This piece represents the intersection of early 20th-century blues influence and traditional piano salon form. It is distinct for its syncopated rhythm and the application of blues-inflected harmonies within a rigid formal structure.
The challenge is internalizing the syncopations to ensure they feel stylistic rather than rigid.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
1913 Medley Blues is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 1913 Medley Blues lasts about 4 minutes.
1913 Medley Blues is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Brises du nord by Léon Delahaye, Blues by Marshall Fine, Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.