Original: Luca Marenzio was hugely influential on composers in Italy, as well as in the rest of Europe, particularly in England, as his madrigals from the 1580s were among the favorites of English composers, who adapted his techniques of word-painting, textural contrast, and chromaticism to an English idiom.
Simplified: Marenzio’s music had a lot of influence on composers in Italy, as well as in the rest of Europe.