Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffman

"Lights Cat Murra"

When preparing for printing notes Murra, the descendant of the famous ginza von Ginsenfeld (more famous peace As a cat in boots), the publishers drew attention to the presence of explicitly foreign fragments in the manuscript - excerpts from a previously published narrative of the Kapel Makester Johannes Craisler and his friend Maestro Abrahama. These pages found themselves in Murra's manuscript for the simple reason that the cat used them - by hanging around the book from the library of his owner of Abraham - as a clock paper. By strange coincidence, Many cruislepa life episodes complement the events outlined by Cat Murr - but this is a judicial accident, since Murr adhered to strict chronology, and pages from the book broke out arbitrarily. Nevertheless, the publisher left everything as it is - on the grounds that it was Craisler Maestro to Abraham who got taking care of Murre's cat, removing from the courtyard of Prince Irinea.

The prince had no time for the miniature, but his own principality lost after the dissolution of the Bonaparte of the Prussian administration in Poland in Poland (some, however, believed that the Principality simply fell out of his pocket on a walk). The most influential persons at the courtyard were the adviser to the Benzon widow (in the young years of the prince's favorite) and Maestro Abraham, which hears the magician and the alchemist. Organ Master and Piano Adjustr, he gained the fame of the illusionist and the organizer of fireworks and parking allegories, was over the old prince, after his death, I was struck in Europe, but then again designed to serve as an Irinea in Zighartiyler.

Another influential one - but completely in a different kind of courtyard, who excites the most controversial feelings in the retinue, is Johannes Creisler's dropletaster, giving music lessons to Prince Princess Gedwig and her friend of Yulia, daughter of Widow Benzon. Early orphaned, the cruisler was brought up and trained notice litera Maestro by Abraham, who was his best friend for his whole life.

Life and spiritual aspirations are obliged to Abrahama and Cat Murr. He believes that he was born in the house of the maestro, and not otherwise, as in the attic (where the elevation of his mind and the Spirit could come from); Meanwhile, a blind kitten, together with brothers and sisters, he was drowning in the river and, who miraculously can't choking himself, was pulled out of the water for the shake in the bridge by Abraham. Education in the traditions of Rousseau, along with the maestro's written table and books on the table, led to the fact that Murr very soon learned to read (comparing the readable owner out loud with words in the book), and then write. First literary experiments The cat was a didactic novel "The thought and flair, or a cat and dog" (created not without influencing the poodle poodle), the political treatise "to the question of mousetra" and the tragedy "Kavdallor is the king of rat". Alas, a notebook with verses Murra, this reading Ponly, fell into the hands of the owner of Poodle Professor Esthetics Logario, and that (it is obvious that from envy) suffered on a phenomenally gifted cat Maestro Abrahama. Maestro is concerned that the pussy is more concerned about the elegant literature, rather than mice, and closes Murra access to reading, "What can cause a great pain than to see himself unrecognized and even commemorated!" - Murr complains, but it is consistent with the fact that even more as a result began to create his own mind.

Similar experiences and dropletaster Craisler. He is painful with his role in the court, secular etiquette and hypocrisy. "In the veins of this young man Music alone is flowing, "he rephrases it a description of some ancient tool Music Lexicon. The consolation serves as a cruisler Society of Cute Freulein Yulia, whose soul, like him, is open to divine sounds. Princess Hediguses joins their secluded music, who fed to the droppers, which seemed to him, dislike. The princess is recognized as Craisler due to his confusion from the appearance of him at the court: her heart is tormented by the memory of the court painter, going crazy from love for her deceased mother; A lot of wondrous portraits of princes decorate the walls of the castle so far, inspiring the thought of the thought that a man is born to life better than that she leads. "Artist's love! - exclaims hediers. - Oh, this is a wonderful, heavenly dream - but only a dream, only a vain dream! .. "

The story, told by Princess Gedwiga, deeply excited Craisler. Exticed music I. earth love - That's all that has true value, not subject to doubts and ridicule, with koim, he looks at everything around. Constantly chatting with Maestro Abraham, he finds a complete ally in it. In the life of the Maestro there were two minutes' happiness: when he was listening to the sounds of an old body in the abbey remote from the worldly bustle and when he was his chief, his young assistant in focus with an invisible girl, and then a wife. Thanks to its prophetic gift and magnetic effect on people, even at a high distance, a magician and a mechanic to abraham and was approached by the court of the old prince. Bliss lasted for a short time: shortly after the death of Prince Kiera disappeared without a trace. This heart wound did not heal.

