African American Spirituals

GPTKB entity

Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical genre
gptkbp:associatedWith African_American_culture
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Black_History_Month
music festivals
gptkbp:characterizedBy emotional expression
improvisation
repetition
gptkbp:historicalContext slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label African American Spirituals
gptkbp:influenced blues
jazz
gospel music
gptkbp:influencedBy African_musical_traditions
gptkbp:is_evaluated_by song
gptkbp:is_used_in call and response
metaphors
symbolism
biblical references
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Deep_River
gptkb:Go_Down,_Moses
gptkb:This_Little_Light_of_Mine
gptkb:Swing_Low,_Sweet_Chariot
Wade in the Water
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:performedBy churches
solo artists
choirs
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts
gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Aretha_Franklin
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
gptkbp:research ethnomusicology
musicology
gptkbp:safetyFeatures oral tradition
gptkbp:theme freedom
hope
faith
gptkbp:usedIn civil rights movement
social justice movements