Alexandre Goria was a well-known Parisian pianist-composer, and this work reflects the virtuosic salon style of the mid-19th century. It features decorative passage work designed to display agility and tonal control.
Maintain clarity and rhythmic precision during the more demanding, rapid filigree passages.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballade is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 lasts about 6 minutes.
Ballade 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 Ballade by Alexandre Édouard Goria, "Berceuse" Petit fantaisie by Alexandre Édouard Goria, Alice by Alexandre Édouard Goria — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.