He achieved a Ph.D. at the University of Rostock with studies of the history of Bach tradition in the 18th century (Studien zur Bach-Überlieferung im 18.
He was awarded the Hanns Eisler Prize in 1973 for the Dokumente zum Nachwirken Johann Sebastian Bachs 1750–1800 (Documents of the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach 1750–1800), which he edited.
[1] In 1993, Schulze was appointed Honorarprofessor at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
He has been a member of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig since 2001.
[2] In 2006, he published Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführung zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs, an introduction to all cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.