Ferdinand Příhoda’s Fanny-Polka is an obscure regional publication characteristic of late Romantic domestic music. It utilizes standard folk-dance forms common in mid-European salon compositions.
At Henle 2 this is a beginner-level piece, where steady coordination between the hands is the main hurdle. The main demands: precise articulation — the difference between crisp and blurred is the piece; Alberti-bass accompaniment kept quiet and even under the melody; and fine finger independence within the hand.
Ensure the phrasing in the right hand is distinct from the rhythmic accompaniment of the left.
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.
Fanny-Polka is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Fanny-Polka lasts about 2 minutes.
Fanny-Polka 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 Der Flohwalzer by Anonymous, Bach-anh-114 by Christian Petzold, Etude in C-Major by Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.