Why was Venice considered to be the most innovative and cosmopolitan for music of the seventeenth century?
a. The efforts of Giovanni Gabrieli, the organist at St. Mark's, composed secular music and worked to make church music more engaging.
b. Guillaume Dufay established a school of music in Venice.
c. Composer Josquin des Prez restructured the orchestral stage to optimize sound quality.
d. The Venetian guild commissioned work by Claudio Monteverdi for public performances.
Answer: a
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