Bilboquet is a characteristic piano piece by Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes, reflecting his European training. It mimics the light, virtuosic style popular in late 19th-century salon music.
The piece requires a fleet-fingered approach and very clear, detached articulation.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bilboquet 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 Bilboquet lasts about 4 minutes.
Bilboquet 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 Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Rondo capriccioso in E major by Felix Mendelssohn, Canto del guajiro by Ernesto Lecuona — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.