The Harmony of World: An Interview with Willie Ruff on his Kepler Project

INDEX Origins of the Kepler Project (Charlie Parker, Paul Hindemith) 0:48 Music’s Place in the Ancient Model of the 7 Liberal Arts 3:42 Willie Ruff’s Colloquium on Rhythm (Warren McCulloch) 4:44 The Harmony of the World - A Realization by Ruff & Rodgers (animation by Tierney) 13:10 Kepler’s Point of Maximum Planetary Consonance 16:03 Kepler’s Interpretation of Earth’s Axis 17:43 Ruff’s Interdisciplinary Seminar on Rhythm 20:19 Approaching the Kepler Project Anew 23:31 Scott Petersen on Revisiting the Kepler Project with Ruff 26:22 The Kepler Project as a Teaching Tool 27:32 Scott Petersen - Aural Picture of the Solar System 29:32 Ruff’s Upcoming Projects (Recorded Jazz - Edison’s Talking Machine) 29:56 Credits 33:12 -------------------- In 1977 Willie Ruff and John Rodgers created a sonic realization of Johannnes Kepler’s planetary data laid out in his 1619 treatise, “Harmonices Mundi“ (Harmony of the World).