Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)

Subject: Obit: Robert Moog RIP
From: Mary Katherine
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 01:20 PM

From his web site at www.moogmusic.com

Robert Moog, RIP

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — August 21, 2005 — Bob died this afternoon at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 71. Bob was diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme or GBM) in late April 2005. He had received both radiation treatment and chemotherapy to help combat the disease. He is survived by his wife, Ileana, his five children, Laura Moog Lanier, Matthew Moog, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Renee Moog, and Miranda Richmond; and the mother of his children, Shirleigh Moog.

Bob was warm and outgoing. He enjoyed meeting people from all over the world. He especially appreciated what Ileana referred to as "the magical connection" between music-makers and their instruments.

A public Memorial Celebration is planned for The Orange Peel for noon, Wednesday, August 26th. Fans and friends can also direct their sympathies or remembrances to www.caringbridge.com/visit/bobmoog.

Bob's family has established The Bob Moog Foundation dedicated to the Advancement of Electronic Music in his memory. Many of his longtime collaborators including musicians, engineers and educators have agreed to sit on its executive board including David Borden, Wendy Carlos, Joel Chadabpe, John Eaton, David Mash, and Rick Wakeman. For more information about the foundation, contact Matthew Moog at [e-mail].

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP
From: Amos
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 01:22 PM

DAMN!


A

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP
From: beardedbruce
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 01:48 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/22/moog.obit.ap/index.html

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 02:15 PM

I imagine him kneeling before the lord saying "Forgive me Father for I have synthesized"
RIP you added to the world while you were in it, which is more than many will manage.
Giok

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 02:44 AM

I may still have somewhere, the original 'Go Moog' LP..... A sad day.

LTS

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: Kaleea
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 03:33 AM

How can it be? And he was only 71? Why it wasn't that long ago that every other garage band had a moog synthesizer, & the record club sent out "Switched on Bach" to everybody. And it was only a "couple" of years back that I started college just when "Dr. Uncle Arthur" Prof of Theory came back from his sabbatical with his arms full of the new tapes he made for us on the Moog of listening examples for theory & harmony ear straining & orchestration.   I can still hear the eerie sci-fi sound of the example of a major 7th [Ba-(li)-Ha'i]!
Wow!

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 04:02 PM

Terry Gross replayed an interview with him on Fresh Air today.

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 06:24 PM

he was a genius....but I'm not sure I would like the music at his funeral...

I wonder if certain angels get 'special' harps to play. Heaven is in for a surprise.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: number 6
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 06:44 PM

That is sad news

He was a genius indeed.

I still remember the first time I saw and heard a Moog back in 1968 ... being played by John Mills-Cockell at the Jewish Y in North York .. it completely blew me away.

sIx

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Aug 05 - 07:01 PM

His name actually rhymes with "vogue". Why do people mispronounce his name when talking about the instrument?

As the saying goes, more or less - a sound that is greatly liked by people who like that sound.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robert Moog RIP (21 August 2005)
From: Kenneth Ingham
Date: 24 Aug 05 - 10:09 AM

You're correct McGrath. It annoys me that people who are supposedly in the know such as DJs pronounce it MOOOG when in fact it is like you say and should rhyme with Brogue.