Instrument makers invented dozens of new instruments; most were
A) reed and bamboo wind instruments
B) metal percussion instruments
C) metal wind instruments
D) not successful
E) string instruments with metal strings
Question 2
When did the concerto come to denote a purely instrumental piece for ensemble in which one or more soloists both complimented and competed with an orchestra?
A) at the beginning of the seventeenth century
B) in the last two decades of the seventeenth century
C) in the first two decades of the eighteenth century
D) not until 1750