Giovanni Gabrieli
The spacious interior of the building with its multiple choir lofts was the inspiration for the development of a [[Venetian polychoral style]] among the composers appointed [[maestro di cappella]] at the [[Cappella Marciana|choir of St Mark's]]. The style was first developed by a foreigner, [[Adrian Willaert]], and was continued by Italian organists and composers: [[Andrea Gabrieli]], his nephew [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], and [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. Their music took advantage of the spacious architecture and led to the development of [[polychoral]] and [[antiphonal]] textures. An example of this technique is found in [[In Ecclesiis]] by Giovanni Gabrieli.