Love Came Down at Christmas

[1] The poem has been set to music as a Christmas carol by many composers including R O Morris, Harold Darke, Leo Sowerby, John Kelsall and John Rutter[2] and is also sung to the traditional Irish melody "Garton".

[3] More recently, the poem was given a modern treatment by Jars of Clay on its 2007 album, Christmas Songs.

[4] American composer Jennifer Higdon set the text for solo soprano, harp and four-part chorus.

[5] A new setting by the British composer David J Loxley-Blount was performed in Southwark Cathedral on 8 December 2014 by the Financial Times Choir, conducted by Paul Ayres.

[6] Studwell describes the poem as "simple, direct and sincere" and notes that it is a rare example of a carol which has overcome the disadvantage of "not having a tune (or two or three) which has caught the imagination of holiday audiences.