Stefan Kunze (10 February 1933 – 3 August 1992) was a German musicologist.
Born in Athens, Kunze, son of the classical archaeologist Emil Kunze, studied musicology from 1952 with his godfather Thrasybulos Georgiades in Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, besides classical philology, flute and conducting, the latter with Kurt Eichhorn.
From 1973 until his death he was Professor of Musicology at the University of Bern.
The focus of his research was on 18th and 19th century music, especially the First Viennese School.
He was married to the classical archaeologist Erika Kunze-Götte [de].