- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRobert Arthur Moog
- Nickname
- Father of the Electronic Synthesizer
- Robert Moog was born on May 23, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Shirleigh Moog and Ileana Moog. He died on August 21, 2005 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
- SpousesShirleigh Moog(1958 - 1994) (divorced, 4 children)Ileana Moog(? - August 21, 2005) (his death)
- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 2001.
- Invented the Moog Electronic Synthesizer Keyboard in the 1960s.
- The Roland Keyboard Co. & the Korg Keyboard Co. are Moog's chief rivals.
- His last name rhymes with "rogue," not "fugue," as is believed commonly.
- As a Ph.D. student in engineering physics at Cornell University, Moog developed his first voltage-controlled synthesizer modules in 1964 with composer Herbert Deutsch. By the end of that year, R.A. Moog Co. marketed the first commercial modular synthesizer.
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