This is a brief, anonymous dance piece often found in pedagogical anthologies of historical keyboard music. Its simplicity of form highlights the charm of British folk-influenced melodic lines typical of the era.
Focus on developing clean, clear finger articulation across the short phrases.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Altenglischer Tanz is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Altenglischer Tanz lasts about 1 minute.
Altenglischer Tanz 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 Ballet for Keyboard in G major by Anonymous, Arroz con leche by Anonymous, Bourrée in B-flat major by Anonymous — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.