A descriptive piece aiming to paint an autumnal landscape through melodic gestures. It relies on atmospheric pedal work and controlled phrasing to convey its narrative.
Maintain clean articulation in the melodic figures while using the pedal to create a wash of color.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Autumn landscape CM 2020 is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
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 Autumn landscape CM 2020 lasts about 4 minutes.
Autumn landscape CM 2020 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 Autumn Landscape by Carmelo Mantione, Alleluja by Carmelo Mantione, Caravan from China, from Pantomimes by Eastwood Lane — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.