In Dulci Jubilo

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	In dulci jubilo, Nun singet und seid froh
Title:	In Dulci Jubilo
Language:	German
Notes:	Swahili translation (from Good Christian friends, rejoice): See "Wakristo wenzetu furahini nyoto mkiimba" by M. G. Mutsoli
Copyright:	Public Domain

^ top

Notes

In dulci jubilo singet und sit vro. [Christmas.] This hymn is a macaronic, partly Latin and partly German. It was a great favourite in Germany till comparatively recent times. It has been often ascribed to Peter of Dresden, who died cir. 1440, but is certainly older. Wackernagel, ii. pp. 483-486, gives 8 versions, varying from 3 to 7 stanzas of 8 lines. (See Hoffmann von Fallersleben’s monograph In dulci jubilo, Hannover, 1861, p. 46.)
The translations are, (1) "In dulci jubilo, now let us sing with mirth and jo," in 3 stanzas (as in the Psaltes Ecclcsiasticus, Mainz, 1550), in the Gude and Godly Ballates, ed. 1568, f. 28 (1868, p. 47). (2) "Let Jubil trumpets blow, and hearts in rapture flow," in 4 stanzas (as in Klug's Gesang-Buch Wittenberg, 1529), in Lyra Davidica, 1708, p. 7. (3) "In dulci jubilo—to the house of God we'll go" (as in Klug, 15&), by Sir J. Bowring, in his Hymns, 1825, No. 21. (4) “In dulci jubilo, sing and shout, all below," in 4 stanzas (as in a Breslau 15th cent.ury manuscript by Miss Winkworth, 1869, p. 94. (5) "In dulci jubilo, Let us our homage shew," by R. L. de Pearsall, first in the Musical Times, and then in Novello's Part Song Book, 2nd Series, vol. x., 1887, No. 296 (as in Klug, 1529).
It has also passed into English through a recast (from the text of Klug, 1529), entirely in German, which begins Nun singet und seid froh. This is in 4 stanzas, and was first published in the Hannover Gesang-Buch, 1646, p. 222, and has been repeated in many subsequent collections as in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder ed., 1863, No. 174.
Translated as "Now sing we, now rejoice," a good and full translation by A. T. Russell, as No 48 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. Another translation is, "We all indeed were perish'd," a translation of stanza iii., as No. 302 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

^ top

Tune

IN DULCI JUBILO

IN DULCI JUBILO was originally a folk dance; it is filled with rhythmic energy. There are many organ and choral arrangements of this tune. Sing this lilting lively carol in unison or in parts with bright flute accompaniment (either real flutes or flute stops on the organ). Observe a ritardando only…

Go to tune page >

All tunes published with 'In Dulci Jubilo'^ top

Timeline

^ top

Arrangements

Store

Piano/Organ In Dulci Jubilo From Advent to Epiphany (Organ & Piano Duets for the Christmas Season) Christmas Day In the Morning! More Piano/Organ...
Choral In dulci jubilo In Dulci Jubilo/In Sweet Rejoicing More Choral...
Instrumental Seven Christmas Fantasias for Piano with Violin Seven Christmas Fantasias for Piano with Violin More Instrumental...
Handbells KEEP IT SIMPLE 5 Ring in the Season! (Festive Reproducible Carol Arrangements for Handbells or Handchimes) Ring in the Season! (Festive Reproducible Carol Arrangements for Handbells or Handchimes) More Handbells...