De Profundis Explained

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

It may refer to:

Films

De Profundis, an animated film by Miguelanxo Prado
De Profundis, a 1990 Italian film directed by Luigi Cozzi, whose title was later changed to The Black Cat
the German title of the 1919 film Out of the Depths

Music

De Profundis, a grand-motet by J.-B. Lully, 1683
De Profundis, 7 settings by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, H.156 (1670), H.189 (1683), H.212 (1690), H.213 - H.213 a (1690), H.232 (?), H.211 (1690), H.222 (1690).
De Profundis S.23 (1689, remodeled in 1720) by Michel-Richard Delalande
De Profundis (1704) by Henry Desmarest
De Profundis C.117, a grand-motet by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
De Profundis (Pärt), 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; see Colorado Ballet
De Profundis (Vader album), 1995
De Profundis (After Crying album), 1996
De Profundis (PMM album), 2005
De Profundis (Pizzetti), a musical work by Ildebrando Pizzetti
De Profundis, a composition for male voice choir by Leevi Madetoja, 1925
De Profundis, a piano composition with orchestra by Franz Liszt
De Profundis, a piano sonata by Boris Arapov
De Profundis, a composition by Frederic Rzewski for solo piano
"De Profundis", a song by Dead Can Dance
"De Profundis", a song from The Wild Hunt (Watain album) (2013)
De Profundis, a British death metal band
De Profundis, an album by The Cracow Klezmer Band
De Profundis, a symphony by Heinz Winbeck
De Profundis, the 2nd symphony composed by Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt

Literature

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", a poem by Federico García Lorca, set to music in the first movement of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14
"De Profundis", a 1998 poem by Regina Derieva
"De Profundis", a poem by J. Slauerhoff in the 1928 collection Eldorado
"De Profundis", a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle written in 1892
"AMERICA '62: De Profundis", a 2007 prose piece by Panos Ioannides
Suspiria de Profundis, a collection of essays by Thomas De Quincey

Other uses

De Profundis (role-playing game), a tabletop role-playing game
De Profundis Stone, a recumbent stone in County Westmeath, Ireland at which funeral processions halted to recite the psalm