The Battle of Jericho - The Tabernacle Choir

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Mack Wilberg directs The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in the spiritual "The Battle of Jericho" arranged by Moses Hogan.

Lyrics:
Joshua fit the battle, the battle of Jericho
Joshua fit the battle, the battle of Jericho
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
And the walls come tumbling down.

Talk about your kings of Gideon,
Talk about your men of Saul
But none like good old Joshua
And the battle of Jericho.

Right up to the walls of Jericho
He marched with spear in hand,
"Go blow that ram horn," Joshua cried,
"Cause the battle am in my hand."

Then the lamb-ram sheep horns begin to blow
And the trumpet begins to sound.
Joshua commanded the children to shout!
And the walls come a tumbalin' down.

Episode 4326. August 12, 2012

Joshua (Fit The Battle Of Jericho)
African-American Spiritual
Arranged by Moses Hogan
Copyright (c) 1996 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

[joshua_tobler]

It occurs to me that the structure of this song is a symbolic replaying of the battle itself.

We get seven stanzas--representing the seven days of the battle--and then we get that incredible high note representing the blowing of the trumpets. Finally, the notes descend on "down, " as if the notes are the walls of the city.

We're listening to the battle!

[georgiaonyour_mind]

This arrangement is no joke. We did this in a 50 person choir in high school and I had the pleasure of doing the descant “war cry” over the basses. It is tough and so beautiful. The energy at the end of the song is electric

[nicolasfuentes]

That is the biggest organ I have seen in my entire life

[grahamice]

I sang this piece once with a 200 person choir, as a bass 2. The feeling at the end of this song was electric, and the woman who did the warcry after the repeat could be heard in the middle of the bass section over all of us. Its truly an incredible ending.

[jadenlannister]

The woman at 1:42 has amazing vocal chords. I applaud you madam.

[uglybiscuitx]

That was a literal Masterpiece and that woman at the end slayed

[natashachishimba]

This is my favorite song it makes me happy when I am sad and it’s a battle itself

[talynhastime]

Getting the most pleasant chills from this choir!

[riekato]

My sister was singing the Japanese version of "Joshua Fit the Battle" when she was in the second year of junior high school.
For me, who thought that piano accompaniment was an integral part of the chorus, "The Battle of Jericho" was quite shocking.
Amazing.

[MarthaYTPlaylist]

I have never had the PLEASURE of listening to this song before today, November 11, 2015. I LOVE this song. What spirit! WELL DONE. MOST RESPECTFULLY, Martha

[yung-leandoer]

one of the men in the choir looks exactly like my grandpa. absolute doppelgänger. he died 7 years ago and every once in a while when i miss him a lot i come back to this to see „him“.

[bridgetkimber]

We had the honor of performing this in high school with Moses Hogan. One of the most memorable events of my life.

[natnat]

This was always a tough song to carry out. They bodied this performance. AMAZING SOPRANOS

[trandoms]

The tenor part is so great and they way they isolate the basses are so perfect

[kahlubgaither]

I remember we singed this song back in 7th grade in chorus. Good timess

[BeautifulSpirit-kfld]

We did this in my junior year..took this to state competition . I loved performing this, the audience adored it every time

[shelbyspiegel]

This was my favorite song we did in choir!

[rosslove]

Moses Hogan was the man. My favorite Chorale composer of all-time

[feurzauber]

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, number 1 in the world !!

[lordreiman]

1:20 was and is still my favorite part of this song, performing it was magical