This piece is a salon-style waltz characteristic of American parlor music from the early 20th century. It is distinctive for its sentimental melodic lines and predictable harmonic structure.
Focus on maintaining a steady, graceful waltz rhythm while balancing the melody against the accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Auf Wiedersehn (Op.253) 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 Auf Wiedersehn (Op.253) lasts about 3 minutes.
Auf Wiedersehn (Op.253) 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 Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven, Berceuse by Rudolf Friml, Butterfly Lovers by Shuwen Zhang — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.