This is a quintessential example of 19th-century American light music designed for social dancing. It utilizes a crisp rhythmic drive and clear, simple textures.
Maintain steady rhythmic pulse throughout the staccato sections.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ashland Quick Step 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 Ashland Quick Step lasts about 2 minutes.
Ashland Quick Step 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 Bartlett's Quick Step by John C. Bartlett, Blumenwalzer by Léon Jessel, Bluin' the Blues by Henry Ragas — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.