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