1788 - 1867
Simon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Sechter has received more than 64,810 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Simon Sechter is the 796th most popular composer (down from 775th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Czech Composer.
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Among composers, Simon Sechter ranks 796 out of 1,216. Before her are Nikos Skalkottas, Carlos Chávez, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Emanuele d'Astorga, Sigismondo d'India, and Isaak Dunayevsky. After her are Eduard Artemyev, Johann Walter, Elfrida Andrée, Felice Anerio, Francesco Feo, and Augusta Holmès.
1904 - 1949
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 790
1899 - 1978
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 791
1752 - 1814
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 792
1680 - 1736
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 793
1582 - 1629
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 794
1900 - 1955
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 795
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 796
1937 - 2022
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 797
1496 - 1570
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 798
1841 - 1929
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 799
1560 - 1614
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 800
1691 - 1761
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 801
1847 - 1903
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 802
Among people born in 1788, Simon Sechter ranks 33. Before her are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Mohammed bin Thani. After her are Juraj Haulik, Rafael Urdaneta, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Athanasios Diakos, Edward Sabine, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1867, Simon Sechter ranks 36. Before her are Miguel Miramón, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, James Ferguson, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Jean Pierre Flourens, and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. After her are Juan Álvarez, Alexander Petrov, Ramón Castilla, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Benoît Fourneyron, and Ignatius Brianchaninov.
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 27
1788 - 1857
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 28
1788 - 1832
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 29
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 30
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 31
1788 - 1878
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 32
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 33
1788 - 1869
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 34
1788 - 1845
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 35
1788 - 1835
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 36
1788 - 1821
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 37
1788 - 1883
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 38
1788 - 1850
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 39
1832 - 1867
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 30
1820 - 1867
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 31
1797 - 1867
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 32
1811 - 1867
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 33
1794 - 1867
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 34
1782 - 1867
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 35
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 36
1790 - 1867
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 37
1799 - 1867
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 38
1797 - 1867
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 39
1821 - 1867
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 40
1802 - 1867
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 41
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 42
Among people born in Czechia, Simon Sechter ranks 356 out of 973. Before her are Svatopluk Pluskal (1930), Lubor Niederle (1865), Franz von Soxhlet (1848), Zdeněk Burian (1905), Václav Talich (1883), and Ladislav Adamec (1926). After her are Rudolf Beran (1887), Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), Luděk Pachman (1924), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Josef Beran (1888), and Josef Škvorecký (1924).
1930 - 2005
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 350
1865 - 1944
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 351
1848 - 1926
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 352
1905 - 1981
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 353
1883 - 1961
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 354
1926 - 2007
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 355
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 356
1887 - 1954
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 357
1852 - 1928
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 358
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 359
1621 - 1688
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 360
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 361
1924 - 2012
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 362
Among composers born in Czechia, Simon Sechter ranks 43. Before her are Oskar Nedbal (1874), František Brixi (1732), Leo Fall (1873), Franz Krommer (1759), Václav Tomášek (1774), and Jan Kalivoda (1801). After her are Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Anton Stamitz (1750), Antonín Vranický (1761), Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684), Ralph Benatzky (1884), and Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915).
1874 - 1930
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 37
1732 - 1771
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 38
1873 - 1925
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 39
1759 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 40
1774 - 1850
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 41
1801 - 1866
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 42
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 43
1791 - 1825
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 44
1750 - 1809
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 45
1761 - 1820
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 46
1684 - 1742
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 47
1884 - 1957
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 48
1915 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 49