Theodor Amadeus Müller (20 May 1798, Leipzig - 11 March 1846 in Weimar) was a German violinist. He was the son of the composer

August Eberhard Müller August Eberhard Müller (13 December 1767, Northeim – 3 December 1817, Weimar) was a German composer, organist and choir leader. Life Trained by his organist father, he made his first public performance aged eight. He then studied under Johann ...

. He learned violin under

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

before performing as a violinist in the chapel-orchestra of the

Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach () was a German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised to a grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of ...

. He composed orchestral works along with several solos and duets for violin, which were much praised in their time.

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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'' (ADB). Vol 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 515–517. 1798 births 1846 deaths German composers 19th-century German violinists German male violinists Musicians from Leipzig Pupils of Louis Spohr 19th-century German male musicians {{Violinist-stub de:August Eberhard Müller