Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1867)

Simon Sechter

Austrian music teacher and composer (1788–1867)

Simon Sechter 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…