Tantum Ergo

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Composer
Thomas Pavlechko
Difficulty
Moderately Difficult radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Communion Holy Week General
Voicing(s)
SATB+
Instruments
Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Category
Anthems Communion Anthems
Collections
So, You Have a Cathedral Choir!
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

SATB, divisi throughout. Optional organ. Atmospheric and lush.

In Latin.

Audio
Lyrics

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.

[Let us, with heads bowed
Venerate so great a Sacrament,
And let the old practice yield
to the new rite;
Let faith provide a supplement
For the failure of the senses.

to the Begetter and the Begotten
Be praise and jubilation,
Hail, honour, virtue and equal praise
Be to Him, who proceeds from both.]