A work included in Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. It is likely a collaboration with his eldest son.

Completely different from the allemandes in Bach's suites, it does not employ contrapuntal writing, and the roles of melody and harmonization are clearly defined. Throughout the piece, ornamental motives descending chromatically interject, making the whole a light and agile dance-like miniature.

Furthermore, another allemande (BWV 837) is written following this piece. This one was likely composed only up to the first section, indicated by the repeat sign, with the remainder left unfinished. It is in a simple three-voice texture, and an effort to make the independence of the voices clearer than in the preceding allemande can be observed.

It should be noted that there is no particular motivic connection between these two allemandes.