Wolfgang Ruf (musicologist)

Wolfgang Ruf (born August 29, 1941 in Radolfzell ) is a German musicologist and professor emeritus.

Life

After working in the Foreign Office, Wolfgang Ruf completed a degree in musicology and history at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau a . a. with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht and Rolf Damman . In 1974 he became a Dr. phil. PhD. Until 1985, Ruf was Eggebrecht's research assistant at the Musicological Institute in Freiburg.

In 1984 he qualified as a professor and in 1985 was offered a professorship for musicology at the University of Mainz . From 1994 to 2006 Ruf worked at the University of Halle . From 1995 to 2009 he was President of the international Georg Friedrich Händel Society in Halle (Saale). In 1999 he became the editor (with Terence Best) of the Halle Handel Edition .

He is married to the musicologist Kathrin Eberl-Ruf .

Honors

• 2011: Handel Prize of the City of Halle, awarded by the Handel House Foundation
• Honorary member of the Georg Friedrich Handel Society

Publications (selection)

• The reception of Mozart's “ Le nozze di Figaro ” among contemporaries. In: Archives for Musicology , supplements to the Archives for Musicology; Vol. 16. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1977. Zugl .: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Philos. Fak., Diss., 1974.
• Lexicon of musical instruments. Edited by Wolfgang Ruf. Among employees by Christian Ahrens. Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1991.
• The sound of the city: music culture in Halle from the 17th to the 20th century. (Research on the history of the city of Halle; Vol. 13.) Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2009.

literature

• Wolfgang Hirschmann (Ed.): Aria. A commemorative publication for Wolfgang Ruf. Olms, Hildesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-487-14711-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Ruf in the catalog of the German National Library