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Nicolas Capron (ca. 1740 – 14 September 1784) was a French classical violinist and composer.
Nicolas Capron was a student of Pierre Gaviniès and one of the most famous French violinists of his time. His career began in 1756 at the Opéra-Comique and in the private orchestra of the general farmer, Alexandre Le Riche de La Pouplinière. From 1765, he became concertmaster at the Concert Spirituel. Capron attended the most important musical fairs of the city[1] where he met renowned musicians, philosophers and writers. In addition to being a virtuoso, Capron was an appreciated teacher, and among his students were Marie-Alexandre Guénin and Mlle Deschamps, known as a child prodigy, who at the age of 11 played two violin concertos at the Concert spirituel. Nicolas Capron was a member of the Masonic lodge Société Académique des Enfants d'Apollon
