This is a nineteenth-century social dance piece composed for the salon or ballroom. It reflects the period's obsession with nationalistic dance forms set within a standardized structural framework.
The player must ensure consistent rhythmic pulse throughout the various sections.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
'National' - Valse Lanciers is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 'National' - Valse Lanciers lasts about 4 minutes.
'National' - Valse Lanciers 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 'Victo' Mazurka pour Piano by Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière, 'Mario' - Danse Caractéristique by Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière, Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.