Abondante's Bergamasca is an early lute piece arranged for keyboard, reflecting the dance-like vitality of the Italian Renaissance. It is notable for its clear melodic structure and repetitive, driving rhythmic patterns.
Focus on clean articulation of the lute-inspired melodic gestures.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bergamasca 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 Bergamasca lasts about 3 minutes.
Bergamasca 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 The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, 12 Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je, Maman" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.