A specialized waltz arrangement of Abreu's composition, characteristic of Brazilian salon music. It employs classic ternary structures common in the period's social dance music.
Maintain a steady dance pulse while utilizing tasteful rubato in the melodic lines.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Amando sobre o Mar (Valsa) 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 Amando sobre o Mar (Valsa) lasts about 3 minutes.
Amando sobre o Mar (Valsa) 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 Amando sobre o Mar by Zequinha Abreu, Belle of the Ball by Leroy Anderson, Waltz in A minor by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.