Capet Quartet

The Capet String Quartet was a French musical ensemble founded in 1893, which remained in existence until 1928 or later.

It made a number of recordings and was considered one of the leading string quartets of its time.

The personnel of the Capet Quartet (other than the leader, Lucien Capet) changed fairly often, and are reported differently in variant sources.

[1] In 1903, it had become:[2] 1st violin: Lucien Capet 2nd violin: André Touret viola: Louis Bailly violoncello: Louis Hasselmans By 1910 the team was established which survived into the 1920s to make the well-known recordings in 1928: 1st violin: Lucien Capet 2nd violin: Maurice Hewitt viola: Henri Benoît cello: Camille Delobelle Lucien Capet (b. Paris, 1873) had been a pupil of Morin at the Paris Conservatoire, and appeared as a soloist very widely, especially with the Concerts Lamoureux.

He taught at the Bordeaux Conservatoire from 1899 to 1903 and from 1907 in Paris, wrote three string quartets, and a work on the art of bowing.