Beneking's piano pieces are often programmatic, and this work utilizes tonal colors to represent the movement of a panther. It is a modern character piece that favors rhythmic precision.
Maintain rhythmic integrity during the staccato sections to properly characterize the feline movement.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Black and White Panther is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Black and White Panther lasts about 2 minutes.
Black and White Panther 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 12 Valses melancoliques 'The Swans' by Stephan Beneking, 12 Valses melancoliques III 'Dance of the Cranes' by Stephan Beneking, 12 Valses melancoliques 'Dance of the Cranes' by Stephan Beneking — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.