A lush, late-Romantic to early-Impressionist work that leans heavily on expansive, soaring melodic lines. The harmonic language is richer than traditional salon music of the period.
Develop a singing tone to project the long melodic phrases over the textured accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Au printemps (Op.24) 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 Au printemps (Op.24) lasts about 4 minutes.
Au printemps (Op.24) 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 Alger le soir by Félix Fourdrain, Ballade by Félix Fourdrain, Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, M.74 by Maurice Ravel — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.