Note 139 — The Art of Violoncello Playing In the Nineteenth Century. (continued 3)
Isobella S. E. Stigand translation
Fétis says that Zyka was born about 1730. But his birth must have been earlier, for according to Fürstenau’s account (History of Music and the Theatre at the Electoral Court of Saxony), he had been already, in 1743, appointed to the Dresden band, though Fétis erroneously makes him a member only in 1756.