"NEW WORLD DIPLOMACY: THE CONTRACT THAT BROUGHT ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK TO AMERICA."

On Sunday, September 8, 2013, the original historic contract that brought Dvořák to America in September 1892 was publicly presented in the Dvořák Room for the first time, on Antonín Dvořák’s 172nd birthday. The intriguing history of the negotiations between Dvořák and Jeannette Thurber, founder of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City, was discussed by exhibition curator Majda Kallab Whitaker, followed by a performance of Dvořák’s chamber works and a birthday reception.  

The contract that brought Dvořák to America, on recent exhibit in the Dvořák Room of the Dvořák American Heritage Association at the Bohemian National Hall. Photo credit: Roman Franc.