The String Quartet in C minor WAB 111, was composed by Anton Bruckner's in 1862 during his tuition by Otto Kitzler.

In the spring of 1862, during his tuition by Otto Kitzler, Bruckner composed two scherzi for string quartet in F major and G minor.

Thereafter, between 28 July and 7 August 1862, he composed the String Quartet in C minor,[1] as a preliminary to exercises in orchestration.

[4] The Quartet was not issued during Bruckner's life, since it concerned only a sample of what he was capable of during his period of study with Kitzler.

Unlike his later works, Bruckner gave few indications as to phrasing, while dynamics appear only at a few key points.

Rudolf Koeckert allowed Leopold Nowak to put his group's phrasing and dynamics into the Gesamtausgabe parts.

[9] One can already see connections to later Bruckner works in the key (C minor), in several harmonic phrases and theme patterns, as well as the use of Ländler motives.