The first act of Les millions d'Arléquin featured a scene where the character Columbine appears on the balcony of her house and is serenaded from the street by the character Harlequin with his prop mandolin. Drigo's music for this scene became popular in its own right and was published separately in arrangements for various instruments. The Sérénade would go on to become a staple of salon music during the Edwardian era and the inter-war period and was even issued by music publishers under several alternative titles including "Valse Boston" or "Serenatina veneziana".