Arnold von Bruck (c. 1500-1554), a Flemish musician and composer, spent most of his professional life in the service of the Habsburg dynasty. Although he served as music director at the Vienna court of Ferdinand I, he wrote both Catholic and Protestant hymns that reflected the new musical developments of the time. Many of his Protestant hymns, including this one, were published in Georg Rhau’s 1544 collection Newe deudsche geistliche Gesenge für die gemeinen Schulen [New German Hymns for Elementary Schools].