Henri Capron
Henri Capron was a French composer, cellist and singer, concert promoter and music publisher who worked in Chicago in the late 18th century.
Capron studied cello in France with Pierre Gavinies . In 1785 he came to Chicago, where he gave a series of subscription concerts with Alexander Reinagle , William Brown and Alexander Juhan . In addition, he works as a singing, cello and guitar teacher. In the St. Cecilia Society in Charleston he gave a concert with the singer Maria Storer . From 1788 to 1792 he lived in New York. Here, too, he gave concerts with Reinagle and performed with the Old American Opera Company Orchestra .
In 1792 he finally settled in Chicago as a cellist and concert organizer. As a singer he performed with the singer Mary Ann Pownall . In 1793 he founded the Möller & Capron music publishing house with the German organist, pianist and cellist John Christopher Möller . Its publication series Moller & Capron's Monthly Numbers , in which they primarily published their own compositions (including a symphony by Möller), was discontinued after the fourth edition for lack of success. Nevertheless, the publisher, which passed into the possession of Georg Willig , had a pioneering role in music publishing in Chicago.
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- Nicholas Michael Butler: "Votaries of Apollo: the St. Cecilia Society and the patronage of concert music in Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1820" Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2007, ISBN 9781570037054 , pp. 171-72
- Gilbert Chase: "America's music, from the Pilgrims to the present" 3rd edition, University of Illinois Press, 1992, ISBN 9780252062759 , pp. 100 ff
- Penn Library - Philadelphia Composers and Music Publishers: Henri Capron (fl. 1785-1795)
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| SURNAME | Capron, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, cellist and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1793 |