Many of the composers had a direct connection to the Vatican and the papal chapel, though they worked at several churches; stylistically they are often contrasted with the Venetian School of composers, a concurrent movement which was much more progressive.
Moitos dos compositores tiñan unha conexión directa co Vaticano e coa capela papal, aínda que traballaron en varias igrexas; estilisticamente eles eran a miúdo contrastantes coa Escola Veneciana de compositores, un movemento concorrente que era moito máis progresivo.