Alicante is a lesser-known salon piece from the late Romantic era. It features typical light-hearted character writing intended for parlor entertainment.
Focus on maintaining a singing tone in the right hand against a balanced accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Alicante 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 Alicante lasts about 3 minutes.
Alicante 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 Belle of the Ball by Leroy Anderson, Black Beauty by Duke Ellington, American Beauty by Joseph Francis Lamb — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.