The work has been characterised as "difficult", and is regarded by some as Bruckner's artistic breakthrough. According to Rudolf Kloiber, the third symphony "opens the sequence of Bruckner's masterpieces, in which his creativity meets monumental ability of symphonic construction." The work is notorious as the most-revised of Bruckner's symphonies, and there exist no fewer than six versions, with three of them, the 1873 original version, the 1877-78 version, and the composer's last thoughts of 1889, being widely performed today.
| Date of composition | 1889 (1873; 1877; 1889) |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | WAB 103 |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Anton Bruckner: Symphonie n°3 en ré mineur, WAB 103 Anton Bruckner: Sinfonia n. 3 in re minore, WAB 103 Anton Bruckner: Sinfonie Nr. 3 d-moll, WAB 103 |