His career began in 1756 at the Opéra-Comique and in the private orchestra of the general farmer, Alexandre Le Riche de La Pouplinière.
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.
[2] Capron composed mainly works for his instrument and appears next to François-Joseph Gossec and Pierre Vachon among the creators in France of the string quartet.
In his compositions he generally uses the three-movement structure, the use of a double theme in the early Allegros movements; he also uses the appoggiaturas in the style of the Mannheim School.