The two sisters Marchiaio, the one a soprano, the other
a contralto, who have lately gained great reputation in Italy, have arrived in Paris, and are about to appear at the Italian Opera in the parts of Semiramide and Arsace. "The ministerial decree," says the Gazette Musicale, "re- lative to uniformity of pitch, will be put in execution on the production of Semiramide." We are curious to learn what will be the result of this measure, or whether it will have any practical result. Louis Bohner, known under the name of "the wandering musician," died lately at Gotha in his seventy-fourth year. He was in his time a composer and performer of renown, and numerous productions bear wit- ness to his talent. He was an eccentric man, jealous of his indepen- dence impatient of restraint, and irresistibly prone to a wandering life. He refused every offer that might have insured to him a regular position and occupation ; and, in his latter years, was reduced to travel over Ger- many on foot, hawking about his own compositions and selling them at low prices for a livelihood.
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