Today the DR known collector Rostropovich (boring topic).

[AlexSpb]

Honestly, at first was going to write in the title of "peace theme," but is afraid to renounce ...
However, I hope that, despite some pretentious name (called, of course, to lure the general reader), no one in particular "criminal" in my text did not provide. So:
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"Mussorgsky", or as I Rostropovich at the xth send.

I bought twenty years ago autograph Mussorgsky. And not just an autograph, and one hundred pages of music manuscript libretto already two steps Sorochinskaya Fair.
People in music education should be aware that in the global hierarchy of composers (including our own, at least), Mussorgsky - above all. Even to Tchaikovsky it is, roughly speaking, as Dostoevsky to Tolstoy: both are great, but the epithet 'genius' first receives several times more often. Plus - a drunk, bitter archive does not lead, because - very rare on the market.

I bought it from an elderly Jew, as I remember, his name was Joseph Genrikhovich. According to the results of a couple of years of communication, I hated this Genrikhovich Joseph at the time, as they say, all the fibers. He taught somewhere, and, using his connections, tweaked from time to time some old conservatory, about once every two months drags me different signed postcard, photos of singers, prerevolutionary gramophone records. Sometimes bring something better, but because of its ushlosti, asking prices such that every other time I have to return the money but could not. At each whined cynical: "Lex Leksanych, well, pity the old Jew, dabavte a bit, I will be of use to another ..." I had mentally put a cross on it, was about to send the clear away. Maybe negative saving up to pohlesche do it, but like a true optimist at heart kept hoping ...
And dear God did notice my patience! After all, Jews - pragmatists, he just did not have the imagination more than thirty thousand dollars from me to ask. The money, however at that time were still quite decent, the apartment where I live now, I'm at a time in about as much to buy. Well, I'm also a professional a no, his joy did not show his head nodded, clucked his tongue over the price, asked origin. In response to vague hints, this is a type of city Kozelsk solid people brought to want to sell ... What the Kozelsk still do not know, but I remember in the fifth grade, the Tatars during his yoke completely burned, you see, people with tribute not want to leave ...
 

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I'm with you all the same about half the amount was. Ostvavlyayu the money as a deposit, take a thing for a few days as if for inspection. Doubts about the authenticity was not the least, but once - check, then dragged her into Publichku. Nothing like that feeling, but it was not lazy all completely a copied page. And carried them, one living page put, it is just a stitched block not held, while the main part of the house prityril. In all publichke usual, went to the Sadovaya, came down on me from the Department of Madame unfamiliar musical manuscripts, previously very impressed and took the material to evening. Before the closure of five in the call, yes, all right manuscript is genuine, a janitor can pick up.
Why janitor - again, not seduced, then thought was a decent woman, not stukachka by nature, shy attend in person. He came to watch, name, and only picked up a thick envelope - from nowhere, from all sides throw themselves at me, knocked on the floor, hands twist, dragged into a car.
Merry little thought. Similarly, I think, moved somewhere Genrikhovich of Mussorgsky, what's the hell Kozelsk ...
And then, I must say, it is not clear to this case was that stealing is not. In the former Russian republics closed archives, libraries, all officially written off ... There also were no fools, the material, happened, spurred such that today only in sweet dreams ...
 
Then realized not long before another theft in the library found the audit of funds spent, have missed, as usual, a huge number. In such cases, the authorities always have to work for a while to show active are unprecedented. Then walking along the Sadovaya, looking more closely, noticed surveillance: a ticking Pirozhkova, a hidden microphone tambourine, who came out, who then passed ... But this is, after all, and then brought me to the department on the same gardens, the young captain's office, as if still in the twelfth antique department strive for masteries. Probably already promoted to lieutenant colonel ...
- Tell me, bitch, from Mussorgsky?
- And, of K-Kozelsk - language does not listen.
- Do you know bitch that Kozelsk - the birthplace of Mussorgsky?, And - in the face of all my pack ...
Blow like fake, but still confused with habit. Selected polite surprise is how am I to know ... Then I realized this method such a "moment of truth" so-called, well, to suppress the will of the suspect and all that ...
- Where is it, in your opinion, lived?
Yeah, like, in St. Petersburg ...
- And was born where? - I'm helpless breed hands ...
- That's it!

