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.