Erik Tuxen

Erik Oluf Tuxen (born July 4, 1902 in Mannheim ; † August 28, 1957 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish conductor who was known both as the leader of his own jazz orchestra and in classical music.

Live and act

Tuxen graduated from Odense Katedralskole in 1920 . After training with cathedral organist Niels Otto Raasted and Victor Schiøler , he continued his studies in Vienna and Berlin (among others with Ernst Toch ). From 1927 to 1929 he was employed at the Lübeck Opera , between 1930 and 1932 in Det Kongelige Teater and in Nørrebro Teater (1932–33) in Copenhagen. In 1932 he founded his jazz orchestra with musicians such as Leo Mathisen , Winstrup Olesen , Peter Rasmussen , Kai Ewans and Erik “Spjæt” Kragh. They performed at Nørrebro Teater, an open-air theater in Dyrehaven and between 1933 and 1936 in the Arena restaurant in Copenhagen. The orchestra was recognized as one of the most important and distinctive big bands in Europe and has made numerous recordings with Polyphon since 1932 .

From 1936 Erik Tuxen worked at Danmarks Radio to lead the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra , with which he gave numerous concerts. His performance of Carl Nielsen's 5th Symphony at the Edinburgh Festival in 1950 made the work and orchestra known beyond national borders. At the time of the German occupation of Denmark, he migrated to Sweden, where he recorded film compositions.

literature

Ole Walborn: Erik Tuxen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 15 : Treschow – Wold . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1984, ISBN 87-01-77513-8 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

Web links

En illustreret diskografi over hans 78 rpm udgivelser p.1
Erik Tuxen at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Fjeldsøe: Kulturradikalismens Musik . Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2013, ISBN 978-87-635-3894-7 , p. 472 ff . ( books.google.com - excerpt).
↑ David Fanning: Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 . Cambridge University Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-521-44088-2 , pp. 91 ff . ( books.google.com - excerpt).

personal data
SURNAME	Tuxen, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tuxen, Erik Oluf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 1957
Place of death	Copenhagen

[Fjeldsøe2013-1] Michael Fjeldsøe: Kulturradikalismens Musik . Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2013, ISBN 978-87-635-3894-7 , p. 472 ff . ( books.google.com - excerpt).

[Fanning1997-2] David Fanning: Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 . Cambridge University Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-521-44088-2 , pp. 91 ff . ( books.google.com - excerpt).