... an hour of love struck for both Murra's cat: Martov's Ida came - and on one of the night walks on the roof, he meets a charming cat named Missis. The first love date is interrupted and overshadowed by her two disgusting cousins: they brutally beat Murra and drop it into the wastewall. The image of Mammines pursues him, he fogs in her honor the hymns and Madrigalls. Fruits of his inspiration paid in full! Murr and Mismis are again found under the moon, no one hinders them to sing a duet (it is an extremely musical). The cat is solved to apply a radical remedy for subsequent amur torments: offers its Beautiful lady Paw and heart. Oh Gods! She - I agree! .. However, in the life of every poet, the cluthes hours are breeding: Mammis changes Murro with a pedestrian cat-slave. The explanation of the spouses proceeds to Divo calmly; Both are recognized as each other in heart cooling - and decide to go further each with their own way. Murr returns to sciences and elegant arts with even greater zeal than before meeting Mysmis ...

Meanwhile, the Prince Hector comes from Italy, the prince of Hector, a descendant of a noble and rich kind, for whom the prince of Irina conceived to give daughter. Headways behaves more than strange, shocking the entire courtyard: she tried three times a prince with the prince of a dashing Italian dance, which is not peculiar to her nature. The prince is not at all nice - but it has some demonic impact on it. A strong impression produces a prince and Julia: she in a conversation with her mother likes his look to the fiery breath of Vasilisk. Advisor Benzon laughs: Immediately two girls, a cute prince seems to be a monster - what nonsense! No, this voice of the heart, assures the mother of Julia. After the ball, she dreamed of a prince, under the guise of the Craisler's drowsyster who concluded her in his arms with the words: "You're already killed - and from now on there should be mine!" From these encroachments, it eliminates the true, not imaginary craysler - the welfare spirit of the castle, designed to protect her and her and Princess Gedwigu from the evil spell. The adviser Bentzon interprets this dream to his way: Johannes Creisler is a person deposit into life at the courtyard. Little maestro Abrahama - now also this musician! She is obliged to intervene in the development of events! ..

There is nothing to say that the cruisler feeds the host to the prince of Hector. Abraham agrees: this is a daytime tempter. He is ready to conclude marriage with Gedwiga only by calculating, in reality he has views of Julia. Of course, the cruisler must come to her honor, but ordinary weapons are inappropriate here. Maestro Abraham hands hands a miniature portrait of a certain face, a look at which he recalculates Hector is horror and turn him into flight. Prediction comes true. But the KappelMister suddenly disappears from the castle. In the park find his hat with blood traces. It is clear that someone is most likely an adjutant hepotor - tried to kill him. But did it kill? There is no answer: the adjutant on this night is also a trace ...

The new buddy Murra Black Muition Cat reproaches him: "You rushed out of one extreme to another, you are about to turn into a disgusting filimenter, whose actions depend on what causes circumstances, and not from the vote of honor. Your privacy will not comfort you, but even more harm you! " Muition recommends Murra to his friends - Koshai Brassem, who takes him as a fellow, crucial "Gaudeamus Igitur" and other hymns. Their circle breaks down after several ducks on the roof: the inhabitants of the house are etched by racing with vile dogs, as a result of which giving God the nice mourses to God. At the Trenna, Murr meets the adorable little cat min. He is ready to rush to the assault of her heart - and suddenly he sees a pronouncement of Mammis, about which and thought forgot. Mismis stops Murra: "Mina - your daughter!" The cat returns to him under the oven, having combined with fades and the turning of fate ...

Creisler - what he is informed about the letter of Maestro Abrahama - found shelter in the monastery. While in Zighartweigle in its absence of stormy events (illness and wonderful healing Gedwigi, the secret return of Prince Hector, the detection of the corpse of his adjutant, finally, the entry of the hussar regiment from the capital - there was a rumor that in the castle of Prince Irinai plot and almost a revolution), the culprit of all this for the first time experiencing peace of mind And devotes to music. In a dream, he sees Yulia - Angelic Virgo, singing the unheard of beauty "Agnus Dei"; Waking up, the cruisler records this music, without believing in the fact that he is its author. He is preparing to accept monastic vows - but here the abbey came from Italy, the Father Cyprian, appointed by the Roman dad itself arrives. Gloomy ascetic, he strongly changes the way of life in the monastery. Craisler sees clear: in new circumstances, the music in his soul will stall. Over the night in the abbey is made by funeral - in the deceased, the Creisler recognizes the adjutant of Prince Hecker, whom he killed, defending himself from his attack in the Sighartway Park ... Capellaister realizes that it turned out to be involved in a terrible secret, to which the father of Cyprian is directly related to And declares a new abbot. The harsh monk is instantly transformed and, filled with the spirit of meekness and love, tells Cruisler the story of his life, shedding light and on a lot relating to the inhabitants of the castle, where we recently searched for inspiration our musician.

In his youth, Father Cyprian, heir to the powerful sovereign, and his younger brother were on military service In Naples. The future abbot led the lifestyle is the most dissolute, not missing any beauty.

