532 Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee
Martin Luther, 1483-1546
Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78
For comments on this hymn see No. 531.
MUSIC. AUS TIEFER NOT became popular in our churches through its inclusion in the Gesangbuch mit Noten. The tune is credited to J. M. Biermann, an American writer of tunes of the gospel hymn type. He was musical editor of Hosianna, Cleveland, 1876, published by the Evangelical Church. The composer seems to have borrowed from the tune “Macht Hoch die Tür,” No. 523. Hosianna contains about 35 of his tunes and arrangements.