fɔːɹ mˈoːɹ ðɐn fˈoːɹɾi jˈɪɹz, fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː tə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, hiː hˈɛld ðə pˈoʊst ʌv kəndˈʌktɚɹ æt ðə kˈoːɹt ʌv pɹˈɪns kˈɑːɹl ˈiːɡoʊn ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː ʌv fˈuːəstˌɛnbɜːɡ ænd hɪz səksˈɛsɚɹ ɪn dˈɑːnəˌɛskɪndʒən wˌɛɹ ðə dˈænuːb bɪɡˈɪnz ɪnðə blˈæk fˈɔːɹɪst.
For more than 40 years, from 1822 to 1865, he held the post of conductor at the court of Prince Karl Egon II of Fürstenberg and his successor in Donaueschingen (where the Danube begins in the Black Forest).