Teodelinda Terán Hicks

Teodelinda Terán Hicks (March 1, 1889 – June 11, 1959) was an Ecuadorian cellist.

Teodelinda Terán Hicks
Teodelinda Terán, from a 1920 publication
Born	Teodelinda Terán Vaca (1889-03-01)March 1, 1889 Quito, Ecuador
Died	June 11, 1959(1959-06-11) (aged 70) San Mateo, California
Nationality	Ecuadorian, American
Other names	Teolinda Terán, Teolina Terán, Tolita T. Hicks
Occupation(s)	Cellist, clubwoman

Early life

Teodelinda Terán was born in Quito, Ecuador, the daughter of General Emilio María Terán and Hortensia Vaca. She attended the National Conservatory of Music in Quito, as did two of her brothers Augusto, a flutist, and Enrique, a violinist and later a novelist.^[1] When her father became Minister Plenipotentiary of Ecuador in Great Britain, she and her brothers continued their musical studies in London.^[2] She also played and taught piano.^[3] Her father was assassinated in 1911.^[4]

Career

Terán, her brothers, a Spanish violinist and two English musicians began performing as the London Sextett in Quito in 1909.^[2] In 1919 she moved to San Francisco, California,^[4] where she played cello for artists and diplomats at the Presidio.^[5][6] She was a member of the San Francisco Musical Club,^[7] and taught cello and piano in the 1920s.^[8] After she married, she was founder and hostess of "El Club de los Bandoleros", a Spanish language society in San Francisco.^[9][10][11] She was also a member of the Belmont Women's Club and the Pan-American League.^[12]

Personal life

Teodelinda Terán married composer and businessman Hobert Hicks.^[13] She lived in the San Francisco Bay area into the 1950s.^[14] She died in 1959, aged 70 years, in San Mateo, California.^[12] Her gravesite is in the Golden Gate National Cemetery.^[15]

References

1. Terán, Enrique (2001). El cojo Navarrete (in Spanish). Editorial El Conejo. ISBN 978-9978-87-210-9.
2. "Quito's Short-Lived London Sextett" Cayambis Music Press.
3. Goetschel, Ana María (1999). Mujeres e imaginarios: Quito en los inicios de la modernidad (in Spanish). Editorial Abya Yala. p. 81. ISBN 978-9978-04-508-4.
4. "New 'Cellist Locates in San Francisco". Pacific Coast Musical Review. 37: 36. November 1, 1919.
5. Alexandre, Constance. (September 25, 1920). "Gossip about Musical People" Pacific Coast Musical Review 38: 10.
6. "Senorita Teodelinda Terán-Hicks" Pacific Coast Musical Review 40:9. August 27, 1921.
7. Mason, Redfern (January 7, 1920). "Untitled music news item". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 10. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Advertisement, Pacific Coast Musical Review 42: 2. June 11, 1921.
9. "Bandoleros Club Has Anniversary". The San Francisco Examiner. August 21, 1938. p. 37. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fete Anniversary". The San Francisco Examiner. July 23, 1939. p. 30. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Anniversary Feted by Los Bandeleros". The San Francisco Examiner. July 21, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Tolita Teran Hicks". The Times. June 12, 1959. p. 23. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Entertain Friends at Cocktail Party". The San Francisco Examiner. July 7, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "S. C. Legion Initiates New May Members". The Times. June 1, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Surnames H - San Mateo County, California". Golden Gate National Cemetery. Retrieved December 17, 2019.