th movement (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| 3rd Symphony, 6th movement | ||||
| Lob des hohen Verstandes, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| 36 | 1896 | 3rd Symphony, 1st movement | ||
| 5th version of 1st Symphony | ||||
| 6th version of 1st Symphony | ||||
| Vienna | 37 | 1898 | 3rd version of Das Klagende Lied | |
| Vahrn | 38 | Lied des Verfolgten im Turm, ['song of the prisoner in the tower'], orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||
| Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen ['where the proud trumpets blow'], orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| ? - orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||||
| Vienna | 1899 | 4th (final) version of Das Klagende Lied | ||
| revision of 3rd Symphony | ||||
| Aussee | 39 | Revelge, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||
| 4th Symphony, 1st movement | ||||
| 4th Symphony, 2nd movement | ||||
| Maiernigg | 40 | 1900 | 4th Symphony, 3rd movement | |
| 41 | 1901 | Der Tamboursg'sell, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||
| Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!, orchestral song (Rückert) | ||||
| Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, orchestral song (Rückert) | ||||
| Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, orchestral song (Rückert) | ||||
| Um Mitternacht, orchestral song (Rückert) | ||||
| Nun will die Sonn; so hell aufgeh'n, orchestral song (Rückert), #1 of Kindertotenlieder | ||||
| Wenn dein Mütterlein, orchestral song (Rückert), #3 of Kindertotenlieder | ||||
| Oft denk; ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen, orchestral song (Rückert), #4 of Kindertotenlieder | ||||
| 5th Symphony, 1st movement (funeral march) | ||||
| 5th Symphony, 2nd movement | ||||
| 5th Symphony, 3rd movement (scherzo) | ||||
| 42 | 1902 | Liebst du um Schönheit, orchestral song (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | ||
| 5th Symphony, 4th movement ("Adagietto") | ||||
| 5th Symphony, 5th movement | ||||
| 43 | 1903 | 6th Symphony, 1st movement | ||
| 6th Symphony, 2nd movement | ||||
| 6th Symphony, 3rd movement | ||||
| 44 | 1904 | Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen, orchestral song (Rückert), #2 of Kindertotenlieder | ||
| In diesem Wetter, orchestral song (Rückert), #5 of Kindertotenlieder | ||||
| 6th Symphony, 4th movement | ||||
| 7th Symphony, 2nd movement ("Nachtmusik I") | ||||
| 7th Symphony, 4th movement ("Nachtmusik II") | ||||
| 2nd version of 5th Symphony | ||||
| 45 | 1905 | 7th Symphony, 3rd movement | ||
| 7th Symphony, 5th movement | ||||
| 7th Symphony, 1st movement | ||||
| 46 | 1906 | 8th Symphony | ||
| Toblach | 48 | 1908 | Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde, #1 of Das Lied von der Erde | |
| Der Einsame Im Herbst, #2 of Das Lied von der Erde | ||||
| Von Der Jugend, #3 of Das Lied von der Erde | ||||
| Von Der Schonheit, #4 of Das Lied von der Erde | ||||
| Der Trunkene Im Fruhling, #5 of Das Lied von der Erde | ||||
| Der Abschied, #6 of Das Lied von der Erde | ||||
| 2nd version of 7th Symphony | ||||
| 1909 | 3rd version of 7th Symphony | |||
| 9th Symphony, 1st movement | ||||
| 49 | 9th Symphony, 2nd movement | |||
| 9th Symphony, 3rd movement | ||||
| 9th Symphony, 4th movement | ||||
| 4th (final) version of 7th Symphony | ||||
| 50 | 1910 | 10th Symphony, 1st movement | ||
| 10th Symphony, 2nd movement | ||||
| 10th Symphony, 3rd movement (unfinished) | ||||
| 10th Symphony, 4th movement (unfinished) | ||||
| 10th Symphony, 5th movement (unfinished) | ||||
| 1911 | 3nd (final) version of 5th Symphony |
See A Century of New Music in Vienna for a detailed chronology centered on Mahler's life.