In 1472 and 1473, Caron is mentioned by Loyset Compère alongside Guillaume Dufay, and stylistic similarities between the two composers suggests a relation. In addition, one of Caron's masses appears in a Cambrai manuscript dated to 1472 or 1473, the year before Dufay's death there.
Caron and Dufay were likely connected due to stylistic similarities and the presence of one of Caron's masses in a manuscript dated to 1472 or 1473, the year before Dufay's death.