Gustav Lange was a prolific composer of salon music, and this piece represents the quintessential light-hearted Romantic style. It features lively articulation and delicate melodic embellishments.
Focus on maintaining crisp articulation in the right hand against a soft, supportive left-hand accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
By the Meadow Brook (Op.87) 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 By the Meadow Brook (Op.87) lasts about 3 minutes.
By the Meadow Brook (Op.87) 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 Albumblatt by Gustav Lange, Bunte Schmetterlinge by Gustav Lange, Bright Butterflies by Gustav Lange — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.