A charming, salon-style piece that emphasizes Spanish-inflected melodic grace and light-hearted flourishes. It requires a sophisticated sense of pacing to bring out its inherently elegant character.
Coordinate the subtle fluctuations in tempo with the melodic accents to evoke the piece's characteristic 'grace and salt'.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
"Con grazia y salero" Op.17 is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
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 "Con grazia y salero" Op.17 lasts about 4 minutes.
"Con grazia y salero" Op.17 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 Amanecer de un Viernes Santo Op. 49 by José Ramón Hernández Bellido, Camino del Gólgota Op. 28 by José Ramón Hernández Bellido, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.