A pedagogical piece by Miklos Martinko designed for developing clarity and touch in young students. Its simplicity of form is balanced by a focus on precise articulation.
Keep the pulse consistent and the articulation clean throughout the short phrasing.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Calmness (Op.1 No.13) is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
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 Calmness (Op.1 No.13) lasts about 2 minutes.
Calmness (Op.1 No.13) 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 1. Air by Robert King, 12 Variations on 'God Save the King' by Christoph Friedrich Beck, 'A serenata d' 'e rrose by Eduardo Di Capua — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.