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The Moog synthesizer (/ ˈ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG) is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964. Moog's company, R. A. Moog Co., produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 2014. It was the first commercial synthesizer and established the analog synthesizer concept.
Robert Arthur Moog (/ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American 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.
Robert Moog with a variety of his own synthesizers Herbert Deutsch, collaborator and friend of Robert Moog. Robert Moog founded R. A. Moog Co. with his father in 1953 at the age of 19, building and selling theremin kits and theremins by mail order first from his parents' home in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City and, after he married, in his own home in Ithaca, before ...
Synthesizer Notes Ref. 1963 Buchla: Buchla Model 100 Series [1] 1965 Moog Music: Moog synthesizer: First commercial synthesizer [2] 1970 Moog Music: Minimoog: First synthesizer sold in retail stores [3] [4] 1970 Buchla: Buchla Series 200 [1] 1978 Sequential Circuits: Prophet-5: First fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer [5] 2008 Dave Smith ...
He composed the first piece ever for the Moog ("Jazz Images – A Worksong and Blues" [4]) and performed early Moog concerts at The Town Hall and The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1969's 'Jazz in the Garden' [6]). [7] The prototype Moog synthesizer, developed by Bob Moog and Herbert Deutsch in 1964, is part of the collections of The Henry ...
The Realistic Concertmate MG-1 is an analog synthesizer co-developed by Tandy and Moog Music as a basic, low-priced synthesizer to be sold by Radio Shack under their "Realistic" brand. With estimated unit sales of 23,000 from 1982 to 1983, the MG-1 became the best-selling synthesizer ever manufactured by Moog Music, [ 2 ] and is one of the most ...
A number of other Moog synthesizer albums were released, such as Switched-On Rock by the Moog Machine, Music to Moog By by Gershon Kingsley, [17] [18] [19] and The Moog Strikes Bach by Hans Wurman. [20] Moog credited the album for demonstrating that synthesizers could be used for more than avant-garde music and sound effects. [21]
Gershon Kingsley (born Götz Gustav Ksinski; October 28, 1922 – December 10, 2019) was a German-American composer, [1] a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious ceremonies. [2]