''Paschale Mysterium'' is

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for "The mystery of Easter". The words have been used as the title of albums of

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for

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An album entitled ''Paschale Mysterium'' was issued as a

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in 1976; it was re-released by Sony Records in 1998. The music was sung by the German choir Capella Antiqua München directed by its regular conductor

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. Several samples of the album were used without permission for the album '' MCMXC a.D.'' by

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, for example the

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Procedamus in pace! Procedamus in pace! (Latin for 'Let us proceed in peace') is a Gregorian chant. The text includes a quotation from Psalm 24:7-8. Recordings {{Infobox song , name = Procedamus in pace! , cover = , alt = , type = song ...

". This antiphon was used in the track "

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", which appeared as a single in late 1990, shortly before the album was released. After a lawsuit in 1994, compensation was paid.

Track listing

# ''Nos autem'',

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# ''Procedamus in pace!'' (Antiphon) # ''Ave, Rex noster, Fili David'' (Antiphon) # ''Hoc corpus'', communion in

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8 (''

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'', No 573b) # ''Ubi est caritas'', antiphon in

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# Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor, caritas song to the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday # Passio Domini, evangelium passions et mortis Domini (John 2): John 18, 33, 36–37; 19, 1.5–6. 15) # Ecce Lignum Crucis & Trisagio, antiphon in Mode 6 # Popule meus, impromeria # Incipit Lamentatio # Recessit pastor noster, responsory # Oratio Ieremiae # Respice, quaesumus, Domine # Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: Christus Dominus resurrexit! # Halleluja, Halleluja, (Ostern 1)

Naxos

There is also a similarly titled album on

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released in 1997. It is sung by the Italian women's choir Aurora Surgit plus a male

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External links

* ''Paschale Mysterium'', Capella Antiqua München (1998 rerelease) at

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link* ''Paschale Mysterium: Gregorian Chant'', Aurora Surgit (1996 recording) at

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Track listing

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