Emeriti / retired professors
- von Blumröder, Christoph, Prof. a. D. Dr. (Historical Musicology / Contemporary Music)
- Fricke, Jobst P., Prof. a. D. Dr. (Systematic Musicology)
- Gutknecht, Dieter, apl. Prof. Dr. (UMD a. D. / Historical Musicology)
- Günther, Robert, Prof. a. D. Dr. † (Ethnomusicology)
- Kämper, Dietrich, Prof. a. D. Dr. (Historical Musicology)
- Niemöller, Klaus Wolfgang, Prof. emer. Dr. † (Historical Musicology)
- Schmidt, Hans, Prof. a. D. Dr. † (Historical Musicology)
- Seifert, Uwe, Prof. a. D. Dr. (Systematic Musicology)
- Steinbeck, Wolfram, Prof. a. D. Dr. (Historical Musicology)