Simon Sechter

Simon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, teacher, organist, 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.

11 October 1788

Born on the same birth day (11 October): A. V. Kulasingham • Andreas Gryphius • Austin Currie • Douglas Albert Munro • Frederick IV of Denmark • Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff • Grigory Potemkin • Johan Oscar Smith • Luke Perry • Mal Whitfield • Marcus Bai • Neil Buchanan • Nicola Bryant • Norm Nixon • Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton • Sammy McCrory • Terrell Suggs • Volodymyr Horilyi • Yang Cheng (born 1985)

Born in the same month (October 1788): Sarah Josepha Hale