After their father"s death in 1757 they were taken on as students by Christian Cannabich, who had been a student of their father"son Both were by this time already violinists in the famous Mannheimer Kapelle and participated in its development. Between 1782 and 1789 he played in the King"s court orchestra in Versailles, and obtained the title ordinaire de la musique du roi.
His biography beyond 1798 is not known, but he probably died in Paris.
He may have died as late as 1809.