There are already aware that they do not know anything, so all can and do. Willing to cooperate, not a partner to go.
- The thing is, I say, I was bought a music professor, he got perfectly legal way, the professor at any time ready to adjust for an explanation. Of the original, though, just in case naplel it on examination in Moscow, but also can be returned in one day ... The captain, like, believe, called Joseph Genrikhovich that, thank God, was at home, counting money, I guess. An hour later I was at his home sitting, according to the state it would have given a lot to his face at the time of the call to see. Although he was then what to worry about, he knew that - do not steal ...
On the phone he's the captain explained. It turned out that after the death of Mussorgsky's the thing just did not put the archive, finding Pisarski copy. And when it died in the Soviet time in his term housekeeper-mistress of the composer, her relatives just passed all the remnants of book and musical heap musical bookseller at Zhelyabov. There the manuscript and caught Joseph Genrikhovich teacher, recognized, and, in his old age, as his favorite disciple, that has presented. He already owning this thing two years watched me and did not recognize.
Well, I get even with the crafty, such fear overtook him in the evening: - What are you, bastard of a Kozelsk fucking lied to me? You know where you're who got me?
He almost lost his mind: - to understand, speak, and ask me, old fool, just ...
Well, I'm not out of sadism, but for the good of the cause, in the end I got from Joseph - just twenty-three.
 
Appeared in the morning to the captain, wrote an explanation, chatted with him, he complained to the hard work and expressed, so to speak, hope for future cooperation, and before we shake hands, give me sign the protocol. I read it and all of a sudden such a laugh I understand ...
- What is it? -Captain frowned.
-Excuse me, I say, this nervous ... never been in this situation, I'm glad it's over (in fact, not lied). Is not there the possibility, in memory of such a bright life episode take him this protocol.
- How does it by heart? What do you mean? Here you will not trifles, serious organization, stamp, come on, cases are now complete ...

And I stomped, but the protocol that is still in front of my eyes, or rather, not all, and the last of his line. Spelling errors were probably almost every sentence, but such as would be natural for a man not too competent. The latter line is ended with this:
"... I am so and so, the undersigned, received a copy of the safety of the Sochi OPERETTA Musorskogo FAIR ...
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 -But where Rostropovich?, Asks the impatient reader.
( But where, where are the eggs? Now they appear! )
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Long or a short, migrated from Mussorgsky's manuscript Joseph Genrikhovich to Mstislav ....

Continuation of the evening.

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Time in the early 90's was such that all returning from exile artists enjoyed great success in the country, and if their fame was also a well-deserved, it literally bathed in light.
Rostropovich was a man of non-poor, yet, as in any way - the first in the world in the business, but the true collector it is hardly destined to become, if not Galina, whose youth is a difficult and probably engendered in her a certain nakopitelskuyu vein.
Mstislav himself, master, and a sybarite at heart, the presence of a number of such "disciplining" the person was only good. Monarchist by conviction and a person of high culture, he felt good thing is the pride of the old Russia has so far not even a full catalog of the posthumous sale of his collection was a spectacle - a very majestic.
Revealing that she broke up with Galina these things without much regret not having waited a year after the death of her husband, even though the decision itself to sell the collection to share the money among the heirs, and to do it in time, until it faded speculative interest in the fate of the meeting is very reasonable.

Vishnevskaya loved to buy things at auctions, but did it somehow unprofessional. Still, collecting, it is not just the process of buying the right things to you, and - game hunting, intrigue, so who knows what else, and that makes it the most exciting activity in the world. Galina just headed to a place in the front row, with a regal bearing solemnly raised his hand with a number, and do not descend until the fall of the hammer the lead, which left the right thing for her, except for those rare cases when some crazy in the heat did not raise the price 2-3 times against the objectively correct.
With the submission of a friend of the New York dealer for it even has the nickname "The bony hand" and often people who had gathered in the hall, many of which were, I think, not much poorer than her, seeing Galina Pavlovna, with a sour countenance, said: - Well, all , bony hand came down the drain now ... Again, that describes the situation at the beginning of the 90's, when it is not hit the polls in collecting muzzy from the rapid enrichment of the natural resources of the oligarchs and the state of Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya could help them buy almost any favorite subject.

