Alfred Humphries Pease was an American salon composer whose works captured the sentimentality of the late 19th century. This piece is distinguished by its sweeping, vocal-like melodic writing and simple harmonic structure.
The student must focus on balancing the singing melody against the rolling arpeggiated accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
'Red cloud' 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 'Red cloud' lasts about 4 minutes.
'Red cloud' 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 'O, morning star' by Alfred Humphries Pease, 'Break, break, break' by Alfred Humphries Pease, Autumn song by Alfred Humphries Pease — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.