Will Liverman
Four Private Parables
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Four Private Parables, Will Liverman (2026)
a song cycle for baritone and piano
with text by Jonathan King
FOUR PRIVATE PARABLES is born out of conversations on why humanity seems to be invested in dividing itself. In telling and hearing stories from friends, I realized that conflict may not only be inherent to human nature but is also a narrative that we witness and therefore repeat. Division is a learned behavior.
Each poem frames an actual event and details actual persons who have impacted my life. The poems are chronological, beginning with a story from my childhood and ending with the witness of a mentor’s final days. When paired together, my hope is that these poems ask you, “If division is indeed something learned, then was there a time when we did not understand what division was? And, by the end of our lives, is it possible to shed our learned behavior to return to what we knew all along-- we are each one another?”
Contents
i. For Amie.
ii. For Marcus.
iii. For Timothy.
iv. For John.
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About the Work
Movements:
i. For Amie.
ii. For Marcus.
iii. For Timothy.
iv. For John.
Instrumentation: Baritone and Piano
ISMN: 979-0-094-01260-7
Pages: 28
