In Dulci Jubilo

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Tamsin Dearnley’s arrangement of the traditional carol “In Dulci Jubilo” is for solo lever or pedal harp. It is playable on harps with at least 26 strings. Scroll down for additional notes.

This piece is available as a PDF download for $3.50.

Pages to print: 3 pgs.

Duration: 1:20

Note from the arranger

This exquisite carol can be traced back as far as the early 1400s, and may well be older still. It was popular throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and has lost none of its beauty since.

The title means “In Sweet Rejoicing,” which is a very fitting title for such a joyful tune! The earliest known text to this hymn was a mixture of Latin and German, and the most well-known version in the English choral tradition is a combination of Latin and English.

In the mid 19th century, hymn writer J. M. Neale wrote his own lyrics to this tune, “Good Christian Men, Rejoice,” which remains a popular congregational hymn, although it is now often sung as “Good Christians All, Rejoice” as befits today’s more egalitarian society!

This harp arrangement is based on the now canonical choral version by R. L. Pearsall, which was first performed in 1834.