Calabria is a light-hearted, folk-inspired dance piece typical of 19th-century instructional literature. Its strength lies in its rhythmic vitality and simple, pleasing harmonic structure.
Ensure the Alberti bass in the left hand remains even and subordinate to the melodic line.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Calabria 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 Calabria lasts about 2 minutes.
Calabria 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 Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin, 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.