... Dvorák. In 1873 he left the Opera Orchestra to become the organist at a Prague church in order to have more time to devote to composition. He received the Austrian State Prize for his music four years in a row, partly because of support from Johannes Brahms. Contracts with publishers and performances of his music in Berlin, Vienna, and London soon followed. A star was born! The rest is happy history. His fame spread rapidly throughout the musical world, and for a decade and more he enjoyed the fruits of his labour. Honors were heaped upon him. In 1891 he was appointed professor of composition at the Prague Conservatory. A year later he accepted a position to head the New York National Conservatory of Music in the U.S. After three years in that capacity he decided to return home in 1895. Restored to a more congenial environment, he set to ...

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