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Moore was born in Cutchogue , Long Island , New York . He went to the Hotchkiss School , where he met Archibald MacLeish . In 1917 , he graduated from Yale University . He then served in the Navy as a lieutenant, after which he went to Paris where he studied with Nadia Boulanger . In 1921 , Moore went to Cleveland as Director of Music at the Cleveland Museum Of Art , during which he studied with Ernest Bloch at the Cleveland Institute Of Music , and performed in plays at the Cleveland Playhouse. In 1926 , Moore joined the music faculty at Columbia University , where he remained until his retirement in 1962 . In 1954 he was a co-founder, with Otto Luening and Oliver Daniel , of the CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) record label.


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