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I'm looking for one of those photocopy pages with around 4 chant pieces on it.

St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary used 1 or 2 little photocopy pages like this for Benediction.

I think the sheets were a half sheet of paper, folded in the middle. There *might* have been 2 of these total.

It was in the days before the TRH (Traditional Roman Hymnal) which was released in 2001 and has now been out of print for the past 5 years. Once the TRH was released, the seminary stopped using the photocopy sheets.

But there was a REAL NICE Tantum Ergo version on that sheet -- a version that's not in the TRH *or* the Liber Usualis. And although I know I'd never throw such a thing away, I can't find mine! It's not in my seminary papers box; I just checked through it.

I'm hoping that SOMEONE who was at the seminary back then kept theirs. I want to photocopy it, bring it back to life, use that Tantum Ergo at the chapel I attend now, etc. And there might have been more than one gem on that sheet.

If an upper-year from that era knows where they GOT those chants from, that might be just as helpful. Maybe there's a book I need to get. "Cantus Selecti" or something like that?

If I do end up finding it (St. Anthony, ora pro nobis!) I'll post it here.

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You might also consult the St. Gregory Hymnal, which was printed about 100 years ago.  Reprints continued into the 1950's, and then it was re-issued without changes in the 80's by another publisher.  There are a bunch of Tantum Ergo versions in there.

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You might also consult the St. Gregory Hymnal, which was printed about 100 years ago.  Reprints continued into the 1950's, and then it was re-issued without changes in the 80's by another publisher.  There are a bunch of Tantum Ergo versions in there.

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Tantum Ergo starts at song 242a: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SGHC1920?page=2

Neil, is every version in modern notation throughout?

And are there any other hymnals or collections you recommend?