A modest Romantic work featuring an arching melody supported by broken-chord figuration. Its charm lies in the simplicity of its harmonic language.
Work on fluid transitions between the broken chord patterns.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Autumn Leaves 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 Autumn Leaves lasts about 3 minutes.
Autumn Leaves 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 'Piano Suite' from 'A Folk Tale' by Jones-Stubbs, At The Waters Edge Op.27 No.4 by Jones-Stubbs, At The Waters Edge by Jones-Stubbs — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.