Edwin McArthur (1907-1987) was an American conductor and pianist, long associated with Kirsten Flagstad as accompanist and musical collaborator.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Flagstad song recitals, including Schumann, Grieg, Schubert, Brahms, Richard Strauss and American song repertory.

McArthur’s musicianship belongs to the specialist art of vocal partnership, where the pianist must shape atmosphere, text and breath without claiming the spotlight.

His page is justified by repeated catalogue presence and by his importance to the Flagstad recital strand. McArthur gives these songs their steady piano horizon.