This piece is a short character study evoking autumnal atmosphere. It relies on standard Romantic harmonic language to convey a sense of nostalgia.
Effective pedaling is essential to create the atmospheric, autumnal color requested by the title.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Albumblatt Herbstlaub 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 Albumblatt Herbstlaub lasts about 2 minutes.
Albumblatt Herbstlaub 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 Auf dem Klavierhocker by Markus Seidler, Waltz in A minor by Frédéric Chopin, Prelude in E minor, No. 4 by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.