Edward Hodges

Edward Hodges (1796–1867) was an English organist and composer. He spent about 25 years of his life in New York City.

Life Born at Bristol, Hodges was mostly self-taught in music, and took an early interests in the mechanics of the church organ. He was organist at Clifton Church, and subsequently of two Bristol churches, St James' Priory and St Nicholas. In 1825 he proceeded to the degree of Doctor of Music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. At this period he was a proponent of the C-compass organ. The "long compass" or "GGG-compass" organ, with pitch range extending below its lowest C, had been the British and American standard since the 17th century, but by the 1840s it was being replaced by the continental standard that ran from C to C. Hodges was active as a designer in making these changes.

In 1838 Hodges went with his family to America. He took up an appointment as organist to Toronto Cathedral.