a) Spend a few minutes individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up one of the opinions:
1. The line between serious music and jazz grows less and less clear.
2. A certain amount of so-called avant-guard music in our modern art tries to shock and be original for originality's sake.
3. In any age the advanced of today in music may become the commonplace of tomorrow.
4. Soviet composers have contributed as much as Russian composers to the World of Music.
5. Radio, television, cinema and video bring "new sounds" into our homes.