ROBERT MOOG
Name: Robert Arthur Moog
Born: May 23, 1934
Died: August 21, 2005
Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (May 23, 1934 - August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer
of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
A native of New York City, Robert Moog attended the Bronx High School of Science,
graduating in 1952. Moog earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Queens
College, New York in 1957, another in electrical engineering from Columbia
University, and a Ph.D. in engineering physics from Cornell University. Moog's
awards include honorary doctorates from Polytechnic University (New York City)
and Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Moog received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970. In 2002,
Moog was honored with a Grammy Tech Award, and an honorary doctorate degree from
Berklee College of Music.
During his lifetime, Moog founded two companies for manufacturing electronic
musical instruments. Moog also worked as a consultant and vice president for new
product research at Kurzweil Music Systems from 1984 to 1988, helping to develop
the Kurzweil K2000. He spent the early 1990s as a research professor of music at
the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
He gave an enthusiastically-received lecture at the 2004 New Interfaces for
Musical Expression (NIME-04), held in Hamamatsu, Japan's "City of Musical
Instruments", in June, 2004. Moog was the inspiration behind the 2004 film Moog.
Name: Robert Arthur Moog
Born: May 23, 1934
Died: August 21, 2005
Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (May 23, 1934 - August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer
of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
A native of New York City, Robert Moog attended the Bronx High School of Science,
graduating in 1952. Moog earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Queens
College, New York in 1957, another in electrical engineering from Columbia
University, and a Ph.D. in engineering physics from Cornell University. Moog's
awards include honorary doctorates from Polytechnic University (New York City)
and Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Moog received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970. In 2002,
Moog was honored with a Grammy Tech Award, and an honorary doctorate degree from
Berklee College of Music.
During his lifetime, Moog founded two companies for manufacturing electronic
musical instruments. Moog also worked as a consultant and vice president for new
product research at Kurzweil Music Systems from 1984 to 1988, helping to develop
the Kurzweil K2000. He spent the early 1990s as a research professor of music at
the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
He gave an enthusiastically-received lecture at the 2004 New Interfaces for
Musical Expression (NIME-04), held in Hamamatsu, Japan's "City of Musical
Instruments", in June, 2004. Moog was the inspiration behind the 2004 film Moog.