This piece combines Chaminade's signature melodic elegance with a witty, capricious rhythmic drive. Its distinctiveness lies in its shifts between technical brilliance and sudden, playful melodic pauses.
The primary challenge is managing the rapid shifts in character and the precise finger-work required in the lighter passages.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Caprice humoristique op.113 is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 8.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 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 Caprice humoristique op.113 lasts about 6 minutes.
Caprice humoristique op.113 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 Capriccio appassionato Op.52 by Cécile Chaminade, Bonne humeur by Cécile Chaminade, Berceuse by Cécile Chaminade — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.