Wolfgang Ruf (born 29 August 1941) is a German musicologist and emeritus professor.
[1][2] Born in Radolfzell, Ruf studied musicology and history at the University of Freiburg, and obtained his doctorate in 1974.
Until 1985 he was a research assistant of Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht at the Institute of Musicology in Freiburg.
[3] In 1984 he was habilitated and in 1985 received a professorship for musicology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
From 1994 to 2006, Ruf worked at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg as well as at the Handel House in Halle.