Although this Sonata is usually consigned to the rather non-specific period of before 1739, it was almost certainly an early work by Scarlatti, probably dating to the years 1710-1719, when he still lived in Italy. It first appeared in London in 1739 in a volume published by Thomas Roseingrave, who had traveled to Italy in 1709, where he befriended the composer and came into contact with his works. Roseingrave published it along with 11 other previously unpublished ones (and a fugue), as well as with the 30 sonatas that had appeared in 1738, also in London, as the Essercizi per gravicembalo.

This Sonata in C minor, marked Allegro, is light and jaunty, traits often associated with Scarlatti's early keyboard sonatas, and even with many of his later ones. But here the music comes across with an Italianate character that seems to exude folk-like flavors. The work begins with a brief fanfare-like passage, before launching into the lively main theme, a busy creation that, in its second subject, travels up and down the keyboard spraying about its vivid colors and spirited character. Scarlatti develops the thematic material in the second half, imparting a more elegant sense but without breaking from the lively joy of the first half. This Sonata usually lasts about three-and-a-half minutes.

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