“was not a theremin anymore -- Raymond quickly realized there were more elegant ways of controlling an electronic circuit.”
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Robert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog was an American electronics engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. Among Moog's honors are…
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science · American electronic music pioneer (1934–2005) · inventor · university teacher · musician · musical instrument maker · also Robert Moog, Bob Moog, Robert Arthur Moog, Moog
Born 23 May 1934 · Died 21 August 2005 · Q200883
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2026· 4 entries
RiverBender.com: This Day in Music History for Aug. 21: Swing, Motown, the Beatles and Bob Moog
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DJ Mag Latinoamérica: Moog lanza una edición limitada del Minimoog Model D en homenaje a Bob Moog
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Mixonline: Bob Moog Foundation Announces Premiere of Never-Before-Seen Interview with Frank Serafine and Bob Moog
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2020· 1 entry
The Cornell Daily Sun: Robert Moog's Ph.D. '64 Impact on Electronic Music Lives on in Kroch Library
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2013· 3 entries
Moog's widow Ileana Grams-Moog announced plans to donate Moog's archives, maintained by the Bob Moog Foundation, to Cornell University
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Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2013).
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Moog was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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2012· 1 entry
To celebrate Moog's birthday, Google created an interactive version of the Minimoog as its Google Doodle
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2009· 1 entry
The Daily Gazette: Happy Birthday, Robert Moog
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2005· 2 entries
Died 2005-08-21.
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At the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina
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2002· 2 entries
Renamed Big Briar to Moog Music after retrieving the rights to the name
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And an induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Polar Music Prize (2001).
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Moog was awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, often called the Nobel Prize of music
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1996· 1 entry
Moog married Ileana Grams
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1978· 2 entries
Founded the company Big Briar, and in 2002 he renamed it Moog Music after reacquiring the rights to the name
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Moog moved to North Carolina and founded a new electronic instrument company, Big Briar
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1971· 3 entries
“I ran out of money at the beginning of 1971.”
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Moog sold Moog Music to Norlin Musical Instruments, where he remained as a designer until 1977
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Moog Music absorbed investors, merged with Norlin Musical Instruments and moved to "less than ideal" premises near Buffalo, New York, amid a debilitating recession
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1970· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Trustees Award (1970).
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Moog released the portable fixed-architecture Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history
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The Polar Music Prize in 2001 and a Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award in 2002
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Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history
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1964· 1 entry
Moog began creating the Moog modular synthesizer
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1958· 1 entry
And continued building and selling theremin kits from his own home in Ithaca, before establishing the company's first commercial space at 41 East Main Street in Trumansburg, New York in 1963, all while continuing to purs
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1956· 1 entry
Moog and his father visited Raymond Scott's Manhattan Research facility, and Scott purchased a Moog Model 305 theremin
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1955· 1 entry
And a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science under a 3-2 engineering program in 1957
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1953· 1 entry
Moog produced his own theremin design, and in the following year, he published an article on the theremin in Radio and Television News
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1949· 1 entry
At the age of 14, he built a theremin from plans printed in Electronics World
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-05-23.
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