A work from the Classical era, this fantasy displays the lighter texture and decorative writing common to the period. It is distinguished by its grace and idiomatic use of keyboard figuration.
Maintain an evenness of touch in the sixteenth-note passages while applying tasteful ornamentation.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
1. Fantaisie is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 1. Fantaisie lasts about 4 minutes.
1. Fantaisie 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 Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andante favori by Ludwig van Beethoven, Black Beauty by Duke Ellington — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.