Wolfgang Ruf


Wolfgang Ruf is a German musicologist and emeritus professor.

Life

Born in Radolfzell, Ruf studied musicology and history at the University of Freiburg, and obtained his doctorate in 1974. Until 1985 he was a research assistant of Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht at the Institute of Musicology in Freiburg. In 1984 he was habilitated and in 1985 received a professorship for musicology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. From 1994 to 2006, Ruf worked at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg as well as at the Handel House in Halle. Ruf is editor and co-publisher of numerous publications.
He is married to, professor of musicology.

Awards

Publications

Die Rezeption von Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro bei den Zeitgenossen in Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft; vol. 16. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1977. Zugl.: Freiburg, Univ., Philos. Fak., Diss., 1974.Lexikon Musikinstrumente, editor Wolfgang Ruf, in collaboration with Christian Ahrens. Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1991.Der Klang der Stadt : Musikkultur in Halle vom 17. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2009.