Once on the street, some old woman Tsygana offered him to get acquainted with the lady not only the most beautiful, but also an equal prince on origin. Antonio (so called him then) the old woman for an ordinary rattling. What was the amazement of the prince, when, a few days later, he met an old woman in society the most wonderful of the ladies seen. The young lady was called Angela Benzoni, she was born from the extramarital connection of two very noble people and - the fruit of criminal love - was determined to live away from home, to special orders, under the supervision of his caring nanny-gypsy, adopted by the prince for the summary. Angela responded with reciprocity to the feelings of Antonio, and their secretly married San Filippo Chapel. Overlook this mystery and seeing his senior brother's wife, Prince Hector pested to her passion. Soon Antonio Zastig him in the chambers of Angela. There was a rapid explanation; In the glass Angela Antonio poured poison, but also fell from the dagger of the hepor. Miraculously healed, Antonio gave vow to pour his sin in the monastery. At that time, in Italy, it was Maestro to Abraham, under the guise of the magician Severin, looking for a pretty Chiara. Old Tsyganka handed him a miniature double portrait, where, between Antonio and Angela images, a written testimony of double murder was kept. All the foregoing, as we see, explains the thrill of the prince of Hector at that moment when the cruisler showed him an irresistible weapon obtained from the hands of Maestro Abraham; and the influence, which used the court of Prince Bentzon Advisor, the mother of his daughter's extramarital daughter; And her guesses on that expense that the old magician knows something important about it ... And much more, much is different.

It was now that, when it would seem, should happen in the story all the most important, it suddenly breaks down. Suddenly - as a decision of the princess Gedwigi marriage to Hector's unworn her. Suddenly - as the return of Craisler's drop-driver in the castle, his refusal to serve God and music for the love of Julia. Suddenly - as the departure of Maestro Abrahama abroad, it seems that the new searches for the "invisible girl" ...

Suddenly, as well as the death of Murra's cat, just who joined the threshold of glory and even more striking accomplishments.

Before you start printing Murra's notes, which is known as a cat in boots, publishers noticed that the manuscript prevailed completely strangers in the thoughts outlined earlier. And they turned out to be here for the reason that one day the cat wrapped the entire Book of the owner. At that moment, he needed a clock paper. So, the outlined passages by Cat Murr is a complete set of circumstances. Despite this, the publisher decides whether to change anything, referring to the fact that the Maestro Craisler drew care of Murre's cat.

At one time, the prince owned a miniature, but but the personal principality that managed to lose his walk. The most respected persons were considered the adviser to the Widow of Benzon, Maestro Abraham, as well as Kapellasister Johannes Creisler, teaching music Gedwigu and her girlfriend Julia. Cat Murr must be grateful for his life to Abraham. After all, he saved him from drowning in the river, pulling his hat to land. After recovering, the cat is striving for books, the maestro is alarming the fact that he has more developed verbost than the addiction to mice. He closes him access to reading, but Murr understands that thanks to this ban - his mind develops even rapidly.

In the current situation, the Craisler, who tries to calm Julia, is especially experiencing. However, Princess Gedget also nourishes feelings. Love time comes for Cat Murr, he meets Missis, which he offers paw and heart. But very soon she changes him with another cat. They decide to disperse peacefully and calmly. After that, Murr is taken for learning sciences.

At this time, the Prince Hector arrives from Italy, who likes Julia, but not hedwig. On the ball, she dances rather strange, putting all the guests into some perplexity. However, the cruisler also does not have good attitude To hector. In his opinion, he marries hedwig for the calculation, but he has absolutely different plans. He likes Julia.

Murra's buddy black cat mouches constantly says that he is not defined and so when it does not find a way out. It should not be rushed every time to extremes. Soon, Murr meets the pussy of the mine, with whom he wanted to get acquainted closer, but he sees Missis, who opens the truth to him: Mina is his daughter.

Craisler is configured to take vows by writing great music. Being a young, the future abbot led a rampant lifestyle, and then he once meets an old woman who offers to get acquainted with the lady. Of course, he agrees, deciding that the grandmother is an ordinary pionery. But soon he sees her in the image of a young lady - Angela Benzoni. Later, the mystery becomes all known and soon the prince Hector is experiencing special feelings to his brother's wife. He is trying to poison her, but he dies himself from the dagger of Hector. I miraculously healed, he gives a vow to master his sins in the monastery.

The story breaks unexpectedly: the reader is unknown, whether hedigators will be married for the unloved heaker. Suddenly, the return of Craisler to the castle and his rejection of music and God for love for Yulia. But a special surprise is the death of Murra's cat, who just became successful.

The most pronounced "enthusiast" in the analyzed work of the Hoffman is Kappelmeister and the composer Johannes Creisler - a person, which is called "not from this world." The fact that his biography was broken into pieces of Film Murrom and was used "part for lining, part for drying pages," is a bitterly ironic statement: it is exactly the members of the "decent society" most often come with the memory of truly outstanding people.

