Arild Sandvold

Norwegian musician and composer

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

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. Sandvold was the director of the St. Cecilia Society choir (Norwegian: Cæciliaforeningen) from 1928 to 1957.

Sandvold studied for several years in Oslo under Hilmar Grønner and Gustav Fredrik Lange, among others, before he traveled to Leipzig, where he studied organ playing under Karl Straube. 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.

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Works

Fantasy and Fugue in C minor
Improvisation on the Norwegian Folk Tune "Korset vil jeg aldri svike"
Introduction and Passacaglia, op. 4
Organ Sonata in F minor, op. 9
Organ Sonata in F minor, op. 9: I. Largo maestoso
Organ Sonata in F minor, op. 9: II. Adagio
Organ Sonata in F minor, op. 9: III. Fugue. Moderato
Orgelimprovisata over "Deilig er jorden"
Six Improvisations on Norwegian Folk Tunes: "Høyr kor kyrkjeklokka lokkar"
Two Organ Pieces on a Theme by Joseph Haydn: Toccata
Variasjoner over "Eg veit i Himmerik ei borg"