Wolfgang Ruf

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, professor of musicology.

Awards

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.

References
  1. Ruf, Wolfgang on WorldCat
  2. Ruf, Wolfgang on Idref
  3. Institute of Musicology
  4. Händel-Preis geht an Wolfgang Ruf on miz.org/news
  5. Die Rezeption von Mozarts "Le nozze di Figaro" bei den Zeitgenossen
  6. Der Klang der Stadt : Musikkultur in Halle vom 17. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert on WorldCat

Bibliography
  • Wolfgang Hirschmann [editor): Aria. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Ruf. Olms, Hildesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-487-14711-6.
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