A contemporary character piece by Japanese composer Yoshio Chino. It utilizes gentle, minimalist gestures to create a calm, morning-themed environment.
Focus on evenness of touch to ensure the serene mood remains undisturbed.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Before Dawn is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 3 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 1873 Meaning by Yoshio Chino, Berceuse by Gabriel Fauré, Berceuse - Cradle Song by Armas Järnefelt — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.