Karl Miller:

>For a research project...I am trying find or compile a list of well known
>individuals who were amateur musicians active playing chamber music.

I have just checked - maybe badly - but no one seems to have mentioned
the painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) of 'violon d'Ingres'
fame...  As a violinist, he was playing in the Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
at the surprising age of eleven whilst simultaneously studying art.

Although he moved in musical and cultural circles, I don't know if anyone
wrote music specifically for him.  Do you?

Speaking of Mozart, he once said that there was no grace possible without
strength.  I like that.

Regards,

Christine Labroche