Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova
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]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
- ^ "Galina Konstantinova Smirnova (composer)". Presto Music. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- OCLC 28889156.
- OCLC 6815939.
- ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9.
- ISBN 978-0-8161-6961-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
- ^ OL 18395311M.
- ^ Smirnova, Galina Konstantinovna. "Chandos Records" (PDF). Chandos Records. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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