Tag Archives: Gustav Mahler

If you love for beauty

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Michaela

I love the “Rückert Lieder” by Gustav Mahler. The 5 poems by the German poet Friedrich Rückert are of sublime beauty and Mahler’s music just gives them wings. Enjoy Liebst Du Um Schönheit

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I am lost to the world

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Michaela

During the summers of 1901 and 1902, Gustav Mahler set to music five poems by the German Romantic poet Friedrich Rückert. Mahler identified strongly with the poem, saying that it expressed his very self.

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