Eliakum Zunser (Eliakim Badchen) (1836 - 1913) was a Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish-language poet, songwriter, and "badchen" who lived out the last part of his life in U.S.. A 1905 article in the "New York Times" lauded him as "the father of Yiddish poetry". About a quarter of his roughly 600 songs survive. He influenced and was influenced by Brody singer Velvel Zbarzher, although it is not believed that they ever met. Wikipedia
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