This is a brief, evocative character piece written in a contemporary romantic style. It relies heavily on emotional phrasing and delicate, sustained melody lines.
Focus on singing the melodic line clearly above the accompaniment with careful attention to phrasing.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bin traurig (Op.30 No.7) is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 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 Bin traurig (Op.30 No.7) lasts about 2 minutes.
Bin traurig (Op.30 No.7) 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 Beherrschung by Jan Willem Menkveld, Beherrschung by Jan Willem Menkveld, Balanceakt by Jan Willem Menkveld — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.