Vivaldi musical terms

Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian music composer who lived from 1678 to 1741, a period of art commonly known as the Baroque era. He lived in Venice and taught music at an all-girls orphanage for most of his life. He was a master of the violin and often performed his own works. He is widely known as the composer of concertos, a form of music with a small orchestra and solo lead instrument. Aside from concertos, he wrote religious works and operas. After his death he was all but forgotten for 200 years until his works were discovered early in this century. He has since become one of the world's most popular baroque composers.
In the allegro piece “Autumn” it is primarily polyphonic stating a short theme or subject in the beginning in the major home key. The theme is then repeated over in deferent movements with a little...