Faustina Hasse Hodges

Faustina Hasse Hodges (7 August 1822 – 4 February 1895) was an English-American organist and composer. Life and work She was born in Malmesbury, England, in 1822, as one of four children born to the organist and composer Edward Hodges. All of the children became organists. Edward Hodges emigrated to New York in 1838 and Faustina joined him there in 1841 at the age of 19. Selected musical works Selected compositions include: *L’Amicizia (Friendship) *Tantum Ergo Opus 65, No. 2 *A psalm of life (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) *Dreams: a reverie (Text: H.C.L.) *Robin Adair *The dreary day (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) *The holy dead (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow after Ernst Stockmann) *The rose bush (Text: W. W. Caldwell) Selected written works * Hodges, F. H. (1896). Edward Hodges: Doctor in Music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; Organist… Bristol, England, 1819–1838; Organist and Director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839–1859. GP Putnam’s sons. References External links * *Finding Aid (PDF) to the Hodges Papers at the Library of Congress