Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)

Symphony No. 8
by Anton Bruckner
Painting of Bruckner (1889)
KeyC minor
CatalogueWAB 108
Composed1884–1892
DedicationEmperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Published1892
Movements4
Premiere
Date18 December 1892 (1892-12-18)
LocationMusikverein, Vienna
ConductorHans Richter
PerformersVienna Philharmonic

Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108, is the last symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It was premiered under conductor Hans Richter in 1892 at the Musikverein, Vienna. It is dedicated to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

This symphony is sometimes nicknamed The Apocalyptic, but this was not a name Bruckner gave to the work himself.[1]

  1. ^ Scholes, Percy A. (1955). The Oxford Companion to Music. London, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 136. OCLC 287395.