Joseph Joachim Raff's salon pieces often feature extended melodic lines and a lush, Romantic harmonic palette, creating an atmosphere of elegant sentiment.
Emphasize legato playing and a rich, singing tone.
2 Morceaux de Salon (Op.81) is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 2 Morceaux de Salon (Op.81) lasts about 6 minutes.
2 Morceaux de Salon (Op.81) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.