This is an alternate cataloging of Arthur Benjamin's work, displaying his signature British-influenced 20th-century style. The music relies heavily on sensitive nuance and coloristic touch.
Develop the ability to project a singing melody against complex, shifting chordal structures.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Before Dawn 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 Before Dawn lasts about 5 minutes.
Before Dawn 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 Clair de lune by Claude Debussy, Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie, Prelude in D-flat major, No. 15 by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.