List some examples that illustrate how Christian churches “were and are institutions for spreading socio-cultural ideas and practices over wide areas . . .” (Examples may vary.)

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  • Music with Latin texts is still common in churches around the world.

  • The use of church modes, which include special non-major/minor scales that impart different "flavors" to melodies

  • The Western system of music notation developed first in the church, fostered a tradition of musical literacy, and influenced later conceptions about music.

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What qualities were frequently promoted in Neoclassical painting, as seen in The Oath of the Horatii, by Jacques-Louis David?A) PatriotismB) StoicismC) PlayfulnessD) Extravagance E) Self-sacrifice 

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To provide musical entertainments for state dinners, balls, and operatic performances, Louis established a

A. national chorus. B. permanent orchestra. C. guild of musicians. D. new system of arranging written music.

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