Daydreaming by Yudit Z. is a contemporary atmospheric work focused on harmonic color and mood. Its primary distinction is the use of lush, extended harmonies paired with a fluid, improvisational structure.
At Henle 3 this is a late-beginner piece — comfortable hands-together playing is assumed, and musical shaping starts to matter. The main demands: careful pedaling — clarity depends on the foot as much as the fingers; rubato that must breathe naturally without losing the pulse; and chord voicing — bringing out one note inside a handful of others.
The player must use subtle pedaling to blend the harmonic shifts without muddying the texture.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
A level or two down with the same spirit — ideal if this piece is still out of reach.
Where this piece's skills lead: slightly harder works making similar technical demands.
Daydreaming is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
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 Daydreaming lasts about 2 minutes.
Daydreaming 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 Ave Maria d'Arcadelt by Franz Liszt, Chorale by George Frideric Handel, Ave Maria in G by Franz Liszt — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.