Dieter Gutknecht (born in 1942) is a German musicologist and former University music director.
His research topic was Investigations on the melodic theory of the Huguenot Psalter, using the computer.
In 1992 Gutknecht habilitated with studies on the history of early music performance practice (1993,1997).
At the same time he taught as a lecturer at the Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne from 1970 until his retirement in 2008.
He has conducted in France, Holland and Poland, concentrating on the great oratorios of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel.