This is a minor Romantic salon piece characteristic of late 19th-century domestic piano music. Its distinctive charm lies in its simple, song-like melody supported by light arpeggiated accompaniments.
Focus on maintaining a smooth, singing tone in the right hand over the broken chord accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Balladetta (Op. 96) 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 Balladetta (Op. 96) lasts about 3 minutes.
Balladetta (Op. 96) 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 Black Beauty by Duke Ellington, Bright Eyes by Florence Price, Albumblatt für Clara Schumann by Johannes Brahms — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.