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Martin Herbst

1654 - 1681 Composer (attributed to) of "AUS DER TIEFE" in Moravian Book of Worship Born: January 15, 1654, Rotenbach, Germany. Died: 1681, Eisleben, Germany, of plague. Martin Herbst (1654-1681) was a German Lutheran clergyman. Herbst studied at St. Lorenz School in Nürnberg, and read theology and philosophy at Altdorf and Jena. He was made Rector of the Gymnasium in Eisleben in 1680, and later became pastor of St. Andreas church in the same town. --www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns

Ulrich Zwingli

1484 - 1531 Author of "Lord, We Cry to You for Help" in Moravian Book of Worship

Helen A. Dickinson

1875 - 1957 Person Name: Helen Dickinson Translator of "Lord, We Cry to You for Help" in Moravian Book of Worship Dickinson was the first woman to receive a PhD from Heidelberg University in Germany at a time when women were not generally welcomed in graduate philosophy classes. She was a well known lyricist, translator, and art historian who frequently lectured at Union Seminary in New York City. She and her husband Clarence (organist at New York City’s Brick Presbyterian Church for half a century), wrote hundreds of chorales and anthems for church choirs. Dickinson’s works include: Excursions in Musical History, 1917 Antiphons: A Collection of Choral Responses or Short Anthems Arranged with Scriptural Readings, 1920 Thoreau’s Philosophy of Life, with Special Consideration of the Influence of Hindoo Philosophy The Technique and Art of Organ Playing German Masters of Art The Choir Loft and the Pulpit, 1943 --www.hymntime.com/tch/