In 1856, he moved to Linz, and while there he composed a version of Ave Maria and his Mass in D Major.  
During his first meeting with Richard Wagner he refused to sit down out of respect for his musical hero.  His first major musical work, Requiem in D minor, was written while teaching at St. Florian in Austria.  In 1856, he moved to Linz, and while there he composed a version of Ave Maria and his Mass in D Major.  He dedicated his Third Symphony to Wagner but its 1877 premier was a failure - only 25 people remained in the auditorium by the end.  FTP, identify this composer of the more favorably received Fourth or "Romantic" Symphony, who is sometimes better known for his Zeroth Symphony.
During his first meeting with Richard Wagner he refused to sit down out of respect for his musical hero.  
Anton Bruckner