Cesare Dobici was an Italian composer.

Among his many compositions are a Requiem

Requiem

A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead or Mass of the dead , is a Mass celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal...

 Mass

Mass

Mass can be defined as a quantitive measure of the resistance an object has to change in its velocity.In physics, mass commonly refers to any of the following three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent:...

 written in 1900 for the funeral ceremony of King Umberto I of Italy

Umberto I of Italy

Umberto I or Humbert I , nicknamed the Good , was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death. He was deeply loathed in far-left circles, especially among anarchists, because of his conservatism and support of the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan...

 (1844–1900).
But his real fame stems from having been an outstanding teacher of harmony

Harmony

In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...

, especially the fugue

Fugue

In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....

 and counterpoint

Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...

. And this attracted not only Italian pupils, but also aspiring composers - for both secular and sacred

Sacred

Holiness, or sanctity, is in general the state of being holy or sacred...

 music - from countries as far away as Portugal, Venezuela, Argentina, to only name a few.

He taught at what at that time was the "Reale Conservatorio Musicale di S. Cecilia" (Royal Conservatory of Music S. Cecilia), now the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...

 in Rome and also at the "Scuola Superiore di Musica Sacra", belonging to the Vatican

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

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Among his pupils he counts distinguished Italian composers such as: Carlo Alberto Pizzini, Giorgio Colarezzi, Ennio Porrino, Francesco Mander

Francesco Mander

Francesco Mander, was an Italian conductor and composer.-Biography:Francesco Mander was the only son of Pietro Mander, a film producer and owner of Mander Film, and Lucia Mercadante...

, Biagio Grimaldi, Angelo Turriziani.