Belle Yeaton Renfrew
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December 11, 1872
Belle Yeaton Renfrew | |
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 Belle Yeaton Renfrew, from a 1908 brochure for the Bostonia Orchestra. | |
| Born | Augusta Belle Yeaton December 11, 1872 Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 22, 1963 Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Other names | Belle Renfrew Mahn |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, conductor |
| Years active | 1900-1930 |
Belle Yeaton Renfrew (born December 11, 1872 – November 22, 1963) was an American musician, and conductor of the all-woman Bostonia Orchestra.
Augusta Belle Yeaton was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the daughter of Charles B. Yeaton and Mary Augusta Yeaton. Her father was a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War.[1]
Career
Belle Yeaton Renfrew was conductor of the all-woman Bostonia Orchestra,[2][3] which played in Boston and toured in the United States and Canada between 1904[4] and 1924.[5][6][7] She also played trombone[8][9] in the Bostonia Brass Quartet, with sisters Grace Mae Morse and Alice Florence Morse on first and second horns, and various women on cornet, including a third Morse sister, Ella.[4][10] A reviewer in New Jersey in 1911 commented that "the conducting of Belle Yeaton Renfrew was a revelation to many who attended. She was graceful in attitude but at the same time brought out charming effects with the greatest of precision."[11]
