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French pianist, composer, and highly influential piano pedagogue.Born in Paris, Duvernoy became a professor at the prestigious Paris Conservatoire. He is primarily remembered for composing accessible and pedagogically valuable piano studies and exercises, particularly his 'École primaire' (Primary School) and progressive studies (Op. 176, Op. 120), which remain fundamental teaching repertoire globally. He also composed salon music, chamber works, and pieces for other instruments....