"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"

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African-American spiritual Christian hymn spiritual song

"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" is a traditional African-American spiritual song that vividly recounts the biblical story of Joshua and the fall of Jericho’s walls.

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Label Occurrences
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" canonical 1
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 1
The Walls of Jericho 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American spiritual ⓘ
Christian hymn ⓘ
spiritual song ⓘ
associatedWith African-American church music ⓘ
spirituals movement ⓘ
authorship anonymous ⓘ
basedOn Biblical story of the Battle of Jericho ⓘ
Book of Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext African-American religious worship ⓘ
African-American slavery era ⓘ
culturalOrigin United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre gospel ⓘ
religious music ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
influenced choral spiritual arrangements ⓘ
gospel music tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricMotif marching around Jericho ⓘ
trumpet blowing ⓘ
walls of Jericho falling down ⓘ
mainCharacter Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalForm call and response ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Robeson NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Golden Gate Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ
performancePractice a cappella ⓘ
small vocal ensemble ⓘ
solo voice with choir response ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
rhythmicStyle syncopated ⓘ
scripturalReference Joshua 6 ⓘ
setting ancient city of Jericho ⓘ
status traditional ⓘ
subjectMatter Old Testament narrative ⓘ
symbolism freedom from bondage ⓘ
overcoming obstacles ⓘ
theme deliverance ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ
faith ⓘ
victory over oppression ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
tradition African-American NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Christian worship services ⓘ
concert spiritual repertoire ⓘ
gospel music performances ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Golden Gate Quartet → performerOf → "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" ⓘ
African American spirituals → hasNotableSong → "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Rudolph Fisher → notableWork → "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Walls of Jericho