In the description of the Cruisler, we see the same paradox and duality that were considered above on the example of the "portrait" of Abraham Liskov: "This man, for the species of thirty, was dressed in black dressstitched by latest fashion. In his costume, nothing was struck, did not get into the eyes, and still his appearance denounced something strange, unusual ... gladly looking at the princess, he then stopped the spiritualized, sparkling the eyes of big dark eyes on the face of Julia ... ". From under this spiritual The appearance of the "man in black", however, looks over and the other, "shadow" hypostsya: "At the very first words, the princess stranger turned the stranger and now looked straight into her eyes. His face immediately transformed, went out the expression of sad dreaminess, disappeared without a trace of deep mental excitement; A strange curve smile emphasized the expression of bitter irony, giving the face something eccentric, even Szutovskoye. "Craisler knows a capricious arrogant creature in the princess, which has more rights only due to noble origin. Immediately after that it suits the extravagant scene, leading to it. The princess is horrified. However, the musician actually manages not to expand the abyss among himself and Gedwiga, but to significantly reduce it: subsequently the princess confesses that her reaction is just a memoir about the insane artist Leongard Etlinger, and becomes a diligent student of Craisler in terms of music.

According to L.A. Kalinnikova, many researchers emphasize the autobiographic image of the Craisler's image: he is not anyone else, as Holfman himself, whose personality was bizarrely refracted through the "crystal" artistic plot . So, the inhibitory of the Craisler in Julia Benzon had his prototype in love Story Between Hoffman and his student Julian Mark, which ended with parting and inflicted a serious mental injury to the writer. The impossibility of family bonds between people of different classes, characteristic of the bourgeois society 1 floor. XIX century, reflected in the life of the corrugation not only personal drama, but also in large creative project, the beginning of which laid the work on the work of the "Clock Enlightenment of a Some Mad Musician". After some time, this sketch turned into "Lighting Cat Murra ...", and the cat himself (albeit who did not possess fantastic abilities) really existed and died shortly before the completion of the novel.

The autobiographic character of the Craisler's image allows you to see in his statements the embodiment of the philosophical views of the Hoffman himself. Perception artistic creativity As the process of finding higher reality, the difference between carnal and spiritual love, conflict outstanding personality and films, supplemented by detective elements, became a ideological base for the formation of the figure of the main character of the novel. The exile in goodwill, a brilliant musician, never (up to the Abbey Kanzheim) did not record his works, an extravagant "joker", which used various antics for the destruction of the norms of intake decency, the Craisler could, at first glance, cause demonic associations (especially judging by The first impression of the princess produced by him). However, in fact, this image is infinitely far from spiritual darkness, for it is permeated with divine light. Making quite legitimate (from the point of view of both the state and church) killing for self-defense, he suffers from the remorse of conscience. It is equally lacking meanness and vulgarity, and, in addition, he is a spiritual devotee who managed to overcome the carnal passion for the sake of sublime creative concepts. From here, in particular, it follows that the Creisler can hardly be alive, real manBecause it is deprived of the "Initious side", first suspected of him. All his "second Natura" is completely embodied in Murre, a meeting with which he arranged to Abraham. At the same time, the ability not only to write music, but also to kill gives a warrior in the crasler, and not saint. L.A. Kalinikov writes about the actual attitude of the cruisler to religion the following: "In the fate of a brilliant musician, religion opens unless the aesthetic side. The church for the artist is a good customer, the employer, as they would say now. And even hiding in the monastery, let it be involuntarily Craisler promoted to prevent the aggregate, fanatical orders, Jesuit mockery on the top, of Jesuit, and no less natural precepts of the monks of Benedictine Abbey. Consequently, the force for his creativity, the Creisler draws not in the external rites or dogmas faith, and in the depths of his own soul, where he was able to find "Unnamed something" as a defill of bliss of the impossible on earth of Paradise.

At the same time, Craisler, with all the idealisticness of his features, cannot be called a fixed, frozen "sample to imitate". He embodies the image of an identity, which allows L.A. Kalinikov, when comparing the Craisler and Abrahama, find the first insufficiently mature: "He only in the potency of a sage, in his capabilities. To resist evil, and to confront so successfully, as it is possible to organ a master Liskova, but in fact - a talented engineer, a cruisler without the help from the senior Friend is not capable. He is composer, a musician, fully lost creativity. And already makes his personality. He creates excellent music, especially church, littering. However, this is a concentration on creativity, the undivided return to him lead to the fact that in the inevitable in similar incident Intrigues, the cruisler is not always able to figure out. And therefore, it is sometimes necessary to make legal actions that, of course, in no case deprives His personality status. "According to Kalinnikov, to become the same as Maestro Abraham, Craisler needs a great life experience that can only be purchased over time. . This is completely opposite to his "twin" - Kotu Murru, who throughout the novel retains constant traits and absorbs not spiritual, and only everyday wisdom.

