page_title: Venetian polychoral style
hierarchical_section_title: Venetian polychoral style
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Mark's Basilica
context_page_description: The Venetian polychoral style was a type of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras which involved spatially separate choirs singing in alternation. It represented a major stylistic shift from the prevailing polyphonic writing of the middle Renaissance, and was one of the major stylistic developments which led directly to the formation of what is now known as the Baroque style. A commonly encountered term for the separated choirs is cori spezzati—literally, separated choirs.
context_section_description: The Venetian polychoral style was a type of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras which involved spatially separate choirs singing in alternation.  It represented a major stylistic shift from the prevailing polyphonic writing of the middle Renaissance, and was one of the major stylistic developments which led directly to the formation of what is now known as the Baroque style.  A commonly encountered term for the separated choirs is cori spezzati—literally, separated choirs.
caption: San Marco in the evening.  The spacious, resonant interior of this building was an inspiration for the development of this musical style.
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