Wolfgang Ruf (born 29 August 1941) is a German musicologist and emeritus professor.^[1][2]

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.^[3] 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 Kathrin Eberl-Ruf [de], professor of musicology.

Awards

• 2011: Handel Prize of the city of Halle (Saale).^[4]

Publications

• Die Rezeption von Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro bei den Zeitgenossen^[5] in Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft; vol. 16. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1977. Zugl.: Freiburg (Breisgau), 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.^[6] (Forschungen zur hallischen Stadtgeschichte; vol. 13.) Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2009.