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He wasn't born in poverty his father was a butcher and an inn keeper. He was born in the city/ town of Nelahozeves.
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When he was was young boy his father had him play violin. When he was 18 he was plunged into the world of music by learning to play the organ and other various instruments.
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Dvořák played organ at St. Adalbert's Church in Prague from 1874 to 1877.
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1874 Dvorák applies for an Austrian government grant for artists. One of the judges is Johannes Brahms; on his recommendation, Brahms's publisher issues Dvorák's Slavonic Dances, with resounding success.
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He and his wife had a very good relationship together they were happy, This was not Dvořáks first girl in his life, there was his first sweetheart
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1891 A wealthy New York woman, Jeannette Thurber, invites Dvorák to come to New York to head her new conservatory. After some hesitation, Dvorák accepts.
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1892 While in America, Dvorák takes an interest in the music of African-Americans and American Indians. He urges American composers to compose in the spirit of the music they hear around them: "I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called the negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States." None of Dvorák's students becomes a notable composer.
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Dvorak had a strange obsession, with breeding Pidgeons.
