Guli Hack

Gulielma "Guli" Hack ARCM (17 October 1867 – 2 August 1951) was a South Australian pianist, singer and teacher at the Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide.

Biography

Hack was born at Childers Street, North Adelaide, eldest daughter of Charles Hack (1842–1915) and Anne Brooks Hack, née Meyrick (1844–1929). She was a granddaughter of John Barton Hack.

Theirs was a musical family: her father was a tenor in several important choirs.[1]

Student and teacher

Hack was in 1887 the winning candidate for the second Elder Overseas Scholarship to the Royal College of Music. She left by the SS Britannia on 14 January 1888.[2] Among her tutors was Gustave García.[3] She completed the three-year course successfully and was recognised by admission as ARCM, returning by the RMS Victoria in May 1891.[4] She held a concert at the Town Hall on 17 June 1891[5] and in July joined the staff of I. G. Reimann and Cecil Sharp's Adelaide College of Music[6] as the only woman singing teacher, and when in 1898 the college was merged into the Elder Conservatorium she was appointed to a similar position. She formed a women's choir which became part of the musical and social fabric of the Conservatorium. At least two of her students, Mary Trenna Corvan and Clara Kleinschmidt (famous as Clara Serena), were recipients of the same Elder Scholarship. Another, Gwladys Edwards, was a fee-paying student of the RCM.[7] Hack retired from the Conservatorium in October 1909, on the eve of her marriage, and was given several valuable mementoes by staff and past students.[8] Her successor at the Conservatorium was Harry Winsloe Hall (died 29 April 1936)

The Misses Hack

Her sister Ethel May Hack (1869–1947) was a contralto and piano accompanist, and the pair frequently appeared as "The Misses Hack" in concerts at the Adelaide Town Hall[9] and elsewhere. As "The Misses Hack" Guli and Ethel lived at 58 South Terrace, Adelaide, teaching languages and music at their own school on Miller Street, North Unley, initially to small children.[10] 1900–1902, then 1903–1906 as "Wayville Private School" at Rose Terrace, Wayville.

She was for many years a valued member of Adelaide Lyceum Club, and died aged 84, a well-loved and highly esteemed figure in Adelaide's music and art circles.[11]

Personal

On 5 March 1910[12] Hack married William Ashley Magarey (30 January 1868 – 18 October 1929), in 1901 one of her students at the Conservatorium.[13] Magarey was well known as a football administrator, and remembered in the Magarey Medal. They had no children.

Ethel Hack married Bruce Malcolm on 9 January 1902.[14]

References
  1. "About Men and Women". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. 42, no. 2, 184. South Australia. 30 June 1900. p. 29. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Abstract of News". South Australian Register. Vol. LIII, no. 12, 852. South Australia. 23 January 1888. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Centenary of Manuel Garcia". The Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXII, no. 3, 320. South Australia. 20 May 1905. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Miss Gulielma Hack". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIII, no. 10172. South Australia. 26 May 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Miss Hack's Concert". South Australian Register. Vol. LVI, no. 13, 914. South Australia. 18 June 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Advertising". The Evening Journal (Adelaide). Vol. XXIII, no. 6490. South Australia. 11 July 1891. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Musical Notes". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXIII, no. 19, 185. South Australia. 9 May 1908. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Personal". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. LII, no. 15, 919. South Australia. 25 October 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Adelaide Philarmonic Society". South Australian Register. Vol. LVII, no. 14, 170. South Australia. 13 April 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Advertising". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXVII, no. 11, 023. South Australia. 14 July 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Death Of Mrs Guli Magarey". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 28, 964. South Australia. 10 August 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 5 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Family Notices". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXV, no. 19, 756. South Australia. 8 March 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Archives, Series 6, Elder Conservatorium Student Progress Reports, Folder 2". University of Adelaide.
  14. "Family Notices". The Evening Journal (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIV, no. 9696. South Australia. 30 January 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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