Thus, in the main hero of the novel of Hoffman Johannes, the crasler was embodied not only autobiographical features author but also his philosophical views, as well as ideas about what should be the "ideal" artist. Nevertheless, even being endowed, mostly positive featuresThe cruisler demonstrates us an example of not frozen, but becoming becoming the "ideal" developing in time.

Johannes Kreisler (Johannes Kieisler) - the hero of the essays and essays "Creislerian-I" and "Creislerian-N" from "Fantasies in the manner of Callo" (1810-1815) and the novel "The Lasts of Cat Murra, with the addition of waste paper from Biographies of Kappelmeister Johannes Craisler "(1821) E.T.A. Hoffmanna (1776-1822). IK - Central romantic character in the works of Hoffman, an expressant of the innermost copyright; Brilliant musician immersed in beautiful world Sounds, idiot nature and beauty. Image I.K. Tightly connected with another romantic musician, Joseph Berlinger, created by the fantasy of G. Vacainerrod. In these images imprinted romantic look To music as a higher art, able to tell about the mysteries of the universe. IK Everybody meets the ideas of romantics about the artist-genius: he does not accept the life that surrounds it; Creating harmony, he does not find harmony in his soul. IK - The hero suffering, who dwells in disregard with reality and with himself. According to the testimony of others, "he lights up, burns inspiration, and then he walks as low as the water," for it seems to him that the sounds living in his soul are beautiful, and what the artist is listed. Prototypes of the image I.K. There was a Leipzig Musician Boener and, of course, the favorite composer of Hoffman - Mozart. IK About thirty years old, he managed to survive a lot, he had a kind, although difficult character: he could not take care and at the courtyard of Prince Irinea. History of stay I.K. In the principality, it is told in "everyday views", and both Creislerians contain primarily the thought of I.K. About features music art, mystery and mysteries of music, about Beethoven, about Italian tool music. Bright personality, talented musician, deep and extraordinary natura, I.K. Causes those who surround conflicting feelings. People mercenary and closely belong to him with hostility. Thin sensory girls are fond of them, which also makes a break in the established way of life at the court. IK Princess is impressed by the princess, the daughter of Prince Iriney, - it upsets the matrimonial plans; I.K. myself In love with the girlfriend, the princess Julia Benzon, which also does not suit anyone.

Polemizing with those who believe I.K. Hermit, Literary critic N.Ya. Berkovsky writes: "Shells of shots are not enthusiastic", and I.K. It becomes a victim of the killer sent by the bridegroom, the Naples Prince, secretly in love with the rival of Craisler in Julia. The musician manage to escape, and he hides in the monastery, where he continues his musical classes. Contrasting I.K. The surrounding is the antithesis of the world of musical and non-musical, inhabited by the "enemies of music", according to I.K., and those in his eyes are and the musicating from nothing to make burghers, and fake daughters of the nobility on the piano. All I.K. Antiprifies Julia Benzon, gifted by divine voice and musical soul. All life phenomena and even objects IK Perceives B. music terms and concepts: if I.K. Dick mood, it will donate in the Cis Moll color costume, and to fix the mood - in the color of ES DUR. The poetic soul does not interfere with I.K. To be caustic and sarcastic, he composes the gentle music, teaches everyone to understand and appreciate beauty, but knows how to be ironic to cruelty, which is no one for anyone of falsehood and mesh stupidity. IK - image of a free hero, a friend Muz, chief of heaven.

LIT.: BELZA I.F. Kapellasister Johannes Craisler // Gofman E.T.A. Gofman. Craislerian. Lights Cat Murra. M., 1972.

Literary heroes. - Academician. 2009 .

When preparing for printing Notes Murra, the descendant of the famous Ginza, the background of Ginsenfeld (the most famous world as a cat in boots), the publishers drew attention to the presence of explicitly foreign fragments in the manuscript - excerpts from a previously published narrative about Kapel Makester Johannes Craisler and his friend Maestro Abrahama. These pages found themselves in Murra's manuscript for the simple reason that the cat used them - by hanging around the book from the library of his owner of Abraham - as a clock paper. According to a strange coincidence, many ravine's fiction episodes complement the events outlined by Cat Murr - but this is a judicial accident, since Murr adhered to strict chronology, and pages from the book broke out arbitrarily. Nevertheless, the publisher left everything as it is - on the grounds that it was Craisler Maestro to Abraham who got taking care of Murre's cat, removing from the courtyard of Prince Irinea.

