All of these were particularly significant characteristics of the Venetian polychoral style except
A. the several choirs and instruments performing simultaneously were better served by chordal texture than by the Renaissance polyphony.
B. Venetian polychoral works included large sections of massive chordal combinations.
C. the concertato principle.
D. contrasting sonorities of various voices and instruments did not appeal to the Baroque imagination.
Answer: D
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