Old Roman chant - Puer natus est nobis

Medieval Old Roman Chant (6th century AD).
Title: "Introit: Puer natus est nobis".
Service: Mesonycticon (Nativity Midnight Mass).
Performers: Ensemble Organum, Director: Marcel Peres
Album: "Chant de l'Eglise de Rome (VIe - XIIIe Siècles)"

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[Eutychis]

I am not sure "mesonycticon" is Midnight Mass. May be in the present-day Roman rite.

[Callixtinus]

@Eutychis :

The very meaning of the word "mesonycticon" is "of the midnight".

[montsyblackmadonna]

Divine...this piece connects you with the sacred.

I hope everyone has a Blessed and most Holy,Merry Christmas !

[ValeriaMarket]

So ancient, so beautiful. 

[Montragon29]

Mesonyktion in Greek means midnight....In modern greek its mesanykta, from meso = middle and nykta = night.....

[AbidingDood]

What is the first picture from? It is a screensaver on my kindle.

[GGittaa]

@SyKmGl Lyrics and translation can be found at interletras [dot] com/canticum/eng/Translation_X­mas.html

[StaurosFFS]

it s like orthodox !!! i pray for the union !

[Max0Inq]

Merry Christmas! ;]

[mszegedy]

@Callixtinus Wouldn't that be "mesonycticOU" or "mesonycticonIS", depending on what language you use? :D Otherwise it's just "midnight".

[swiatlowiekuiste]

@Callixtinus monks of Solesmes made good job, without it further research on gregorian chant would be impossible. Of course now we can compare neums in Graduale Triplex with the vatican edition and we understand much more but as I say it would be impossible without their efforts. So we can say Ensemble Organum is also in a way legate of Solesmes :)