Cesare De Sanctis (15/06/1824 - 27/01/1916), an Italian composer, born at Albano, near Rome, Church composer, pupil of Baini, and other masters, in Rome, where he became maestro di cappella at Sta. Maria sopra Minerva, and of S. Giovanni de' Fioreutiui, and in 1877 professor of counterpoint at the Liceo Musicale. In the meanwhile he had also conducted theatre orchestras in Rome, Verona, and other cities. Works : Requiem for King Charles Albert, Turin, 1872 ; Masses, fugues, canons ; Concert overture ; Trattato d' armouia.