Name:
Esser Johann

Songs written or composed

Die Moorsoldaten

Also known as:
Peat Bog Soldiers
Also known as:
Zumpland
Author:
Langhoff, Wolfgang
Author:
Esser Johann
Composer:
Goguel, Rudi
Genre:
Prisoner
Subject:
Swamp/Concentration Camp/Borgermoor/
Origin:
Gelb Zingt 17 (Yid)/Alb B-007(d)/Silverman TUF 3/Kinderland 30
Translation:
Alb B-007(d)/Silverman TUF 3/Kinderland 30/Alb V0121
Music:
Gelb Zingt 18/Silverman TUF 3
Additional song notes:
Performed at a cultural night (Zirkus Konzentrati/Concentration - Camp Circus) in the Borgermoor Concentration Camp.

Recordings

On album:
S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)
Track ID:
23162
Yiddish Adaption:
Olgin, M. (Yid) אָלגין, מ. (ייַדיש)
Vocalist:
Summergrad, Leo
First line:
Vu es tut dos oyg a blik, flakhe zumpland umentum.
First line (Yiddish):
װוּ עס טוט דאָס אױג אַ בליק, פֿלאַכע זומפּלאַנד אומעטום.
Track comment:
Translated from German Recorded under "Zumpland"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-029(a) (Don Paulin Songs Of Minorities)
Track ID:
25743
Vocal:
Paulin, Don
First line:
Far and wide as the eye can wander, heath and bog are...
First line:
,Moor and Heide ringsherum ,Wohin auch das Auge blicket
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
German/English
Style:
March
On album:
C-035(c) (Ghetto Tango/ Wartime Yiddish Theatre/ Ardienne Cooper/ Zalmen Mlotek)
Track ID:
27930
Vocal/Piano/Arranger:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Far and wide as the eye can wander, peat and bog are everywhere, not a bird...
Language:
English
Style:
March
On album:
F-067(a) (Fradle Pomerantz Friedenreich/ Passionate Pioneers: The Story of Yiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910-19\\\\\\\\\\\)
Track ID:
35989
Vocal:
Matman, Hadar — מאַטמאַן, האַדאַר
Vocal:
Freidenreich, Fradle Pomerantz — פֿרידענרײַך, פֿריידל פּאָמעראַנץ
Vocal:
Broder, Chana — בראָדער, חנה
Vocal:
Blitt, Lazer — בליט, לאַזער
Vocal:
Alpert, Shmulik — אַלפּערט, שמוליק
First line:
Vu es tut dos oyg a blik, flakhe zumpland umentum, foygl shtim undz nit derkvikt
First line (Yiddish):
װוּ עס טוט דאָס אױג אַ בליק, פֿלאַכע זומפּלאַנד אומעטום, פֿויגל שטים אונדז...
Track comment:
Translated from German Recorded under "Zumpland"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Slow March
Length:
2:37
On album:
S-102(a) (The Undying Flame/ Ballads & Songs of the Holocaust/ Jerry Silverman)
Track ID:
31787
Vocal/Guitar:
Silverman, Jerry
Violin/Mandolin:
Silverman, Antoine
Cello:
Kadvan, Alex
Oboe:
Silverman, David
Tenor Saxaphone:
Silverman, Misha
First line:
Wohin auch das auge blicket, moor und heide rings herum.
Language:
German/English
Style:
March
Length:
3:29
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
3860
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Far and wide as the eye can wander, heath and bog are...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Wohin auch das Auge blicket, Moor and Heide ringsherum,
Language:
German/English
Style:
March
On album:
L-004(c) (Leon Lishner sings Songs For the Dawn of Peace)
Track ID:
3861
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Peat Bog Soldiers"
Language:
German
On album:
B-054(a) (Dany Bober Judisches)
Track ID:
3862
Artist:
Bober, Dany — דעלמין, דאַני, אָרקעסטער און כאָר
Artist:
Koblinsky, Frank D.
First line:
Wohin auch das Auge blicket, Moor und Heide ringsherum,
Language:
German