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Franz Eckert
German bandleader
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contribution to Japanese music
- In Japanese music: Religious and military music
…continued through his German successor, Franz Eckert. A court musician, Hayashi Hiromori (1831–96), is credited with the melody, which was given its premiere in 1880 and has remained the national anthem since that time. Hayashi first wrote it in traditional gagaku notation, and Eckert “corrected” it with Western harmonization, noting…
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