Some composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Carl Nielsen, continued to write in the traditional four-movement form, while other composers took different approaches: Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 7, his last, is in one movement, whereas Alan Hovhaness's Symphony No. 9, Saint Vartanâoriginally op. 80, changed to op. 180âcomposed in 1949â50, is in twenty-four.
Leni Riefenstahl. Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (German: [ËÊiËfnÌ©ÊtaËl]; 22 August 1902 â 8 September 2003) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer. Born in 1902, Leni Riefenstahl grew up in Germany with her brother Heinz (1905â1944), who was killed on the Eastern Front in World War II.
What kind of antisemite was Leni Riefenstahl? She claimed to be ignorant of Hitlerâs plans, but is that true? And if it is, how do we judge her work? By Jacob Shamsian