Milton Ager was an American composer. Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent movies, he moved to New York to write music. During World War I he served as a morale officer. Ager also was a music publisher in partnership with his frequent musical collaborator, lyricist Jack Yellen.
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- Milton Ager was an American composer. Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent movies, he moved to New York to write music. During World War I he served as a morale officer. Ager also was a music publisher in partnership with his frequent musical collaborator, lyricist Jack Yellen. He moved to Hollywood where he made a living writing songs for film. On his death, Milton Ager was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Ager was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1979. In 2007, a revue of Ager's music called Vampin' Lady opened in New Hope, Pennsylvania, under the direction of Earl Wentz and transferred to New York City as part of the American Composer Series.
- Milton Ager var en pianist og komponist i USA. Ager ble født i Chicago som den sjette av ni søsken. Han forlot tidlig skolen, lærte seg på egen hånd å spille piano og begynte på en karriere som musiker. Senere gjorde han det godt som komponist av filmmusikk i Hollywood. Hans første store slager var «Nobody's Baby» fra 1921 Milton Ager ble også musikkforlegger i kompaniskap med sin samarbeidspartner tekstforfatteren Jack Yellen. Milton Ager ble tatt inn i Songwriters' Hall of Fame i 1979.
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- Milton Ager was an American composer. Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent movies, he moved to New York to write music. During World War I he served as a morale officer. Ager also was a music publisher in partnership with his frequent musical collaborator, lyricist Jack Yellen.
- Milton Ager var en pianist og komponist i USA. Ager ble født i Chicago som den sjette av ni søsken. Han forlot tidlig skolen, lærte seg på egen hånd å spille piano og begynte på en karriere som musiker. Senere gjorde han det godt som komponist av filmmusikk i Hollywood. Hans første store slager var «Nobody's Baby» fra 1921 Milton Ager ble også musikkforlegger i kompaniskap med sin samarbeidspartner tekstforfatteren Jack Yellen.
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