Boas festas by Viúva Guerreiro is a modest salon waltz typical of early 20th-century Brazilian piano repertoire. Its charm lies in its rhythmic simplicity and nostalgic, light-hearted melodic contour.
Ensure the left hand provides a light and buoyant bass support for the dance-like melody.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Boas festas (Op.12) is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Boas festas (Op.12) lasts about 3 minutes.
Boas festas (Op.12) 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 Bach-bwv-anh-114 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach-anh-114 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Blumenwalzer by Léon Jessel — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.