Vicente Ascone was a Uruguayan composer who blended traditional structures with 20th-century sensibilities. This work provides an accessible, charming look into his smaller-scale keyboard efforts.
Emphasize the whimsical character while keeping the dynamics clear and defined.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Ballet infantil 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 Ballet infantil lasts about 2 minutes.
Ballet infantil 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 18 German Dances and Esoccaises by Franz Schubert, 18 German Dances and Esoccaises, by Franz Schubert, 18 German Dances and Ecossaises by Franz Schubert — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.