The prince had no time for the miniature, but his own principality lost after the dissolution of the Bonaparte of the Prussian administration in Poland in Poland (some, however, believed that the Principality simply fell out of his pocket on a walk). The most influential persons at the courtyard were the adviser to the Benzon widow (in the young years of the prince's favorite) and Maestro Abraham, which hears the magician and the alchemist. Organ Master and Piano Adjustr, he gained the fame of the illusionist and the organizer of fireworks and parking allegories, was over the old prince, after his death, I was struck in Europe, but then again designed to serve as an Irinea in Zighartiyler.

Another influential one - but completely in a different kind of courtyard, who excites the most controversial feelings in the retinue, is Johannes Creisler's dropletaster, giving music lessons to Prince Princess Gedwig and her friend of Yulia, daughter of Widow Benzon. Early orided, the cruisler was raised and trained with a touch of Maestro by Abraham, who was his best friend for his whole life.

Life and spiritual aspirations are obliged to Abrahama and Cat Murr. He believes that he was born in the house of the maestro, and not otherwise, as in the attic (where the elevation of his mind and the Spirit could come from); Meanwhile, a blind kitten, together with brothers and sisters, he was drowning in the river and, who miraculously can't choking himself, was pulled out of the water for the shake in the bridge by Abraham. Education in the traditions of Rousseau, along with the maestro's written table and books on the table, led to the fact that Murr very soon learned to read (comparing the readable owner out loud with words in the book), and then write. The first literary experiments of the cat were the didactic novel "Thought and Faith, or Cat and Dog" (created not without the influence of Ponto Puddle), the political treatise "On the question of mousetra" and the tragedy "Kavdallor is the king of rat". Alas, a notebook with verses Murra, this reading Ponly, fell into the hands of the owner of Poodle Professor Esthetics Logario, and that (it is obvious that from envy) suffered on a phenomenally gifted cat Maestro Abrahama. Maestro is concerned that the pussy is more concerned about the elegant literature, rather than mice, and closes Murra access to reading, "What can cause a great pain than to see himself unrecognized and even commemorated!" - Murr complains, but it is consistent with the fact that even more as a result began to create his own mind.

Similar experiences and dropletaster Craisler. He is painful with his role in the court, secular etiquette and hypocrisy. "In the veins of this young man, the music is flowing alone," he rephrases a description of a certain antique tool in the music lexicon. The consolation serves as a cruisler Society of Cute Freulein Yulia, whose soul, like him, is open to divine sounds. Princess Hediguses joins their secluded music, who fed to the droppers, which seemed to him, dislike. The princess is recognized as Craisler due to his confusion from the appearance of him at the court: her heart is tormented by the memory of the court painter, going crazy from love for her deceased mother; A lot of wondrous portraits of princes decorate the walls of the castle so far, inspiring the thought of the thought that a man is born to life better than that she leads. "Artist's love! - exclaims hediers. - Oh, this is a wonderful, heavenly dream - but only a dream, only a vain dream! .. "

The story, told by Princess Gedwiga, deeply excited Craisler. Extractive music and unearthly love - that's all that has true value, is not subject to doubts and ridicule, with which he looks at everything around. Constantly chatting with Maestro Abraham, he finds a complete ally in it. In the life of the Maestro there were two minutes' happiness: when he was listening to the sounds of an old body in the abbey remote from the worldly bustle and when he was his chief, his young assistant in focus with an invisible girl, and then a wife. Thanks to its prophetic gift and magnetic effect on people, even at a high distance, a magician and a mechanic to abraham and was approached by the court of the old prince. Bliss lasted for a short time: shortly after the death of Prince Kiera disappeared without a trace. This heart wound did not heal.

The hour of love struck for both Murra's cat: Martov's Idis came - and on one of the night walks on the roof, he meets a charming cat named Mysmis. The first love date is interrupted and overshadowed by her two disgusting cousins: they brutally beat Murra and drop it into the wastewall. The image of Mammines pursues him, he fogs in her honor the hymns and Madrigalls. Fruits of his inspiration paid in full! Murr and Mismis are again found under the moon, no one hinders them to sing a duet (it is an extremely musical). The cat is solved to apply a radical remedy for subsequent amourn torments: offers its beautiful lady paw and heart. Oh Gods! She - I agree! .. However, in the life of every poet, the cluthes hours are breeding: Mammis changes Murro with a pedestrian cat-slave. The explanation of the spouses proceeds to Divo calmly; Both are recognized as each other in heart cooling - and decide to go further each with their own way. Murr returns to sciences and elegant arts with even greater zeal than before meeting Mysmis ...

