Editing Franz Eckert (section)

{{short description|German composer}}
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{{Infobox person
|name        = Franz Eckert
|image       = Франц Екерт 01.png
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1852|04|05|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Nowa Ruda|Neurode]], [[Prussian Silesia|Silesia]]<br /><small>(now Nowa Ruda, [[Poland]])</small>
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1916|08|06|1852|04|05|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Keijō]], [[Keiki-dō]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]]<br /><small>(now Seoul, [[South Korea]])</small>
|nationality = [[German Confederation|German]]
|other_names = 
|known_for   = Composing the "[[Kimigayo]]" and the "[[Korean Empire Aegukga]]"
|occupation  = Composer, musician
}}
[[File:Curt-Netto-Japanese-National-Hymn-Coverdesign-1880.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Cover for Eckert's notes of the new national anthem. Designed by [[Curt Netto]] in 1880]]
'''Franz Eckert''' (5 April 1852 &ndash; 6 August 1916)<ref>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: {{cite web |url=http://www.oag.jp/images/publications/oag_notizen/Feature_II_-_Kimigayo.pdf |title=OAG : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens |accessdate=2017-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315173904/http://www.oag.jp/images/publications/oag_notizen/feature_ii_-_kimigayo.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-15 }}</ref> was a [[German Confederation|German]] composer and musician who composed the [[harmony]] for [[Japan]]'s [[national anthem]], "[[Kimigayo]]" and the national anthem of the [[Korean Empire]], "[[Korean Empire Aegukga|Aegukga]]".