Milton Aborn

Aborn, Milton (1864–1933), producer. Born in Marysville, California, he began his career as a stage manager and actor, and for several years worked with B. F. Keith in Boston. He joined with his brother Sargent (1867?–1956) to produce popular‐priced productions of favorite musicals, and within a few years they had no fewer than six companies touring the country. Milton supervised the artistic end; Sargent, the financial side. The brothers split in the early 1920s and Milton opened a school of opera and operetta. In 1922 Sargent took over the A. W. Tams Music Library, later merging it with the Witmark Music Library. The Tams‐Witmark Music Library remains a principal source for licensing musicals for production.