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Early works
- 1876 Piano Quartet in A minor
- 1878-1880 Das klagende Lied
- 1880 Three Lieder: “Im Lenz”; “Winterlied”; “Maitanz im Grünen”
- 1880-1883 Lieder und Gesänge Vol. I (five songs)
- 1885-1886 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (four songs)
- 1884 Der Trompeter von Säckingen (lost, except for movement Blumine that was included in early versions of Symphony No. 1, see below)
Wunderhorn period
- 1887-1888 Die Drei Pintos adaptation
- 1887-1890 Lieder und Gesänge Vol. II (four songs)
- 1887-1890 Lieder und Gesänge Vol. III (five songs)
- 1888-1896 Symphony No. 1 in D
- 1888-1894 Symphony No. 2
- 1892 “Das himmlische Leben” (Wunderhorn setting later used in Symphony No. 4)
- 1892-1901 Des Knaben Wunderhorn (12 songs)
- 1894-1896 Symphony No. 3
- 1899-1901 Symphony No. 4
Middle period
- 1901-1904 Rückert-Lieder (5 songs)
- 1901-1904 Kindertotenlieder (5 songs)
- 1901-1902 Symphony No. 5
- 1903-1904 Symphony No. 6 in A minor
- 1904-1905 Symphony No. 7
- 1906-1907 Symphony No. 8 in E-flat
Late works
- 1908-1909 Das Lied von der Erde
- 1909-1910 Symphony No. 9
- 1910 Symphony No. 10 in F sharp (unfinished; continuous draft score)
More
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