Jules Caffot

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Jules Caffot (born September 22, 1865 in Porrentruy , Switzerland , † August 30, 1942 in Mantes-la-Jolie , France ) was a French organist and composer.

Caffot studied from 1883 at the École Niedermeyer . From 1889 until his death in 1942 he was organist at the Collégiale Notre Dame church in Mantes. He composed a. a. a mass and the Vercingétorix opera . His son Sylvère Caffot became known as a film music composer under the name René Sylviano .

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on May 10, 2019.
  2. musimem.com , accessed May 10, 2019.