The original medley overture to the pantomime of Columbine, Courtezan, a retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche, produced in 1735.

In common with other Medley overtures, Lampe's Columbine Courtezan quotes airs drawn from a number of sources, principally from opera, ballad opera and ballads, and from other popular songs and dances.. This overture is unusual that it was printed in short keyboard score, which identified the sources used, and which are appended to the full score. The Overture also survives in orchestrated form in manuscript (Dresdener Hofkappelle). This alternative has been used to "flesh out" the short score, but again, as is common in other medley overtures, the prescribed instrumentation rarely exceeds two parts, volume being of more primary consideration than aesthetic subtlety.