Novegno's work is a minor technical study designed for developing dexterity in a lyrical context. Its character is light and playful, reminiscent of early Italian salon miniatures.
Ensure clean, light articulation of the rapid sixteenth-note patterns.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballata, tbp 18 is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Ballata, tbp 18 lasts about 2 minutes.
Ballata, tbp 18 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 Candele, tbp 21 by Roberto Novegno, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, Bach-anh-114 by Johann Sebastian Bach — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.