A charming and melodic character piece that evokes the atmosphere of a floral garden. It relies on a graceful triple-meter feel and simple, song-like phrasing.
Work on achieving a light and flexible wrist to enhance the elegance of the waltz phrasing.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Calêndulas is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
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 Calêndulas lasts about 3 minutes.
Calêndulas 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 Borboleta by José Ferreira Torres, Black Beauty by Duke Ellington, Berceuse by Rudolf Friml — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.