Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (January 20, 1910 - 1980) was a Russian composer, musicologist, and radio music editor who used folk songs in her compositions and composed at least one film score.
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 and was recorded commercially by Albany Records U.S. Her compositions include:
Chamber
- Sonatina in b minor (flute and piano)
Film
- Italianskaia Suita, 10 Songs (text by Samuil Marshak and Gianni Rodari)
Orchestra
- A Dedication to Leningrad (oratorio for children’s chorus and orchestra)
Vocal
- Children’s Choral Pieces (vocal quartet)
- "Dobroye Utro"
- Northern Wind (vocal quartet)
- "Pesni Zapadnikh Slavyan" (text by Alexander Pushkin)
- "Pesnya Materei: Russian Folk Song"
- Pomni sorok pervyǐ (songs for low voice and piano)
- "Svadevnaya" (text by Aleksei Ivanovich Nedogonov)
References
- ^ Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
- "Galina Konstantinova Smirnova (composer)". Presto Music. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
- Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion (in Russian). Walter de Gruyter. 2011-10-31. ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9.
- Division, New York Public Library Music (1981). Bibliographic Guide to Music. G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-6961-0.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
- ^ Smirnova, Galina Konstantinovna (1967). Pomni sorok pervyǐ. : S. OL 18395311M.
- Smirnova, Galina Konstantinovna. "Chandos Records" (PDF). Chandos Records. Retrieved 2022-02-18.