This piece is a lighthearted Neapolitan-style song arrangement adapted for solo piano. It is distinctive for its rhythmic drive and typical 19th-century Italian parlor music charm.
Focus on maintaining a steady, crisp rhythmic pulse throughout the staccato sections.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
'O sargente 'e Bersagliere 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 'O sargente 'e Bersagliere lasts about 3 minutes.
'O sargente 'e Bersagliere 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 'A cartulina by Luigi Criscuolo, Blumenwalzer by Léon Jessel, Bluin' the Blues by Henry Ragas — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.