Symphony in F minor (Bruckner)

Symphony in F minor
by Anton Bruckner
A portrait of Anton Bruckner, c.1860
KeyF minor
CatalogueWAB 99
Composed1863 (1863)
Published1973 (1973) (ed. Leopold Nowak)
Recorded1972 (1972) Elyakum Shapirra, London Symphony Orchestra
Movements4
Premiere
Date12 October 1924 (1924-10-12)
LocationKlosterneuburg
ConductorFranz Moissl

At the end of his study period in form and orchestration by Otto Kitzler, Anton Bruckner made on 7 January 1863 sketches for a Symphony in D minor, WAB add 244.
Bruckner did not go on with this project, but composed later in the same year (between 15 February and 26 May) the Symphony in F minor, WAB 99.

Bruckner gave the score of the Symphony in F minor to his friend Cyrill Hynais, together with that of the Four Orchestral Pieces of 1862 and the Overture in G minor. The symphony, which was not played in Bruckner's lifetime, received its first full performance at Klosterneuburg on 12 October 1924. It is available in an edition by Leopold Nowak, published in 1973.