This is a 19th-century salon galop named after the famous tightrope walker Charles Blondin. It captures the lighthearted and rhythmic bravado typical of Victorian-era entertainment music.
Focus on maintaining a steady, driving pulse while keeping the articulation crisp and light.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blondin-galop 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 Blondin-galop lasts about 3 minutes.
Blondin-galop 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 Blondin-polka by Joseph Delafosse, Bertolinette by Joseph Delafosse, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.