A charming and lesser-known character piece by the French composer Marcel Lattès. It exhibits the lyrical and concise style typical of early 20th-century French miniatures.
Focus on the delicate phrasing and dynamic control to project the character of the piece clearly.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballade de la Rose 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 Ballade de la Rose lasts about 3 minutes.
Ballade de la Rose 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 Body and Soul by Johnny Green, Béatrice by André Messager, Bonbonnière musicale by Ignaz Moscheles — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.