composer music educator pianist
He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Victor Dourlen.
In 1837 he became professor of solfège, succeeding Henri Herz, and Professor Dourlen in harmony and accompaniment in 1843. From 1854 to 1886, he taught piano and wrote a larger number of textbooks for the instrument such as École du méchanisme du piano, 24 études primaries, and Cours de piano élémentaire et progressif. Among his pupils were the singer Édouard Batiste, the composer Émile Jonas, and the pianists Mathilde Bernard-Laviolette and Cécile Chaminade and Henri Verley.
He died in Paris on 4 July 1887.