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- Robert Moog's Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965 - This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album <em>Switched-On Bach</em> introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.
- 1964-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Robert Moog's Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965
This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album Switched-On Bach introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.
- Robert Moog's First Prototype Synthesizer in Henry Ford Museum, 1983 - This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album <em>Switched-On Bach</em> introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.
- 1983
- Collections - Artifact
Robert Moog's First Prototype Synthesizer in Henry Ford Museum, 1983
This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album Switched-On Bach introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.
- "Moog's Musical Eatery: A Cookbook for Carefree Entertaining," 1978 - This cookbook was written by Shirleigh Moog, the wife of synthesizer innovator Robert Moog. Moog's Musical Eatery, a "cookbook for carefree entertaining," presents the author's "tried and true recipes." These recipes are the result of decades of feeding a family and a "steady stream of musicians and artists" who came to the Moog home.
- 1978
- Collections - Artifact
"Moog's Musical Eatery: A Cookbook for Carefree Entertaining," 1978
This cookbook was written by Shirleigh Moog, the wife of synthesizer innovator Robert Moog. Moog's Musical Eatery, a "cookbook for carefree entertaining," presents the author's "tried and true recipes." These recipes are the result of decades of feeding a family and a "steady stream of musicians and artists" who came to the Moog home.
- "Meeting Bob Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014 - Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- 25 July 2014-26 July 2014
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"Meeting Bob Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014
Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- "Acquiring the Moog Prototype," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014 - Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- 25 July 2014-26 July 2014
- Collections - Artifact
"Acquiring the Moog Prototype," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014
Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- Program for The New York Improvisation Quartet at The Town Hall, September 25, 1965 - This handbill lists several avant-garde musical performers, including Herbert Deutsch. A musician and educator, Deutsch co-invented the Moog synthesizer in 1964. At this 1965 New York Town Hall concert, Deutsch became the first live performer to use a Moog synthesizer.
- September 25, 1965
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Program for The New York Improvisation Quartet at The Town Hall, September 25, 1965
This handbill lists several avant-garde musical performers, including Herbert Deutsch. A musician and educator, Deutsch co-invented the Moog synthesizer in 1964. At this 1965 New York Town Hall concert, Deutsch became the first live performer to use a Moog synthesizer.
- "Working for Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014 - Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- 25 July 2014-26 July 2014
- Collections - Artifact
"Working for Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014
Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- "Funding the Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014 - Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- 25 July 2014-26 July 2014
- Collections - Artifact
"Funding the Moog," Clip from Interview with Herb Deutsch, 2014
Herbert Deutsch is a pioneer of synthesized music--a long-time composer, music educator, and author. In 1964, he worked with Bob Moog to develop the first prototype Moog synthesizer, now in The Henry Ford's collections. Deutsch also served as the Director of Marketing & Sales during the heyday of Moog Music (1979-1983), and was a consultant for the Roland Corporation.
- Herbert Deutsch "From Moog to Mac" Compact Disc, 2012 - Herbert Deutsch is an experimental composer and was a close collaborator of Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer. This disc contains demonstration recordings of the prototype synthesizer, voice correspondence between Moog and Deutsch, and contemporary recordings. "Jazz Images, a Worksong and Blues" was composed on The Henry Ford's 1964 prototype Moog synthesizer--the first song ever composed on the instrument.
- 2012
- Collections - Artifact
Herbert Deutsch "From Moog to Mac" Compact Disc, 2012
Herbert Deutsch is an experimental composer and was a close collaborator of Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer. This disc contains demonstration recordings of the prototype synthesizer, voice correspondence between Moog and Deutsch, and contemporary recordings. "Jazz Images, a Worksong and Blues" was composed on The Henry Ford's 1964 prototype Moog synthesizer--the first song ever composed on the instrument.
- Diagrams of Herb Deutsch's Original Moog Synthesizer, February 1982 - These circuit diagrams are graphic representations of the electronics that powered Robert Moog's first prototype synthesizer, built for Herbert Deutsch. Individual "modules" on the synthesizer allowed sounds to be shaped into infinite possibilities; these diagrams address the pitch control, envelope generator, amplifier, band pass filter, noise generator, and trigger extractor.
- February 01, 1982
- Collections - Artifact
Diagrams of Herb Deutsch's Original Moog Synthesizer, February 1982
These circuit diagrams are graphic representations of the electronics that powered Robert Moog's first prototype synthesizer, built for Herbert Deutsch. Individual "modules" on the synthesizer allowed sounds to be shaped into infinite possibilities; these diagrams address the pitch control, envelope generator, amplifier, band pass filter, noise generator, and trigger extractor.