- Are you fond of arts?

- What kind of music do you like?

- Was popular music wide spread in the 20th century?

- Yes, it was.

- When did popular music originate?

- What prompted a new direction in popular music in the 20th century?

- Who is your favourite composer?

- Do you like the music of other Russian composers?

- In 1842 Glinka created his second opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila". The composer Franz Listz was fascinated by the novelty of Glinka's music.

- Did Glinka's music influence the composers of succeeding generations?

- Do you like the music of modern composers?

- Do you like opera?

- Yes, I do. Especially I like the operas created by Mozart, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky.

- Do you known anything about the history of opera?

- Do you like pop music?

- Yes, I do. I prefer the "Beatles" to all recent pop groups.

- Who were the members of the group?

- When was the name of the group adopted?

- What songs made them the most popular rock group in Eng land!

- What kept the "Beatles" at the top of popularity charts for several years?

- Do you know any other long-lived and popular rock band?

- The "Rolling Stones", English musical group, was one of the most long-lived and popular of all rock bands.

- What can you tell us about this rock band?

- What albums made the "Rolling Stones" popular?

- What was the "Rolling Stones" music marked by?

- Well, now let us talk about painting. Are you fond of painting?

- To me painting is second only to music. I take a special liking to masters' masterpieces. I have several albums with the greatest Russian and West European paintings.

- Which painting do you prefer Russian or West European?

- What was the goal of the painters of the "World of Art" group?

- Whose works of art of the painters of the "World of An" group do you like most?

- Do you like the works of art of other Russian painters?

- Yes, do. I like Karl Bryullov's works of art.

- What can you tell us about Karl Bryullov's paintings?

- Where did Karl Bryullov study?

- Bryullov was educated at the St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. He studied in Italy from 1823.

- What is Bryullov's greatest work?

- Were Bryullov's other paintings also popular?

- Is Karl Bryullov your favourite Russian painter?

- Karl Bryullov is one of my favourite Russian painters.

- Whose works art do you also admire?

- What do you know about the "Wanderers"?

- Can you tell us about one of the painters who sympathized with the "Wanderers"?

- I shall tell you about Vassily Vereshchagin. He was a naval officer, and on board the frigate "Kamchatka" he sailed to Den mark, France and Egypt. In 1860 having abandoned his naval officer career, Vereshchagin entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. But dissatisfied with the conservatism and idealistic conventions of the academic system, he left the Academy in 1863. The critical realism of the "Wanderers" always evoke Vereshchagin's sympathy. He participated in some of their exhibitions.

- What is Vereshchagin's best-known work of art?

- What other Vereshchagin's works of art were are popular?

- What English painters can you name?

- Do you like American art?

- Yes, I do.

- How did it develop in the 20th century?

- What music types have been developed in the USA?