Antonín Dvořák

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

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  Commemorated here

  Antonín Dvořák Museum

  The museum is dedicated to the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.

• Lived here

  Antonín Dvořák's First Prague Home

  This was Dvořák's first Prague address, from autumn 1857 until 1860.

• Lived here

  Antonín Dvořák’s Žitná Street Residence

  He lived, composed and raised his family in this building for more than twenty-six years, dying here in 1904.

• Performed here

  Church of St. Adalbert

  He served as the church organist from 1874 to 1877, shortly before his international breakthrough.

• Created here

  Dvořák and Mořic Anger's Senovážné Square Flat

  Dvořák composed his first two symphonies and the song cycle Cypresses while living here around 1864–1865.

• Performed here

  Hlávka Foundation Houses

  Dvořák frequently played four-hand piano pieces with Zdenka Hlávková at the Friday soirées.

• Studied here

  Konvikt Courtyard and Former Prague Organ School

  Dvořák spent two years studying at the organ school housed in this courtyard.

• Lived here

  Na Křemenci House

  He lived with his aunt’s family here during his difficult early Prague years and composed several important early works.

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  Created here

  National Theatre

  Several of his operas received their world premieres here, including The Devil and Kate and Rusalka.

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  Performed here

  Rudolfinum

  Dvořák conducted the Czech Philharmonic’s first concert at the Rudolfinum in 1896.

• Created here

  Site of Dvořák's Na Rybníčku Family Home

  Dvořák lived at the former house from 1874 to 1877 and composed several major works there.

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  Burial place

  Vyšehrad cemetery

  Resting place of notable Czech personalities and the Slavín tomb.