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A series for small orchestra. It was issued from the early 1840s until about 1892.
The same company issued a similar series of Overtures for small orchestra: Sammlung von Ouvertüren aus Opern und Operetten etc. für 8-, 12-, 15-, 18- u. 20stimmgen Orchester, and the Ouvertüren (operatic overtures) series for smaller groups.
Similar series included Litolff's Salon-Orchester, Odeon, Salonorchester, and Lyra.
Chronological order
| Volume | Composer | Work | Description | Arranger | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meyerbeer | Les Huguenots | Potpourri | New edition 1859 | ||
| 2 | Bellini | Norma | Potpourri | |||
| 3 | Kreutzer | Das Nachtlager in Granada | Potpourri | |||
| 4 | Bellini | I puritani | Favoritstücke | 1841 | ||
| 5 | Bellini | La sonnambula | Favoritstücke | re-issued 1873 | ||
| 6 | Adam | Le postillon de Lonjumeau | Favoritstücke | re-issued 1873 | ||
| 7 | Pentenrieder, Franz Xaver | Die Nacht zu Paluzzi | Favoritstücke | |||
| 8 | Lachner | Catharina Cornaro, Op.71 | Potpourri | |||
| 9 | Donizetti | La fille du régiment | Potpourri | |||
| 10 | Auber | La part du diable | Potpourri | |||
| 11 | Donizetti | Belisario | Favoritstücke | |||
| 12 | Donizetti | Anna Bolena | Favoritstücke | 1848 | ||
| 13 | Flotow | Alessandro Stradella | Potpourri | |||
| 14 | Balfe | Les Quatre fils Aymon | Favoritstücke | 1848 | ||
| 15 | Flotow | Martha | Potpourri | 1849 | ||
| 16 | Meyerbeer | Le prophète | Potpourri | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1850 | |
| 17 | Adam | Giselle | Potpourri | Schwab, J. M. | 1851 | |
| 18 | Balfe | The Bohemian Girl | Potpourri | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1851 | re-issued 1875 |
| 19 | Rossini | Otello | Favoritstücke | 1851 | ||
| 20 | Verdi | I due Foscari | Potpourri | 1851 | ||
| 21 | Halévy | La Juive | Potpourri | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1851 | |
| 22 | Meyerbeer | Robert le diable | Potpourri | 1852 | ||
| 23 | Verdi | Ernani | Favoritstücke | 1852 | ||
| 24 | Verdi | Nabucco | Potpourri No.1 | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1853 | |
| 25 | Verdi | Nabucco | Potpourri No.2 | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1853 | |
| 26 | Verdi | Rigoletto | Potpourri No.1 | 1853 | ||
| 27 | Verdi | Rigoletto | Potpourri No.2 | 1854 | ||
| 28 | Verdi | Rigoletto | Potpourri No.3 | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1854 | |
| 29 | Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | Favoritstücke Nos. 1 & 2 | 1855 | ||
| 30 | Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | Favoritstücke Nos. 3 & 4 | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1855 | |
| 31 | Verdi | Il trovatore | Favoritstücke No.1 | 1856 | ||
| 32 | Verdi | Il trovatore | Favoritstücke No.2 | 1856 | ||
| 33 | Verdi | Il trovatore | Favoritstücke Nos.3 & 4 | 1857 | ||
| 34 | Verdi | Les vêpres siciliennes | Favoritstücke | Ruf, G.A. v. | 1857 | |
| 35 | Wagner | Tannhäuser, WWV 70 | Potpourri No.1 | |||
| 36 | Wagner | Tannhäuser, WWV 70 | Potpourri No.2 | |||
| 37 | Verdi | La traviata | Favoritstücke Nos.1 & 2 | 1857 | ||
| 38 | Verdi | La traviata | Favoritstücke Nos.3 & 4 | 1857 | ||
| 39 | Meyerbeer | L'étoile du nord | Potpourri | 1859 | ||
| 40 | Nicolai | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Potpourri | 1857 | ||
| 41 | Rossini | Guillaume Tell | Potpourri | 1857 | ||
| 42 | Verdi | Macbeth | Favoritstücke | 1857 | ||
| 43 | Donizetti | Maria Padilla | Favoritstücke | 1857 | ||
| 44 | Donizetti | Lucrezia Borgia | Potpourri | 1857 | ||
| 45 | Donizetti | Linda di Chamounix | Potpourri | 1857 | ||
| 46 | Verdi | Luisa Miller | Divertissement | Fastlinger, J. | 1861 | |
| 47 | Verdi | Un ballo in maschera | Potpourri | 1863 | ||
| 48 | Gounod | Faust, CG 4 | Potpourri | Wittmann | 1863 | |
| 49 | Suppé | Zehn Mädchen und kein Mann | Potpourri | 1868 | ||
| 50 | Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Favoritstücke No.1 | Hünn | 1870 | Storm interlude opening act 2 |
| 51 | Wagner | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 | Divertissement | Hünn | 1872 | Apparently, re-issued by Schott in 1890. Hofmeister lists arranger as Horn. |
| 52 | Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Favoritstücke No.2 | 1870 | Terzetto | |
| 53 | Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Favoritstücke No.3 | 1870 | Schluss-finale | |
| 54 | Lortzing | Zar und Zimmermann | Divertissement | Hünn | 1875 | |
| 55 | Beethoven | Egmont, Op.84 | Favoritstücke Nos.1-4 | Pötzsch | 1878 | |
| 56 | Mendelssohn | A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op.61 | Favoritstücke Nos.1-3 | Pötzsch | 1878 | |
| 57 | Weber | Oberon, J.306 | Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1878 | |
| 58 | Weber | Der Freischütz, Op.77 | Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1879 | |
| 59 | Boieldieu | La dame blanche | Favoritstücke Nos.1 & 2 | Pötzsch | 1879 | |
| 60 | Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 | Favoritstücke Nos.1 & 2 | Pötzsch | 1880 | |
| 61 | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte, K.620 | Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1881 | |
| 62 | Mozart | Don Giovanni, K.527 | Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1880 | |
| 63 | Lortzing | Der Waffenschmied | Fantasie | Burald | 1882 | |
| 64 | Wagner | Lohengrin, WWV 75 | Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1879 | |
| 65 | Bizet | Carmen | Pötzsch | 1881 | ||
| 66 | Bizet | Carmen | Pötzsch | 1881 | ||
| 67 | Lortzing | Undine | Fantasiestück | Burald | 1882 | |
| 68 | Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 | 2 Favoritstücke | Pötzsch | 1882 | |
| 69 | Donizetti | Don Pasquale | Favoritstücke No.1 | Pötzsch | 1883 | Duet and Cavatina |
| 70 | Donizetti | Don Pasquale | Favoritstücke No.2 | Pötzsch | 1883 | Serenade and waltz |
| 71 | Beethoven | Fidelio, Op.72 | Favoritstücke Nos.1 & 2 | Pötzsch | 1885 | |
| 72 | Messager | La basoche | Favoritstücke No.1 | Ley | 1892 | |
| 73 | Messager | La basoche | Favoritstücke No.2 | Ley | 1892 |