Alexandra by Clark Kimberling is a salon-style character piece written in a contemporary tonal idiom. Its simplicity and melodic focus make it an accessible study in phrase shaping for early-intermediate students.
Focus on maintaining a smooth, singing melodic line while balancing the accompaniment chords.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Alexandra is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Alexandra lasts about 3 minutes.
Alexandra 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 Calling by Clark Kimberling, Alla Marcia by Clark Kimberling, Bounce by Clark Kimberling — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.