A classic of the ragtime era, George Botsford’s work is a tour de force of syncopated rhythms and agile right-hand passages. It remains one of the most recognizable piano rags in the standard repertoire.
Practice the left-hand jumps separately to ensure precision and confidence before adding the syncopated right-hand patterns.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Black and White Rag 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 Black and White Rag lasts about 3 minutes.
Black and White Rag 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 Boomerang Rag by George Botsford, Black and White by George Botsford, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.