Wolfgang Ruf (born 29 August 1941) is a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and emeritus professor.

Life

Born in Radolfzell, Ruf studied musicology and history at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

, and obtained his doctorate in 1974. Until 1985 he was a research assistant of

Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (5 January 1919 – 30 August 1999) was a German musicologist and professor of historical musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. Life Eggebrecht was born in Dresden. His father was a Protestant mini ...

at the Institute of Musicology in Freiburg. In 1984 he was

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

and in 1985 received a professorship for musicology at the

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...

. From 1994 to 2006, Ruf worked at the

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

as well as at the

Handel House Handel House (German: ''Händel-Haus'') is a cultural site in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The composer George Frideric Handel was born here in 1685; it is now a museum, and houses a collection relating to the composer and to the musical hi ...

in Halle. Ruf is editor and co-publisher of numerous publications. He is married to , professor of musicology.

Awards

* 2011:

Handel Prize The Handel Prize (german: Händel-Preis) is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artisti ...

of the city of

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

Publications

* ''Die Rezeption von Mozarts

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

bei den Zeitgenossen'' in ''

Archiv für Musikwissenschaft The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars. It was founded in 1918 as the su ...

'', 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 Wolfgang Hirschmann (born 1960) is a German musicologist. Born in Fürth, from 1979 to 1985 Hirschmann studied musicology, history of German literature and theatre at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg where he received his doctorate in 198 ...

ditor): ''Aria. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Ruf.'' Olms, Hildesheim 2011, .

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruf, Wolfgang 1941 births Living people People from Radolfzell Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz faculty 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Handel Prize winners