A charming example of a 19th-century dance miniature, likely composed for domestic entertainment. It utilizes classic waltz figures and straightforward harmonic progressions.
The student must keep the Alberti bass light and steady to allow the melody to dance above the accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Brooklyn Waltz is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Brooklyn Waltz lasts about 2 minutes.
Brooklyn Waltz 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.