There was also a great musician a "quirk" (well, who am I to the "complexes" of brilliant people argue, should be easier), slightly embarrassed it his name and patronymic, from virtually everyone, even the unfamiliar person, demanded that he called it simply - Glory. So often and talked with people who can say, emphatically familiarly, as if to show the validity of these claims. It is difficult to judge from the outside, seemed to have proven that there was a strong influence on behalf of the character and destiny of man. Mstislav sounds really hard for some, but some Frol Afanasevich in tails for cello would look no better.
I remember a friend of the American businessman named Izzy. To Russia had nothing to do, never before it was not, and Russian, as well as dozens of other languages, mastered to perfection only in the interest of the cause. And he came to the big Ural Plant sign a big contract and a mediator was his brief before the talks:-You just do not tell me you Izzy, here are simple people, let's say that you, for example - Kohl. When that came up, as much as he soared into the righteous anger: - Hey, you, what I tell you is on the x-th Kohl?, Turned around and went, so did not sign ...
So the name is a name, part of the destiny of man, his cross, but this time wanted glory, too, will call him that, and where the Glory, there too, and Gal ...

Slava this passion was, of course, autographs old singers and musicians. In search of something interesting, he did not hesitate to go shopping, he liked to talk personally with the scribes of the famous gate on Foundry, though I must admit at the time, any drunk from this gate could be in the hands of such a masterpiece, which is not today's collectors even dream.
In this case, it was well known that there is no collection of autographs in Slavina Mussorgsky, and he is ready to pay him any money, as he has repeatedly stated publicly, it is not surprising that after he bought me this manuscript, we began with These "great friends."
Understand the conventionality of this definition, and therefore take in quotes, but I think that, in fact, I liked it. I, of course, who is not much, but still not Gopnik, and tongue hanging, small talk at the very least I can support ...
 
Glory loved bargain, but not by greed, but because they realized that the rules are. And the actor was enjoying the process: "Well, give-my dear, if only a couple tyschonok, uvazhte old man, well, you should ... Yes, I understand that, and so cheap, but then you also will be pleased that this thing will get it to me!'ll be in Paris, come to visit in my own way, sit down, have a drink ... I have a home wine cellar, it know how many bottles? Three thousand and all - different! my paintings look, I know who the picture is? Repin ! Do you know the name? The soldier takes a piece of bread in a child: To Often. ".

These invitations do not use - you have to be a fool, all proved to be true (and why would he lie) - and a giant wine cellar and Repin's painting - incomprehensible marketplace scene, where you can if you want to see everything you want (Repin, as you know, as opposed to, say, Aivazovsky, to old age findeth skill artist uneven. Along with the great masterpieces found he had serious failures, and the view is not mine, but - generally accepted).

Going over old photos. Trip to Paris or New York, had not yet become a routine and committed, as a rule, women's businesses. Here I am with the former (and not-yet future) wife before the charity concert at Carnegie Hall. As seen on the poster, along with instrumentalists than Rostropovich, obviously, but I have no idea on the gray, the names of Sting, Diana Ross, Elton John is still saying something. And Glory, in his characteristic manner, attempts to pats on the ass, flirted with his wife: - And do you, Yulia, Doctor? And how would such an appointment with the doctor appointment? I, unfortunately, only one ticket to stay. Never mind, I now call my friend Elton John, he will come up with something ...
I do not remember, or did not have room in Elton John, or could not help it "to glory", but fell to $ 400 (big money at that time) to shell out for a second ticket at the box office, which is, however, not be sorry I had to. The concert turned out to be a success (pardon the pun), were all inspired, were unexpected and impromptu jams together in general - have tried ...
 
On the other girl I not the worst five years of his life. Photo is not the best, that we were flying from some ski resort, this wig instead of a hat she skated to not freeze head. Flight glory and met was at his insistence, admitted to it in an empty business class, where free drinks and inflated so that when you exit felt obligated to keep it from both sides. Though he seems to feel himself as the experienced of the Caucasian captive when holding the arm with Vitsynym Nikulin, there moot ...

The third girl was, to put it mildly, not Piterskaya, like the vast majority of young people not disadvantaged female appearance of the day, Model bromide ... I said to her to fame in the visitors right in the same form as in this photo on the background of the Grand Opera on the same day, in tight dress barely covered ass. Child of mine, by the way, at the time he saw the picture, I remember, said, "I do not want to insult you, Daddy, but I have a feeling that you tell her how the money paid to be photographed next to ..."
Preliminary work, of course, had, in secret from girlfriend phoned Slava yet day:
- There is such a thing, I'm a girl in Paris, relations only arise ...
- Got it, does not?
- Well, is not that it is all a tragedy ... - Painting I moaned ...
- All clear, waiting for you at seven o'clock for dinner.
So when I was six-thirty in the area, thinking about where to eat, suddenly "remembered": - And, let's call Rostropovich, suddenly he was in Paris, it was made is quite natural. The house in which he held Glory "only" one floor from a distance looked like a Russian museum: the high locked fence brightly lit square, and in the back of his house itself already. Confused with another floor was difficult to know where all the windows taken these heavy curtains palace with clearly seen through the sewn double-headed eagles. Collections looked different. If the meeting of Russian painting porcelain or look in the long run is not the most outstanding, the "Malachite Room" looked quite a match for the Hermitage, and the hall of imperial portraits contain only original - Lampi, Kruger, etc.

