This piece experiments with a hybrid form, combining the triple meter of a mazurka with stylistic elements of bossa nova. It is a quirky, experimental work that tests the player's ability to navigate fused styles.
The player must reconcile the stylized pulse of the bossa nova with the specific rhythmic stresses of a mazurka.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bossanova Mazurka is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
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 Bossanova Mazurka lasts about 3 minutes.
Bossanova Mazurka 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 Before I Go by Teo Vincent IV, Calypso Study by Teo Vincent IV, Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.