Why did rulers occasionally grant certain composers a monopoly on printing music in their realm?

What will be an ideal response?

to supplement their income without having to take money out of the treasury

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The Original Dixieland Jazz Band is credited with

a. combining elements of classical music and jazz. b. making the first jazz recording. c. launching the stellar career of Louis Armstrong. d. using the technique of overdubbing.

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The Tuscan regional variation of Romanesque architecture uses __________.

A. marble arcades B. Mozarabic-style painting C. Ottonian and Carolingian forms D. ribbed groin vaults

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