Robert Moog

Dr. Robert A. Moog (pronounced /mo?g/, not /mu?g/) (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

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Pronounced - May 23 - 1934 - August 21 - 2005 - Electronic music - Inventor - Synthesizer

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A native of New York City, he 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.

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New York City - Bachelor's degree - Queens College, New York - Columbia University - Ph.D. - Cornell University

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He received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970.

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Grammy Trustees Award - 1970

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He died of a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina. The Bob Moog Foundation has been created as a memorial, with the aim of continuing his life's work of developing electronic music.

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Glioblastoma multiforme - Asheville - North Carolina - Bob Moog Foundation

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