Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Begichev commissioned the score of Swan Lake from Tchaikovsky in 1875 for a rather modest fee of 800 rubles , and soon Begichev began to choose artists that would participate in the creation of the ballet .
Simplified: Vladimir Petrovich Begichev bought the score of Swan Lake from Tchaikovsky in 1875 for a rather modest fee of 800 rubles , and soon Begichev began to choose artists to dance in the ballet .