Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova
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 

Russian women composers
Folk songs
Composers from Moscow
1910 births
1980 deaths
Russian film score composers
Moscow Conservatory alumni