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Simon Sechter, a Common card
Simon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Simon Sechter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Simon Sechter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known as a ______ music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri Vieuxtemps.
Answer
strict. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri Vieuxtemps. From the Simon Sechter article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, 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.
Answer
1850s. 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. From the Simon Sechter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
The Speech of Polly Baker. The Speech of Polly Baker 57 · Simon Sechter 50 · Santa Margherita, Cortona 46 · Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate 43 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- A highly prolific composer, his total output numbers more than 8,000 compositions, particularly since he sought to write a fugue every day.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Simon Sechter article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Simon Sechter
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Simon Sechter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Josef Kriehuber, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
