In 1808 he became the cellist in the string quartet which Count Andrey Razumovsky had commissioned Ignaz Schuppanzigh to set up; he remained there until the quartet was disbanded after the Count's palace burnt down on New Year's Eve 1815.
He became the cellist in the string quartet. This was in 1808. Count Andrey Razumovsky had commissioned Ignaz Schuppanzigh to set up this cellist in the string quartet. He remained there. The quartet was disbanded after the Count's palace. This Count's palace was burnt down on New Year's Eve 1815.