Meanwhile, the Prince Hector comes from Italy, the prince of Hector, a descendant of a noble and rich kind, for whom the prince of Irina conceived to give daughter. Headways behaves more than strange, shocking the entire courtyard: she tried three times a prince with the prince of a dashing Italian dance, which is not peculiar to her nature. The prince is not at all nice - but it has some demonic impact on it. A strong impression produces a prince and Julia: she in a conversation with her mother likes his look to the fiery breath of Vasilisk. Advisor Benzon laughs: Immediately two girls, a cute prince seems to be a monster - what nonsense! No, this voice of the heart, assures the mother of Julia. After the ball, she dreamed of a prince, under the guise of the Craisler's drowsyster who concluded her in his arms with the words: "You're already killed - and from now on there should be mine!" From these encroachments, it eliminates the true, not imaginary craysler - the welfare spirit of the castle, designed to protect her and her and Princess Gedwigu from the evil spell. The adviser Bentzon interprets this dream to his way: Johannes Creisler is a person deposit into life at the courtyard. Little maestro Abrahama - now also this musician! She is obliged to intervene in the development of events! ..

There is nothing to say that the cruisler feeds the host to the prince of Hector. Abraham agrees: this is a daytime tempter. He is ready to conclude marriage with Gedwiga only by calculating, in reality he has views of Julia. Of course, the cruisler must come to her honor, but ordinary weapons are inappropriate here. Maestro Abraham hands hands a miniature portrait of a certain face, a look at which he recalculates Hector is horror and turn him into flight. Prediction comes true. But the KappelMister suddenly disappears from the castle. In the park find his hat with blood traces. It is clear that someone is most likely an adjutant hepotor - tried to kill him. But did it kill? There is no answer: the adjutant on this night is also a trace ...

The new buddy Murra Black Muition Cat reproaches him: "You rushed out of one extreme to another, you are about to turn into a disgusting filimenter, whose actions depend on what causes circumstances, and not from the vote of honor. Your privacy will not comfort you, but even more harm you! " Muition recommends Murra to his friends - Koshai Brassem, who takes him as a fellow, crucial "Gaudeamus Igitur" and other hymns. Their circle breaks down after several ducks on the roof: the inhabitants of the house are etched by racing with vile dogs, as a result of which giving God the nice mourses to God. At the Trenna, Murr meets the adorable little cat min. He is ready to rush to the assault of her heart - and suddenly he sees a pronouncement of Mammis, about which and thought forgot. Mismis stops Murra: "Mina - your daughter!" The cat returns to him under the oven, having combined with fades and the turning of fate ...

Creisler - what he is informed about the letter of Maestro Abrahama - found shelter in the monastery. While in Sighartweigle in his absence in his absence of stormy events (illness and wonderful healing Gedwig, the secret return of the prince of heaker, the detection of the corpse of his adjutant, finally, the entry of the hussar regiment from the capital - there was a rumor that in the castle of Prince Irinea plot and almost Not a revolution), the culprit of all this for the first time experiencing a mental balance and devotes to music. In a dream, he sees Yulia - Angelic Virgo, singing the unheard of beauty "Agnus Dei"; Waking up, the cruisler records this music, without believing in the fact that he is its author. He is preparing to accept monastic vows - but here the abbey came from Italy, the Father Cyprian, appointed by the Roman dad itself arrives. Gloomy ascetic, he strongly changes the way of life in the monastery. Craisler sees clear: in new circumstances, the music in his soul will stall. Over the night, the abbey is performed - in the deceased, the Creisler recognizes the adjutant of Prince Hector, whom he killed, defending himself from his attack in the Sighartewarer Park ... Capellaister realizes that it turned out to be involved in some terrible secret to which the father of Cyprian is directly related to Without offensive and announces a new abbot. The harsh monk is instantly transformed and, filled with the spirit of meekness and love, tells Cruisler the story of his life, shedding light and on a lot relating to the inhabitants of the castle, where we recently searched for inspiration our musician.

In his youth, Father Cyprus, the heir of the powerful sovereign, and his younger brother were in the military service in Naples. The future abbot led the lifestyle is the most dissolute, not missing any beauty.

Once on the street, some old woman Tsygana offered him to get acquainted with the lady not only the most beautiful, but also an equal prince on origin. Antonio (so called him then) the old woman for an ordinary rattling. What was the amazement of the prince, when, a few days later, he met an old woman in society the most wonderful of the ladies seen. The young lady was called Angela Benzoni, she was born from the extramarital connection of two very noble people and - the fruit of criminal love - was determined to live away from home, to special orders, under the supervision of his caring nanny-gypsy, adopted by the prince for the summary. Angela responded with reciprocity to the feelings of Antonio, and their secretly married San Filippo Chapel. Overlook this mystery and seeing his senior brother's wife, Prince Hector pested to her passion. Soon Antonio Zastig him in the chambers of Angela. There was a rapid explanation; In the glass Angela Antonio poured poison, but also fell from the dagger of the hepor. Miraculously healed, Antonio gave vow to pour his sin in the monastery. At that time, in Italy, it was Maestro to Abraham, under the guise of the magician Severin, looking for a pretty Chiara. Old Tsyganka handed him a miniature double portrait, where, between Antonio and Angela images, a written testimony of double murder was kept. All the foregoing, as we see, explains the thrill of the prince of Hector at that moment when the cruisler showed him an irresistible weapon obtained from the hands of Maestro Abraham; and the influence, which used the court of Prince Bentzon Advisor, the mother of his daughter's extramarital daughter; And her guesses on that expense that the old magician knows something important about it ... And much more, much is different.

