Lost purchased music; how do I recover

On my last synch, I lost music I had purchased some time ago, and had been enjoying since. What did I do, and how can I get it back?

Deb, Yes, the purchases were authorized, synched at one time, and still show in my purchases list on iTunes. However, after adding some new CD's to my library, the purchased are now gone from my folders list, and now from my iPod since I have since synched. The odd thing is that there is no pattern. I lost 1 or 2 from one list of purchases, and another one from another list, and maybe none from a third list, and so on. I hope that makes more sense. I hope you can help. Thanks for your response.
Best regards,
"57"

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