Édouard Broustet was a French pianist and composer whose works are largely forgotten today. This Berceuse is an elegant, modest piece reflecting the stylistic trends of French Romantic character pieces.
Ensure the cantabile melody remains the focus even when the texture thickens during the middle section.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Berceuse (op.53) 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 Berceuse (op.53) lasts about 4 minutes.
Berceuse (op.53) 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 'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua, Belle of the Ball by Leroy Anderson, Broadway Melody by Nacio Herb Brown — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.