This static harmony is a compositional technique that is also used in the opening movement of Autumn, where the static harmony is based around the key F major the key of the hunting horn. As the principle violin plays a solo section to depict the birds greeting spring in episode one at bar 14, Vivaldi uses static harmony in E major to create the sense that everything has stopped to listen to spring's arrival.
The basso continuo plays a tonic pedal to reinforce tonic and dominant harmony, typical of the Baroque concerto. The opening of the Spring concerto depicts the arrival of this joyous season through the bright key of E major.
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