Gustav Mahler Liebst Du Um Schönheit ( Thomas Hampson) with English lyrics subtitle

Barítone Thomas Hampson performed with Maestro Leonard Bernstein: Gustav Mahler Liebst Du Um Schönheit (If you love for beauty) Alma Mahler wrote: He (Gustav Mahler) had composed for me the only love song he ever wrote Liebst du um Schönheit and he slipped it in between the title page and the first page of the Valkyrie. Then he waited day after day for me to find it; but I never happened to open the volume, and his patience gave out. I think I ll take a look at the Valkyrie today, he said abruptly. He opened it and the song fell out. I was overwhelmed with joy and we played it that day twenty times at Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1975): 6061