With his Six morceaux, Raff created a collection of six short pieces with the aim of “pleasantly entertaining many a listener” and demonstrating that he was “also capable of writing something easy”. After all, he had made a name for himself in the years before with extremely demanding chamber music for renowned dedicatees.

The Six Morceaux, dedicated to the violinist Ludwig Straus, on the other hand, are probably related to Raff’s teaching activities at a private piano school in Wiesbaden...