Hungarian Christmas Music from the Medieval times

Chant sources from the early Christian years were based on French, German and Italian models, but the imported repertory was soon enhanced in two ways—by adding ornamental flourishes in a native style to existing works, and by composing entirely new works, usually for special Hungarian feasts or liturgical practices. Elements of foreign notations were blended together, and a specifically Hungarian chant notation eventually emerged. Hungarian plainchant style is characterized by wide intervallic leaps, pentatonic tendencies and extended cadences. These traits are shared to some degree by chant dialects from many German and Bohemian areas, but the Hungarian repertoire has a flavor all its own.

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[zimnomel]

What choir is performing this? They are clearly not Hungarian, even is the pronunciation is among the best I've heard in a while...

[nandorblue]

They are not Hungarians. The group is called the Anonymous 4 and they are from the USA.

[AlexMoby]

It's a sweet tune. A nice piece of music to hear during Christmas times. Merry Christmas to everyone !

[zimnomel]

@nandorblue Thank you!

[zimnomel]

@zimnomel I mean, "even if".

[ZemplinTemplar]

@hirajem Yes, after listening to the song a few more times with the volume cranked up, I noticed there are some subtle differences in the accent. 

[hirajem]

@ZemplinTemplar Ok, but we understand everything from text, only just the word order is not "modern". BTW the song was interpretated by not Hungarian speakers, I can hear the strange phonation and accent.