Moog Synthesizer- short answer questions Name: ______________________________ Class: _________ Date: ________________ Give a short answer to each question. The question numbers match the slide in the Google Arts presen- tation at this link. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/1wXBjHt_6YypuA 1. What were Robert’s hobbies as a child? _______________________________________________ 2. Was Robert a good student? ___________________________________ 2a. Where did Robert go to high school? ___________________________________ 3. What electronic instrument fascinated Robert Moog? ___________________________________ 3b. Who helped Robert Moog build his projects? ___________________________________ 4. What did people order from Robert Moog after he published a DIY artical on building a theremin? ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. What was Robert Moog’s company called? ___________________________________ 6. What was his company dedicated to? ___________________________________ 7.Did R.A. Moog have a catalogue? ___________________________________ 8. Where was Bob’s business founded? ___________________________________ 9. What was Bob studying at university? ___________________________________ 10. Where was the Moog business while Moog was going to university? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Where was Bob accepted to do grad studies? ___________________________________ 12. When did Bob get married? ___________________________________ 13. What did Bob do that helped him sell 1000 theremin kits in two years? _____________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What was Bob Moog’s first child’s name? _______________________ 15. What did Bob Moog’s theremin kit sell for? _______________________ 16. What did Herb Deutsch ask Moog to do? ____________________________________________ 16a. When was this new instrument built? _______________________ 16b. What was this instrument? _____________________________________________________ 17. When did Bob finish is PhD? ___________________________________ 18. What were some of the early groups that used the Moog synthsizer in the 1960s? Name at least 2 ________________________________________________________________ 19. What ground-breaking album showcased the Moog synthesizer as a true musical instrument? ____________________________________________________________________________ © Themes & Variations www.musicplay.ca 20. What TV show did Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos appear on? When? _______________________ 21. What 1969 concert featured large modular synthesizers in concert? ____________________________________________________________________________ 22. Why was Bob Moog given a GRAMMY award? ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 23. What was ironic about Bob’s Small Businessman of the Year award? _______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 24. How did Bob Moog pay off his debt? ______________________________________________ 25. Who was the super salesman who helped sell the analog synthesizer? _______________________ 26. Why couldn’t Moog use his last name in his new business? _______________________________ 27. Who did Bob Moog write articles for during his time in North Carolina? _____________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 28. In the 1980s, what did Bob Moog want to add to the synthesizer? _______________________ 29. What company did Bob Moog work for from 1985-1989? _______________________ 30. When did Bob Moog change his company name to Moog Music? _______________________ 31. What song did Bob Moogs family decide on as a tribute to his legacy? _______________________ © Themes & Variations www.musicplay.ca.