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10. In dulci jubilo
(14^th century)

True to the mixture of German and Latin in the original text the musical texture chosen is quite archaic: preceding the cantus firmus played by a trumpet and accompanied by an organ is a four part organ-fugue on a theme derived from the melody.

Jubilation must be worked out first. On the way we encounter another well-known Christmas carol . . .