E major, 9/8 time signature.

It features a "cantabile" theme characterized by stepwise motion. The first half of the piece (measures 1-18) consists of two thematic expositions. In the second exposition (from measure 11 onwards), a new, harmonically and dance-like theme is conceived, based on the third beat of the original theme.

A flowing eighth-note rhythm resonates throughout the entire piece in one of the voices; however, this continuous rhythmic flow is interrupted twice towards the end of the piece. First, in measure 34, the flow is halted by a fermata—accompanied by a dissonant effect—demarcating the entrance of the coda. Then, in measure 38, after creating a decelerating effect through improvisatory and ornamental sixteenth notes, the piece concludes.