With the introduction of Polyphonic music in Venice, the 16^th century sought to better the acoustics of the church through modifications in the architecture of various churches in Venice. With special regard to Basilica of San Marco, there was the seating for the doge of Venice. During the introduction of polyphonic music, the acoustics was said to be terrible however through the introduction of modifications built by architect Jacopo Sansovino in the 16th century by decreasing the reverberation time, increased the quality of sound to modern concert seating for the doge of Venice. These modifications are remarkable to witness especially because the introduction of polyphonic music was still quite new and the nonexistence of current technology.

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Boren, Braxton B., and Malcolm S. Longair. “Acoustic simulation of renaissance Venetian churches.” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 130, no. 4, 2011, pp. 2318–2318., doi:10.1121/1.3654261.

Kim Krieger. “Venetian Acoustics Rediscovered.” Science | AAAS, 11 Nov. 2011, www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/11/venetian-acoustics-rediscovered.

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