In music history, the
Venetian School was the body and work of
composers working in
Venice from about 1550 to around 1610. The Venetian
polychoral compositions of the late sixteenth century were among the most famous musical events in Europe, and their influence on musical practice in other countries was enormous. The innovations introduced by the Venetian school, along with the contemporary development of
monody and
opera in
Florence, together define the end of the musical
Renaissance and the beginning of the musical
Baroque.