Franz Eckert

Franz Eckert
Born(1852-04-05)5 April 1852
Neurode, Silesia
(now Nowa Ruda, Poland)
Died6 August 1916(1916-08-06) (aged 64)
Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
(now Seoul, South Korea)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Known forComposing the "Kimigayo" and the "Korean Empire Aegukga"
Cover for Eckert's notes of the new national anthem. Designed by Curt Netto in 1880

Franz Eckert (5 April 1852 – 6 August 1916)[1] was a German composer and musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimigayo" and the national anthem of the Korean Empire, "Aegukga".

  1. ^ Gravestone of Eckert in Seoul, reproduced and cited in: Hermann Gottschewski and Kyungboon Lee: „Franz Eckert und ,seine‘ Nationalhymnen. Eine Einführung“, in: OAG-Notizen vol. 12/2013, p. 28. url: "OAG : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2017-05-01.