Aage Stentoft
Aage Stentoft was a Danish composer, film score composer and theatre director. He composed over 700 melodies during his lifetime.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
- Dit hjerte er i fare, Andresen
- I den mellemste køje
- Henne om hjørnet
- Havnen
- Molak molak mak mak mak
- Konen, kællingen, madammen
- Månestrålen
- Alt var kun en drøm
- Den lille lysegrønne
- Jeg har aldrig kysset andre end Marie
- Såd'n var det ikke i halvfemserne
- Jacobsen
- Kys hinanden
- Pyt
