As a teacher of counterpoint and theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Sechter taught a number of famed students including Schubert (one lesson), Vieuxtemps, Nottebohm, Thalberg and Bruckner. (Bruckner assumed this position when Sechter retired.) He composed over eight thousand pieces a comparative few of which were published and which are extant. The genres of this massive effort included operas, oratorios, settings for folk songs, masses, psalms and numerous piano works. The most important part of Sechter's legacy were his theoretical writings including