- Composed his final symphony entitled "From the New World" while in the US; the work had its premiere in Carnegie Hall in December of 1893.
- Wrote nine symphonies in all, five of which were published during his lifetime. The other four were discovered after his death and subsequently published, and the proper numbering sequence of his symphonies was established.
- Was Director and Professor of Composition at the American Conservatory of Music in New York City from 1892 to 1895. Spent the summer of 1893 in the Czech community of Spillville, Iowa. Returned to Bohemia in the spring of 1895 before the end of the school term and walked away from his $15,000-per-year post at the American Conservatory only because he was homesick.
- Assumed the post of Director of the Prague Conservatory in 1901 and remained in that capacity until his death.
- Always used original material in his compositions; did not borrow actual folk tunes even though the fourth movement of his final symphony strongly suggests "Three Blind Mice" at one point.
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