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Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist of the Romantic era, renowned for his monumental symphonies and sacred choral works.Born in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, Bruckner worked as a village schoolteacher and organist before studying music formally in his 30s. He served as organist at St. Florian Monastery and later became professor at Vienna Conservatory. His complex symphonies faced harsh criticism during his lifetime but gained posthumous recognition as masterpieces....