Erik Tuxen
Erik Oluf Tuxen (4 July 1902 – 28 August 1957) was a
Danish Radio
.
Along with Thomas Jensen and Launy Grøndahl, Tuxen pioneered performances and recordings of Carl Nielsen's music. Tuxen was also a prolific film arranger, responsible for the musical direction for many Danish films in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a jazz bandleader.[1]
He gave the British premiere of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony at the 1950 Edinburgh International Festival where it created a sensation.[2][3] Later that year he premiered the work on disc.
References
- ISBN 978-87-635-3894-7.
- ISBN 978-0-521-44632-7.
- ISBN 978-87-635-2598-5.
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