It may seem shocking and creepy, but this sort of thing has gone on through history. It would be a fun tangent to explore. In Asia, it is much more common or at least visible, for the government to support and manage artists and athletes.
Aaron Copeland had significant inner conflicts on this issue, wanting to write complex music but being commissioned to write uplifting mainstream tunes. Accessible sounds.
"Copland's music was pulled from President Eisenhower's inaugural concert in 1953 because of the suspicions about his politics."
Thick file details FBI's surveillance of Copland - Los Angeles Times
Shostakovich went through govt scrutiny...
Composers for communism.(Music)(Aaron Copland, the greatest American classical composer of the 20th century, and Dmitri Shostakovich, his opposite number in the Soviet Union, had more in common than is generally realized) | HighBeam Business: Arrive
You will notice that many musicians get invited to perform at the White House. The top artists who espouse positive universal values inevitably get interwoven in civic affairs.
Look at how Shirley Temple Black and Angelina Jolie took on formal assignments in international relations.
In addition, composers are commissioned by the state:
Charles Ives during the Civil War;
Aaron Copland, William Schuman, Virgil Thomson, and Ulysses Kay during the cold war;
Geraint Lewis for Welsh Assembly;
Wagner was patronized by Bavarian King Ludwig II
... I could keep digging, as I know there are many, but I think the search is meant to be yours.
Even some of the Psalms were written for the theocratic system's events:
Psalm 88:1
A Song. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah, to the chief musician on Mahalath, to make humble. A Poem of Heman the Ezrahite.
I ran across this article -- not sure how well it is documented.
Mozart
I think the dream was a nudge, a springboard to find some things out. It is important to know how we are being influenced, as the arts have a subtle but strong impact on how we see the world.
BTW, this post had difficulty processing. Something that tends to happen when controversial govt threads come up. Over and over. Just sayin'.