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Albert Kleinecke

Russian music editor and arranger of German descent, born Al'bert Karlovich Kleineke (Альберт Карлович Клейнеке, Al'bert Karlovič Kleineke).

Kleinecke was a music editor and arranger at Jurgenson's publishing house in Moscow during the latter years of the nineteenth century, where his duties included copy preparation and proof-reading. He was responsible for all the Moscow editions of Tchaikovsky's compositions, and also arranged several of Tchaikovsky's works for various combinations of instruments.