How do I fix that my preferred@icloud email is attached to the wrong Apple ID?

I have two Apple IDs.  I use one of them for iTunes and the AppStore to purchase music and aps.  The other is my main Apple ID for my iPhone and iPad, and I have purchased extra iCloud storage for that Apple ID. 
My problem is that I have an @iCloud.com email address attached to my "main" Apple ID that I no longer want.  Unfortunately, my preferred @iCloud.com email address somehow got attached to the Apple ID I use for iTunes - where I don't want it!! 
Is there any way to 1) get rid of the @iCloud email I don't want?  I think the answer to that is No - from what I've read, I have to create an alias email on my main Apple ID and then designate that as my mail @iCloud email.  Problem I'm running into dong that is that my preferred iCloud email address has gotten attached to the other (iTunes) Apple ID, so I can't use it as an alias on the main Apple ID.  It seems the solution is to delete one of the Apple ID's - my preference would be the iTunes one.  But if I do that, am I correct in assuming I will lose all my purchased music and apps?
Anybody have a solution/suggestion for me?  Seems everything I try to do would only dig me in deeper. 
Thanks for any help!

This is a somewhat recent change, but frankly there is no reason to constantly be logging out of one Apple ID and logging in with a different Apple ID.
If multiple people with different Apple ID's are regularly using the same computer, either authorize the computer for each of the Apple IDs or created unique logins on the computer for each user and have each sign in with their appropriate Apple ID.

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