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3 unusual facts about The Wise Virgins


The Wise Virgins

One of the pieces was the cantata containing 'Sheep may safely graze’.

Believing it to be a religious subject, Ashton, wanting to use this music, chose the parable of the wise and foolish virgins from the Gospel of Matthew 25:1-13.

Columbia Records - Cleveland Orchestra at the Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland, conducted by Louis Lane (3 April 1970)



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