This piece by Miramontes reflects the salon-style keyboard writing typical of the early 19th-century Spanish school. It is characterized by clean, crisp melodic phrases supported by active, rhythmic bass patterns.
At Henle 5 this is a late-intermediate piece — technically substantial, with musical demands to match. The main demands: Alberti-bass accompaniment kept quiet and even under the melody; precise articulation — the difference between crisp and blurred is the piece; and ornaments that need to sound effortless, not squeezed in.
The performer must focus on precise, light-touch articulation during the Alberti bass sections.
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.
Fandango No.1 (Op.2 No.2) is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 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 Fandango No.1 (Op.2 No.2) lasts about 4 minutes.
Fandango No.1 (Op.2 No.2) 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 The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 12 Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je, Maman" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.