The Foolish Virgins
Blog Post by Sarah Kernochan - Dec.29.2011 - 11:08 am
Catchy title, no? Makes you want to read on? It's the title of a cantata written by my grandfather. Here is an excerpt. You may appreciate his way with melody in this radio broadcast of 1913. Unfortunately the hilarity of the title overwhelms the music, which could be called, um, wet.
(The libretto is based on Matthew 12:1 - 13, The Parable of the Ten Virgins as told by Jesus.)
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Sarah Kernochan's most recent novel, Jane Was Here, was published in 2011. Sarah has won two Academy Awards for her documentaries Marjoe and Thoth. As a screenwriter, she has written many films, among them Nine and ½ Weeks, Impromptu, and What Lies Beneath;...
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