I do not know how these events are related, but Vishnevskaya, who was present in the house when she saw her friend for dinner did not come out. Glory also, to his credit, ohrenev slightly at first, did not disappoint. Thrice kissed me - I'm glad to see you, buddy! What are you, bastard, you forget the old man, do not go ... I know after all that had happened in Paris, my friends tell brezguesh, get ...
Dinner omit details, but in general it is clear that everything was as it should be and I scored points in the eyes of the girl in the evening - a very, very, but that did not stop her in a couple of months I safely leave. Well then there is spare: a village, it is - a village still find ...

I personally, however, the transition to the proverbial "you" Slava was given with great difficulty. I once came to visit him in the Nevsky Palace. It was a long time ago, when there was in it in broad daylight, was shot in the foyer of the famous bandyugan, and all the celebrities chose to settle there.
Well - apartments, elegant living room, Glory, as usual, takes me like a brother. Gal, in negligee marafet is induced in the mirror, slightly turned, winning only a regal nod.
Glory then surprised me by not want to buy a luxury of the prerevolutionary period painting on cardboard by Boris Grigoriev, whom they acquired in his time in London for a few awkward three-meter mural that proclaimed their favorite artist. In making decisions about buying votes Glory played, of course, just as important, he looked sort of henpecked a show, but, being a soft, did not like to refuse, and always tried to pass this on Galya. So at that time, as if in doubt, with a sigh, said: - I do not know, Alex, what to say, here is how to solve the check mark, and will be ... Tick, breaking away from the business for a moment, looking at the picture, assumed a contemptuous grimace: Well, what are you, Glory, we have decided to concentrate on serious matters, and that, look, what little ... -Well, the check mark does not want the artist fame with sincere regret shrugged - the type would be happy to do a service, but see for yourself ... Even wanted to comfort him.
I, however, is not too upset with Grigoriev easily mastered in a couple of days.
But I bought a big thank then autograph Sergei Prokofiev, whom he regarded as his teacher told a couple of anecdotes from the life of the great composer is a big crank and original.

We talked, as usual, with ease, but still, whether by accident, or in retaliation for the Un-bought picture, I slipped a couple of times, "Rostropovich".
- What happened to you, my dear, do Glory frowned in thought. - I know!, Let's you and I have a drink on the brotherhood, Glory pulled out of the bar and a bottle of Hennessey naburovil to the brim with healthy, at least two hundred grams - glass. -I still play today, I will not drink a lot, with a guilty expression Praise poured in a little over half ... (The fact that the maestro could drink - a bucket, many athletes leaving behind the big man, as such, it is without me celebrate all memoirists).
Well, drank, grunted, hugged, some chocolate zanyuhali, sit, sweet talk further.
And then I have not exactly on purpose (brandy or something, my brain relax) again ... Mstislav
-What are you, again?
I'm so ashamed, stammered something about education, and the glory once more thinking.
You know, said, Come on, come on, come on my ass. But better not, not in the ass, and the x-th, on the x-th I went! And you know why? Because, when a man on the x-th, can not be with him - for you, catch the idea? Brandy seems there doing his thing ...
- But how could I have you, dear person, for no apparent reason suddenly send, I muttered, and then my eye fell on Grygoryivsky picture lonely Pritulo a table leg. Eureka, it hit me. A offer me, please, for the picture one hundred dollars (actual price is measured in tens of thousands).
 
-This is why, not drive drunk once Glory. - And-and-and, came, well, you sly dog, he smiled, and rose into the majestic posture, fished out of a pocket a hundred dollar bill. Picture of waving it in front of my nose, said solemnly:
- Alex, I suggest you for the picture one hundred dollars.
- Fuck you for xth his stoshkoy!, Relieved I barked back, beating strongly in the direction of his hand. The scene can be inferior in brightness and the famous throwing packs a fireplace from "Idiot" was, I'm sure is still very uncommon.
-This is on our way, well, you gave!, Glory embraced me in genuine admiration. Suddenly a roar that the walls trembled, broke our mutual outpouring. This slammed the bedroom door for Galey, about which we are fascinated by communication, such as, frankly, forgotten ...
- Yeah, we have some fun things here with you, Alex, you think? Immediately serious, asked suddenly sober glory.
- Yes, to be honest, I have stayed here with you slightly.
- Yes, no question, always glad to see, come ...
- But still, normally sat ... (Already on the verge of embracing), and while holding a picture under my arm, I walked unsteadily toward the Nevsky warm summer evening ....

