Arild Sandvold

Arild Edvin Sandvold (June 2, 1895 – August 12, 1984) was a Norwegian organist, composer, and choir conductor.

[1] Sandvold spent most of his career as the cathedral organist and cantor at Oslo Cathedral and as an organ teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, now the Norwegian Academy of Music, for more than 50 years.

[3] In Leipzig Sandvold, heard Max Reger's organ music and this had a major influence on him.

This influence is most clearly reflected in his major organ work Introduction and Passacaglia in B Minor.

[4] In 1964 he was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and in 1965 he was made a commander of the Order of St. Olav.