Andante grazioso, quasi allegretto (Gracefully at a walking pace, like an allegretto – somewhat fast)

This piece is in compound ternary form. The main section (mm. 1-32) features a simple, rondo-like melody that is repeated, with light ornamentation added and varied each time. The middle section (upbeat to m. 33 – m. 50) shifts to the parallel minor, E-flat minor, but it is not a profound or heavy minor; rather, it has a light, elegant shade. The unisons, inserted twice, create a floating, mysterious sensation. Driven by the cresc. from m. 43 and the sf on the weak beats, the music reaches the highest note of the piece, F, in m. 44 (as the range of instruments at the time was approximately five octaves, the highest note on the instrument would have been F or G. It would have been necessary to play with a special awareness of this being at the edge of the keyboard). The tension is released with the tie into m. 45, and the right-hand scale leads back to the tonic key, returning to the main section at m. 51. The coda (upbeat to m. 83 –) concludes clearly with short, simple scales and arpeggios exchanged between the left and right hands as if in conversation.