It was now that, when it would seem, should happen in the story all the most important, it suddenly breaks down. Suddenly - as a decision of the princess Gedwigi marriage to Hector's unworn her. Suddenly - as the return of Craisler's drop-driver in the castle, his refusal to serve God and music for the love of Julia. Suddenly - as the departure of Maestro Abrahama abroad, it seems that the new searches for the "invisible girl" ...

Suddenly, as well as the death of Murra's cat, just who joined the threshold of glory and even more striking accomplishments.

along with fragments of the biography of Kappelmeister Johannes Craisler, accidentally survived in the waste paper sheets

No book needs a preface more than this, for, because we do not explain, as a result of what bizarre circumstances did it manage to see the light, she could seem to the reader of the monstrous intercessory.

Therefore, the publisher is submissive asking a favorable reader Sim Preface by no means neglected.

The named publisher has a friend, in which he does not have a soul and someone knows how himself. So, this friend turned to him once with the next speech: "You, the Milestima, hasn't already acquainted with one book and you have acquaintance among publishers, you should not go to anyone of the most accurate Lords and recommend it to the essay of a new young author, Gifted with brilliant talent and the most beautiful abilities. Outpumbers for him, he fully deserves it. "

The publisher promised to make everything in his power for the Writer. True, he was somewhat puzzled when a friend admitted to him that the manuscript writer is a cat named Murr and that he sets out his everyday views; But the word was given, and since at first the essay seemed to him with a rather smooth syllable, he put the manuscript in his pocket and headed for Mr. Dumler on Unter-Den Linden with a proposal to publish a feline opus.

The book went to print, and the first bank sheets began to receive the publisher. What was his horror when he discovered that the story of Murra then and the case was interspersed with inserts from a completely different book - the biographies of Kappelmeister Johannes Craisler.

What turned out after a thorough investigation and search? It turns out that when Murr's cat made his everyday glances on paper, he, not at all rummaged, ripped into parts already printed book from the library of his owner and in simplicity of soulful used the sheets from it part for lining, part for drying pages. These sheets remained in the manuscript, and their negligence were also printed as belonging to the story of the cat Murra.

The crushed publisher is forced to humbly confess that the mixing of the heterogeneous material happened only by its lighthead. He, of course, was supposed to look at the cat's manuscript before handing it into a set. However, it can comfort himself.

First of all, the indulgent reader will easily figure out in confusion, if they pay favorably on the mark in brackets: Poppy. l. (waste sheets) and M. PR. (Murr continues); In addition, the torn book most likely did not even go on sale, because anything is not known about it. Dresser's friends will be even kind of vandalism of the cat in handling literary treasures - because they will be able to learn some rather curious details from the life of this person in its own way, perhaps far from ordinary.

The publisher hopes for merciful condesception.

It is impossible not to recognize, finally, and the fact that the authors are often obliged to their bold ideas, the most unusual turnover of speech to be milesticky, which are so-called typos contribute to the flight of fantasy. Take, for example, the second part of the "night stories" written by the publisher. He mentions them about big bostechGarden. The typewriter decided that it was not ingenious enough, and instead of the word "bosets" scored " kasketki." In the story "Mademoiselle to Schuderi" by the efforts of a typewriter, who must have wanted to joke, mentioned Mademoiselle turned out to be not black, heavy silk dress, and B. black bathrobe etc.

But - to each one! Neither Kotu Murra nor a unfortunate biographer of the Capereister Craisler has no accurate to fall in other people's feathers, and therefore the publisher is submissive asking a favorite reader before he becomes for reading this esshenian, to produce: some amendments so that he does not have an opinion about both authors or worse, nor better than thatWhich they deserve.

True, only the most significant errors are given here, which is smaller, then we hope for the mercy of the favorable reader.

In conclusion, the publisher must report that he personally met Côte Murr and considers him a pleasant and affection in the country. The portrait placed at the beginning of the book is strikingly similar to the original.

Berlin, November 1819

(not intended for print)

With confidence and tranquility, inherent in genuine genius, I convey my biography to the world so that everyone saw, what ways the cats reach greatness to find out what my perfections, loved, appreciated me, admired me and even fond of me.

If someone bother to doubt the high advantages of this wonderful book, then let him not forget that he will have to deal with a smart cat, which has a sharp language and no less sharp claws in stock.

Berlin, May (18 ..).