This piece by Giuseppe D'Amico is a contemporary exploration of harmonic resolution, questioning the listener's expectations through an 'imaginary' harmonic trajectory. It relies on subtle changes in timbre rather than traditional thematic development.
The student needs to pay close attention to the specific articulation markings to bring out the intended harmonic ambiguity.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
An imaginary cadence is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 An imaginary cadence lasts about 2 minutes.
An imaginary cadence 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 Cadenza 37 by Giuseppe D'Amico, Berceuse di un ricordo by Giuseppe D'Amico, Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.