Signe Lund-Skabo was a notable Norwegian composer whose keyboard works often bridge late Romanticism and Nordic nationalistic styles. This piece displays a deeply intimate and lyrical approach to the Ballade form.
The primary challenge is maintaining a consistent, delicate sound palette while managing the expressive harmonic shifts.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballade (Op.37) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
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 (Op.37) lasts about 4 minutes.
Ballade (Op.37) 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 Signe Lund-Skabo, Body and Soul by Johnny Green, Prelude in E minor, No. 4 by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.