OXFORD bb Icott CAN YOU HEAR ME? A song incorporating sign languageComposer's Note Twrote this piece to include sign language, as I have always found it to be an incredibly sensitive and beautiful form of communication—it also served as a reminder to me always to try to be open and aware of other people, and also of our surroundings. The three short choruses can be signed where marked, OB CHILCOTT November 1997 A GLOSSARY OF SIGN LANGUAGE* British ‘American oS) ee aE Can #5 You See + (Sa eK wa Ty Feel Hear 5 Me t CH It (the sun) 5 wasanonan nance Too “This glossary is for guidance only and choirs are encouraged to enlist the help of «fluent signer ifitis possible.Commissioned by Keynote Arts Associates—Janres E. Dash, President the Children iit Harmony Choral Festival, Orlando Florida, May 19 Barbara Tagg, Artistic Director Can you hear me? BOB CHILCOTT Wistful J = c.60 VOICES PIANO 5 poco erese. v look a-roundme as Igrow,I'd like to tell yousll know. rf P poco crese. with Ped. Duration: 4'40" approx. This piece is also available in an orchestration for string orchestra and piano, available from the publisher's hire library. © Oxtond iver Pres 1588 ‘OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6D? Photocopying this copyright materia is LEGAL. Printed in Grent Britsthe ci-ty streets, it’swhere1 like to be, 1 some-times sit and wait a while, I a tempo ‘mp dolce pocorit, [SIGN] Can__ yousee iv? 7 = tw Pedal? Cryo see ie the rush of time. ‘This is my somuch to see, see the sun, it makes me smile. _ unis, Can__yousee itCan. you see it? nf -2—— 24 tho. =— t Can you see it? poco rit, a tempo END SIGNING #6 a ——— 'poco rit, too? I feel lifeit’swhereI like to be, somuchto do, so much to I some-times sit and feel the sun, its warmth is there for ev-'ty-one,_ a tempo mp dolce Can__ you feel it? doled Tou feel it? Can__youfeel it gete mp dolce - tPF * Can_ you feel it nf y 4 — Ta Can you feel it? Can you feel it pF | fr TE47 END SIGNING if express My world’s a si-lent one, but it’s © - nough for me, hear you through your hands, the move-ment sets me_ free, SS f Hey i tr a tempo SIGN] Can, a youhear me? yo PP Can you hear me? you hear /Can__ you hear me?. Ph, psempre > unis. = Can you hear me? Canyouhear me © ————— p ¥ T look a-roundme as I grow, I'd SIGN) rit. 62 slower & like to tell you all I know.— Can you hear_ bl ae = = > ISBN 0-19-341532-1 a ncateeeromarcmees J ‘Printed én Great Britain by Halstan & Co. Ltd, Amersham, Backs. 15324!