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[[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]] set this melody several times: as a chorale in BWV 368; and then for organ in BWV 608 {{Audio|BWV608-organ.mid|play}} as a [[canon (music)|double canon]] in his [[Orgelbüchlein]] and in BWV 729 and BWV 751 as a chorale prelude. Commentators agree, however, that BWV 751 is too simple and undeveloped to be the work of Bach.<ref>{{citation|first=Peter|last=Williams|title=The Organ Music of J.S. Bach, Volume II: BWV 599–771, etc.| series=Cambridge Studies in Music|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1980|id=ISBN 0-521-31700-2}}</ref> BWV 729{{Audio|Bach - In Dulci Jubilo for organ, BWV 729.ogg|play}}, written by Bach to accompany congregational singing in [[Arnstadt]], is traditionally performed as the first organ voluntary at the end of the Festival of [[Nine Lessons and Carols]] at [[King's College, Cambridge]]. This voluntary was first introduced to the service in 1938 by organ scholar [[Douglas Guest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|title=Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2008|publisher=[[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]], [[University of Cambridge]]|format=PDF|accessdate=26 November 2010}}</ref>

[[Franz Liszt]] included the carol in his piano suite ''[[Weihnachtsbaum (Liszt)|Weihnachtsbaum]]'' in the movement entitled ''Die Hirten an der Krippe''. [[Norman Dello Joio]] uses the theme as the basis of his "Variants on a Medieval Tune" for wind ensemble. [[Ronald Corp]] composed a setting of ''In Dulci Jubilo'' for unaccompanied SATB choir in 1976.