Wolfgang Ruf (born 29 August 1941) is a German musicologist and emeritus professor.Ruf, Wolfgang on WorldCatRuf, Wolfgang on Idref
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.Institute of Musicology 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 2011: Handel Prize of the city of Halle (Saale).Händel-Preis geht an Wolfgang Ruf on miz.org/news
Publications Die Rezeption von Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro bei den ZeitgenossenDie 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 (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.Der Klang der Stadt : Musikkultur in Halle vom 17. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert on WorldCat (Forschungen zur hallischen Stadtgeschichte; vol. 13.) Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2009.
References
Bibliography Wolfgang Hirschmann [editor): Aria. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Ruf. Olms, Hildesheim 2011, .
External links