Hans Christian Lumbye's 'Anna Polka, JLW 25' is a spirited and cheerful polka. It is characteristic of Lumbye's accessible yet technically engaging compositions designed for dancing and enjoyment.
Requires sharp, clean articulation and agile fingers to execute the rapid figurations.
Anna Polka, JLW 25 is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Anna Polka, JLW 25 lasts about 2 minutes.
Anna Polka, JLW 25 is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.