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I think this book was a series but I can't recall. I would have read it in the 80s or 90s. The main character was a woman who wrote hymns but the book(s) wasn't/weren't focused on that - it was just a detail I remember. I think she was married or involved with an older man who was well-off, but he and this too wasn't the focus of the book(s). Boston is coming to mind. Likely was a mystery/crime book of some kind. Can't believe I don't remember more but I read widely during that period. I'm sure I've forgotten more than I can recall.

Combining threads. Kate wrote:

"Main character is a woman concert pianist or cellist. There is an element of mystery solving. She has a much older man in her life - husband and/or mentor. She may write hymns under a pseudonym. I'm thinking Boston and DC. At some point she ends up involved with a heavy set man who gets poisoned (?). I can't remember anything else at this time."

Solved this. It’s two books I remembered as having the same protagonist. They don’t but are by the same author. The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway and Frost the Fiddler by Janice Weber.

Great! Glad you found your books, Kate. Thanks for the update.

The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway and Frost the Fiddler by Janice Weber