Editing Simon Sechter (section)

== Biography ==
Sechter was born in [[Frymburk (Český Krumlov District)|Friedberg (Frymburk)]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], then part of the [[Austrian Empire]], and moved to [[Vienna]] in 1804, succeeding [[Jan Václav Voříšek]] as court organist there in 1824. In 1810 he began teaching [[piano]] and [[Singing|voice]] at an academy for blind students. In 1828 the ailing [[Franz Schubert]] had one counterpoint lesson with him.<ref>"Schubert's Lesson with Sechter", Alfred Mann: ''19th-Century Music'', Vol. 6, No. 2 (Autumn, 1982), pp. 159-165</ref> In 1851 Sechter was appointed professor of composition at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]]. His final years were spent in poverty due to his involvement in a son-in-law's bankruptcy.<ref>''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950''. Band 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, pp. 79-80</ref> He was succeeded at the Conservatory by [[Anton Bruckner]], a former student<ref>''The Wind and Wind-chorus Music of Anton Bruckner'', by Keith William Kinder. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-313-30834-5}}</ref> whose teaching methods were based on Sechter's.