Lefroid de Méreaux’s writing reflects the French romantic tradition with ornate melodic decoration. It is a stylistically refined work that prioritizes harmonic color and elegant phrasing over virtuosity.
Focus on the execution of delicate ornaments while ensuring the cantabile tone remains consistent in the right hand.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballade (Op.60) is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 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.60) lasts about 6 minutes.
Ballade (Op.60) 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 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, No. 6 by Edvard Grieg, 16 Waltzes by Johannes Brahms, Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.