Tantum Ergo
SA Choir and Organ
$2.50 per score
About the Work
Tantum Ergo was premiered by the choir of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, conducted by David Sinden, Director of Music. I finished this piece in early August of 2021, right as choirs were returning to in-person singing after many long months of silence during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is scored for SATB or SA voices, accompanied by organ and a descant.
Text
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Præstet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et Jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen.
Translation
Hence so greatly the Sacrament
Let us venerate with heads bowed
And let the old practice
Give way 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, honor, virtue also,
And blessing too:
To the One proceeding from Both
Let there be equal praise.