Aage Stentoft
Aage Stentoft (1 May 1914 – 8 July 1990) was a Danish composer, film score composer and theatre director. He composed over 700 melodies during his lifetime.
Aage Stentoft | |
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Aage Stentoft (left) with comic actor Dirch Passer | |
Born | 1 May 1914 |
Died | 8. July 1990 76) | (aged
Years active | 1934–1981 |
Biography
Stentoft was born in Holbæk and attended the Stenhus Kostskole. Initially, he planned to study law, but due to a lack of money, he started to compose music for commercials. In 1934, he started work as an accompanist and composer for the revue theatre Co-Optimisterne. A lot of his tunes quickly achieved widespread popularity, and he earned good money by composing and later on, by producing revues.
He started work managing various theaters: Frederikberg Teater, Dagmar Teatret, Det Ny Scala and Apollo Teatret. In 1961, Aage Stentoft immigrated to Spain. In 1973, he returned to Denmark as leader of the Tivoli Gardens theater, a job he kept until his retirement in 1981. After which, he returned to Spain. He died at his home near Málaga in 1990.
Popular tunes
- Luften var femten og vandet var seksten (1935)
- Dit hjerte er i fare, Andresen (1936)
- I den mellemste køje (1936)
- Henne om hjørnet (1936)
- Havnen (1937)
- Molak molak mak mak mak (1937)
- Konen, kællingen, madammen (1938)
- Månestrålen (1939)
- Alt var kun en drøm (1939)
- Den lille lysegrønne (1940)
- Jeg har aldrig kysset andre end Marie (1942)
- Såd'n var det ikke i halvfemserne (1944)
- Jacobsen (1948)
- Kys hinanden (1954)
- Pyt (1977)
Sources
- Kraks Blå Bog, 1990
- Kraks Blå Bog online
- Aage Stentoft on IMDb