Erik Oluf Tuxen (4 July 1902 – 28 August 1957) was a

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big band leader,

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and arranger, who worked for most of his life in

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. From 1936 until his death by cancer on 28 August 1957 he was conductor at the

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. Along with

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and Launy Grøndahl, Tuxen pioneered performances and recordings of

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's music. Tuxen was also a prolific

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arranger, responsible for the musical direction for many Danish films in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a

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bandleader. He gave the British premiere of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony at the 1950

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where it created a sensation. Later that year he premiered the work on disc.

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