What is "de profundis"

the 130th Psalm, so called for its opening words, Latin, literally "out of the depths."

De profundis refers to Psalm 130 (129 in the Vulgate), traditionally known as the De profundis from its opening words in Latin.

It may also refer to:

• De profundis, a composition by Arvo Pärt for men's voices, percussion (ad lib.) and organ, 1980
• De Profundis (ballet), a ballet by J. Lang (2007) to Arvo Pärt's composition
• De Profundis (letter), an 1897 work written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment, in the form of a letter to Lord Alfred Douglas
• De Profundis (role-playing game), a tabletop role-playing game
• De Profundis (Vader album), 1995
• De Profundis (After Crying album), 1996
• De Profundis (PMM album), 2005
• De Profundis (film), an animated film by Miguelanxo Prado
• De Profundis (1990 film directed in Italy by Luigi Cozzi); later title was changed to The Black Cat
• De Profundis (record label), a record label
• De Profundis (Pizzetti), a musical work by Ildebrando Pizzetti
• De Profundis, a composition for male choir by Leevi Madetoja, 1925
• De Profundis, a piano sonata by Boris Arapov
• De Profundis, a composition by Frederic Rzewski for solo piano
• "De Profundis", a poem by Alfred Tennyson
• "De Profundis", a poem by Christina Rossetti
• "De Profundis", a poem by Gyula Juhász
• "De Profundis", a poem by Dámaso Alonso
• "De profundis clamavi", a poem by Charles Baudelaire
• "De Profundis", a song by Dead Can Dance
• "De Profundis", a poem by Federico García Lorca inspiring the first movement of Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)
• "De Profundis", a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle written in 1892
• "De Profundis", a song by black metal band Watain from their album the Wild Hunt.

De Profundis is a role-playing game by Polish designer Michal Oracz. Players create the game's narrative by writing each other letters in the style of horror author H. P. Lovecraft. The game has practically no game mechanics. Rather, it emphasizes character and atmosphere, and attempts to blur the line between play and real life. There is also an option for solo play.

De Profundis is the second album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was originally released in Poland by Croon Records and in the US by Pavement Music, but with no lyrics and a normal inner CD layout. It was re-released with a bonus track by Metal Mind Productions in 2003 with a Depeche Mode cover of the song " I Feel You". It was also re-released for Japan in 1997 by Avalon Records/Marquee Records with two bonus tracks.

De Profundis was recorded in May 1995 at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek and Adam Toczko. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski.

A live music video was shot for the song "Incarnation" during the Marlboro Sopot Rock Festival in Poland.

The album sold approximately 17,000 units in two weeks in Poland.

De Profundis is Professional Murder Music's third album, released in 2005. It includes no new material from the band, but instead acoustic versions of previous songs as well as a few song covers.

De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" ( Lord Alfred Douglas).

During its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency. He indicts both Lord Alfred's vanity and his own weakness in acceding to those wishes. In the second half, Wilde charts his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist. The letter began "Dear Bosie" and ended "Your Affectionate Friend".

Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897, close to the end of his imprisonment. Contact had lapsed between Douglas and Wilde and the latter had suffered from his close supervision, physical labour and emotional isolation. Nelson, the new prison governor, thought that writing might be more cathartic than prison labour. He was not allowed to send the long letter which he was allowed to write "for medicinal purposes"; each page was taken away when completed, and only at the end could he read it over and make revisions. Nelson gave the long letter to him on his release on 18 May 1897.

Wilde entrusted the manuscript to the journalist Robert Ross (an ex-lover, and rival to "Bosie"). Ross published the letter in 1905, five years after Wilde's death, giving it the title "De Profundis" from Psalm 130. It was an incomplete version, excised of its autobiographical elements and references to the Queensberry family; various editions gave more text until in 1962 the complete and correct version appeared in a volume of Wilde's letters.

De Profundis is the fourth album from the Hungarian music group After Crying, released in 1996.

(Out of the deep) is a choral composition by Arvo Pärt. He wrote the work in 1980, a setting of Psalm 130 in Latin for a four-part men's choir, percussion (ad. lib.) and organ. It was first performed at the Martinskirche, Kassel on 25 April 1981, conducted by Klaus Martin Ziegler. Pärt dedicated the work of around 7 minutes to Gottfried von Einem. It was published by Universal Edition. Pärt arranged it for chamber orchestra in 2008.