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Go Down Moses

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Music Composition Musical Work Composition Q1533406
Go Down Moses
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition
Performer
Fisk Jubilee Singers, Reed Miller[4][5]
Genre
spirituals[2]
Publication date
1850[6]
Based on
Exodus 5[3]
Copyright status
public domain[16]
Described by source
Glory to God: A Companion[9]
First line
When Israel was in Egypt’s land[13]
Form of creative work
song[18]
Has lyrics
When Israel Was in Egypt's Land[17]
Has melody
Go Down Moses[12]
Last line
Go down, Moses, ’way down in Egypt land. Tell old Pharaoh: “Let my people go.”[14]
Main subject
The Exodus, Plagues of Egypt[7][8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Christian Hymns[15]
Published in
Rop det ut, Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 3
CPDL ID
Go_down,_Moses_(Traditional)
Freebase ID
/m/0352y
MusicBrainz work ID
663632a3-df7b-433b-bcdc-52281376a6f5

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🔗 Connections
Main subject 2
Plagues of Egypt, The Exodus
Performer 2
Fisk Jubilee Singers, Reed Miller
← Mb:composer 2
traditional, traditional
← Mb:lyricist 2
traditional, traditional
Based on 1
Exodus 5
Copyright status 1
public domain
Form of creative work 1
song
Genre 1
spirituals
← Based on 1
A Child of Our Time
← Present in work 1
Moses
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Summary

Go Down Moses is a musical work/composition[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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