Editing Simon Sechter (section)

{{Short description|Austrian music teacher and composer (1788–1867)}}
[[Image:Sechter.jpg|thumb|Simon Sechter. Lithograph by [[Josef Kriehuber]], 1840]]
'''Simon Sechter''' (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an [[Austria]]n [[music theory|music theorist]], [[teacher]], [[Organ (music)|organist]], [[conducting|conductor]] and [[composer]]. He was one of the most prolific composers who ever lived, although his music is largely forgotten and he is now mainly remembered as a strict music teacher, most notably of [[Anton Bruckner]]. He was a well respected music teacher during his life earning the praise of [[Beethoven]], [[Schubert]] and [[Schumann]].

[[Carl Christian Müller]] (1831{{ndash}}1914)<ref>http://www.lieder.net/lieder/m/kcmuller.html{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> compiled and adapted Sechter's ''Die richtige Folge der Grundharmonien'' as ''The Correct Order of Fundamental Harmonies: A Treatise on Fundamental Basses, and their Inversions and Substitutes'' (Wm. A. Pond, 1871; [[G. Schirmer]], 1898).