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 (though a prop guitar was also used in subsequent performances).
The Sérénade was later adapted into the song Notturno d'amore by the lyricist S. Focacci in 1922.