Aage Stentoft

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Aage Stentoft
Aage Stentoft (left) with comic actor Dirch Passer
Born	1 May 1914 Holbæk, Denmark
Died	8 July 1990
Years active	1934–1981

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.

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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 Teatret, a job he kept until his retirement in 1981. After which, he returned to Spain. He died at his home near Malaga in 1990.