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Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (January 20, 1910 - 1980)[1][2] was a Russian composer,[3][4] musicologist, and radio music editor[5] who used folk songs in her compositions[6] and composed at least one film score.[7]

Smirnova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Vissarion Shebalin from 1932 to 1940. Few details are available about her work as a musicologist and radio  editor. Her music was published by Sovetskii Kompozitor[8] and was recorded commercially by Albany Records U.S.[9] Her compositions include:

Chamber

• Sonatina in B minor (flute and piano)[1]

Film

• Italianskaia Suita, 10 Songs (text by Samuil Marshak and Gianni Rodari)[7]

Orchestra

• A Dedication to Leningrad (oratorio for children’s chorus and orchestra)[7]

Vocal

• Children’s Choral Pieces (vocal quartet)[7]
• "Dobroye Utro"[7]
• Northern Wind (vocal quartet)[7]
• "Pesni Zapadnikh Slavyan" (text by Alexander Pushkin)[7]
• "Pesnya Materei: Russian Folk Song"[7]
• Pomni sorok pervyǐ (songs for low voice and piano)[8]
• "Svadevnaya" (text by Aleksei Ivanovich Nedogonov)[7]

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