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Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827) was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute''.〔Source for this paragraph: Grove〕 ==Life== Gerl was born on November 30, 1764 in Andorf (then Bavaria, since 1780 part of Austria). He sang as a chorister as a child in Salzburg; the ''New Grove'' asserts that he was probably the pupil of Leopold Mozart. He attended the University of Salzburg, studying logic and physics. His career as a bass began 1785 with the theatrical company of Ludwig Schmidt.〔 He evidently had an impressively low vocal range; Branscombe (1991) observes that the very low notes that Mozart included in the part of Sarastro have been "the despair of many a bass singer since."〔Branscombe 1991, 128〕 By 1787 he had joined the theatrical company of Emanuel Schikaneder, for which he sang the demanding role of Osmin in Mozart's opera ''The Abduction from the Seraglio'' and other roles. In 1789 the troupe settled at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. Gerl participated in a system of joint composition used by Schikander's troupe, in which ''Singspiele'' were produced rapidly by having several composers collaborate. As such, Gerl may have been the composer of the aria "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding", for which Mozart wrote a set of variations for piano, K. 613 (the composer may instead have been another singer-composer in the troupe, Benedikt Schack).〔 Mozart gradually came to participate more in the activities of the Schikaneder troupe, culminating in his opera ''The Magic Flute'' (1791), with libretto by Schikaneder. Gerl premiered the role of Sarastro, and continued to sing this part in many performances through 1792. He left Schikaneder's troupe in 1793.〔 Gerl may have been a participant in a rehearsal of Mozart's ''Requiem'' on the day before the composer died; for details see Benedikt Schack. Gerl's later career took him to Brno and Mannheim, where he retired in 1826. He died there March 9, 1827.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franz Xaver Gerl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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