"Swing Down Chariot"

E863019
African American spiritual song

"Swing Down Chariot" is a traditional African American spiritual song that became widely known through its influential gospel and jubilee-style recordings, notably by groups like the Golden Gate Quartet.

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Label Occurrences
"Swing Down Chariot" canonical 1
Swing Down Chariot 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American spiritual ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedEnsembleType gospel quartet ⓘ
associatedMovement African American gospel quartet tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin African American NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre gospel ⓘ
jubilee ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (medley or variant, in some performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedByTradition African American gospel music ⓘ
intendedUse concert performance ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme biblical imagery ⓘ
divine chariot ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
medium vocal music ⓘ
notableFor popularizing jubilee-style gospel quartet singing ⓘ
widespread circulation through recordings in the 20th century ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Golden Gate Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Charioteers NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Jordanaires NERFINISHED ⓘ
performancePractice a cappella ⓘ
call and response ⓘ
close harmony ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
subgenre jubilee quartet style ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Golden Gate Quartet → performerOf → "Swing Down Chariot" ⓘ
Rags to Rufus → includesSong → "Swing Down Chariot" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swing Down Chariot