in e minor and time, the third and central movement of bwv 1019 is an allegro in binary dance-form for solo harpsichord. unlike the movements it replaced—the corrente and tempo di gavotta from the sixth keyboard partita, bwv 830—it cannot be identified with a particular dance. although perhaps less brilliant than the sixth partita, the compositional style is comparable to bach's keyboard writing of the 1730s that can be found in the binary preludes in book 2 of the well tempered clavier or some movements from the overture in the french style, bwv 831: the final piece in bwv 831 was also an unspecified dance movement with a similar function of showcasing the harpsichord. bwv 1019/3 is composed as a large scale movement with two and sometimes three voices. the semiquavers in the rhythmic theme are developed in extended passagework in both the upper and lower keyboard; after a development section and a recapitulation of the theme an octave lower, the second part concludes with semiquavers in parallel and contrary motion in both hands.