This is a salon-style character piece by Carlotta Ferrari reflecting the 19th-century fascination with Spanish themes. It features a simple, emotive melody supported by arpeggiated accompaniment.
Focus on achieving a smooth, singing tone in the right hand while keeping the accompaniment light and balanced.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Alhambra 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 Alhambra lasts about 3 minutes.
Alhambra 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 Blue Passion by Carlotta Ferrari, Cantabile su un tema di Mozart by Carlotta Ferrari, Bela Lugosi by Carlotta Ferrari — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.