That something like this all happened.

[John Preston]

These things narrative yes photographic material to flavor, and it has links to photos and pictures themselves - a lot ...

[AlexSpb]

And that picture? Well, the photos, well, Rostropovich on them ...
And so, I hope everyone knows that I'm not a liar. Get ready to print the book - will be in it and a photo.
But in fact, much more could be those same photos, if at the time missed for years to come under the spell of one of the favorite phrases in the book, which goes something like this: I never understood why people are so eager to familiarity with celebrities. Prestige that familiarity with a famous person makes you in front of your buddies only proves that you do little stand <! - ~ 1 ~ ->

And remember, as someone here wrote that I'm on this site for his "nasty little books" collecting material. So I do not need to collect. But we need to just - to remember and write down. It is difficult to say how the mechanisms of memory are organized. Rostropovich about something I had sketched before, but recently came across one message:

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entire chamber was flooded with sunlight, Mussorgsky alive, was in high spirits,.

Here, of course, pure clerical errors in question, in the same post he had this word twice written correctly. And I have it once in the head "detonated" as a result, while in the bath bored, quite well-turned lyrics turned out.

Okay, John Preston - a respected man! See more until it was demolished (this is when the plane is not time to get drunk). And then, just when posted here the first part, I saw that my first ban on leaving the message in the subject line of the vase - no one knows who, without giving a reason - not only will slash mercilessly, so more and photos of beautiful old objects destroyed completely! As a result, there is now just:

Сообщение от John Preston

there are links to photos and pictures themselves - a lot of ...

P.S. Well, so what you Rostropovich? Agree photograph of a person without it, looks much nicer! >

[sdk321]

But punishment remind yourself there ! The fact that in the first week of Lent, with no one to swear, even can be seen as quite good. Eumenes abbot of the video says , for example, that " information component " post ( in the sense - not to climb on porn sites , etc. ) is far more important than the well known diet!

Could not resist ..... climbed means.
A tube is good. Stigma of the old and stale. Sorry removed. Monogram Rukavishnikova Barbara Fyodorovna , sort of. It in 1919 on the GFZ came.
Pupil Chekhonina SV

[AlexSpb]

Well, here , sdk321, you happen to be a knowledgeable person ! And tried along with some ignorant Fooled Ridicule me in the subject of the vase ! > Honestly, I 've heard that name - Rukavishnikova. That is, on the fact that the price of this attribution is not much affected, I was right?

Excuse me, but that means this:

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could not resist ..... climbed means .

John Preston, you are very nice people ( as far as I can see in absentia). I remember complaining that not enough money for the "old masters". See how the "Holy Family" sale! The end of 17th century ( at least 300 m years anyway) , no postcard format , about 50x40 . If you want , ask the price. It does not scare you , I promise!

[sdk321]

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Posted by sdk321

Could not resist ..... climbed means.


I'm talking about your second photo .....
Also forced us to watch it in a post.

A monogram paltry 200 EUREKA add.

[AlexSpb]

About forced again not quite understand. But I have already said that for each of their written words ready to respond. Picture it was in his time in the public domain and the girl herself he never hesitated . I think, so - quite a artistically.
Although, if someone on their own wives , girlfriends cellulite judges, that can and porn ...

And if the tube 500 are willing to pay , you are welcome !

[sdk321]

That women tend to offend you, I already knew.

Especially about the third "good" written in the style.

But they can be offended.
If you do not already .....

200 sorry for another 200 + = 400.

Where did 500 >

[AlexSpb]

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200 sorry for another 200 + = 400.
Where did 500 >

No 200 pathetic was not there. But never mind ! I like to communicate with the living , come and buy a 400, I'm good !

And what about the women with whom I was, so can any of them turn, and they will confirm that I - A gentleman with a capital letter! And if this always jiving, so it's a separate issue !

[Борис Кон]

The story is good.
Clumps.

Want to read without stopping.
And when I came thinking - why read it? ..