# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-sechter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:08:05.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-sechter"
name: "Simon Sechter"
slug: "simon-sechter"
description: "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 Conservatory; after Sechter's death, his student Bruckner would succeed him and continue teaching his approach to harmony and counterpoint."
tagline: "Austrian composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sechter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1788-10-11"
deathDate: "1867-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump