Jean Reuchsel’s Op. 17 is a late-Romantic character piece that benefits from rich, dense harmonies and lush textures. It explores a more sophisticated harmonic palette than early Romantic barcarolles.
The primary challenge is balancing the dense chordal texture so the melody remains prominent.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Barcarolle (Op.17) is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Barcarolle (Op.17) lasts about 5 minutes.
Barcarolle (Op.17) 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 Am Rhein by Joachim Raff, Barcarolle by Anatoly Lyadov, Barcarolle by Anatoly Liadov — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.