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Simon Sechter

1788 - 1867

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Simon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri Vieuxtemps. In 1851, he was professor of composition at the Vienna Conservatory; after Sechter's death, his student Bruckner would succeed him and continue teaching his approach to harmony and counterpoint. A highly prolific composer, his total output numbers more than 8000 compositions, particularly since he sought to write a fugue every day. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Sechter is the 863rd most popular composer (down from 838th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 408th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Simon Sechter ranks 863 out of 1,451. Before her are Henri Rabaud, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Bach, Alexei Lvov, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and Ferenc Farkas. After her are Paul Lincke, Philippe de Monte, Cathy Berberian, Vincent Lübeck, Anton Stamitz, and Alexander Alyabyev.

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Among people born in 1788, Simon Sechter ranks 42. Before her are Rafael Urdaneta, Francisco Balagtas, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Athanasios Diakos, Pavel Kiselyov, and Juraj Haulik. After her are Edward Sabine, Spyridon Trikoupis, Margaret Taylor, Hugh Clapperton, Gheorghe Asachi, and Edwin Atherstone. Among people deceased in 1867, Simon Sechter ranks 38. Before her are Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, August Böckh, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, Juan Álvarez, and Ramón Castilla. After her are Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Santiago Derqui, Benoît Fourneyron, Mohammad Afzal Khan, and Alexander Petrov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Simon Sechter ranks 413 out of 1,200. Before her are Otto Wichterle (1913), Tomáš Halík (1948), Ladislav Adamec (1926), Ota Šik (1919), Ivan Hlinka (1950), and Lubor Niederle (1865). After her are Anton Stamitz (1750), Josef Silný (1902), Anton Heida (1878), Theodor Gomperz (1832), Gerhard Mitter (1935), and Eva Herzigová (1973).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Simon Sechter ranks 42. Before her are Otakar Ševčík (1852), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Antonín Vranický (1761), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Franz Krommer (1759), and Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684). After her are Anton Stamitz (1750), Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), Leo Fall (1873), Jan Kalivoda (1801), and Vilém Blodek (1834).

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