A charming work by Déodat de Séverac that draws on Occitan folk influences and lyrical French impressionistic harmony. It evokes a pastoral sentimentality characteristic of the composer's regional style.
The main technical challenge is executing the fluid, flowing sixteenth-note passages with enough rhythmic flexibility to sound natural and unforced.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Canson pel cabalet is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 Canson pel cabalet lasts about 2 minutes.
Canson pel cabalet 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 Bells across the Meadows (Characteristic Intermezzo)) by Albert William Ketèlbey, As férias by José Vianna da Motta, An English Waltz by Cyril Scott — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.