:''To be distinguished from the Russian film director (Zinovy Levovich Feldman ru) (1919—1989)'' Zinovii Petrovich Feldman also Zinovy, and in German sources Sinowi (Фельдман Зиновий Петрович. 1893, Berdychiv – 1942) was a Soviet composer. He was a member of the Moscow Society for Jewish Music and composed various pieces of chamber music. He was a friend of, and influenced by

Alexander Krein Alexander Abramovich Krein (; 20 October 1883 in Nizhny Novgorod – 25 April 1951 in Staraya Ruza, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet composer. Background The Krein family was steeped in the klezmer tradition; his father Abram (who moved to Russia fr ...

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

regarded Feldman highly, and entrusted him with the orchestration of some of his works. Feldman died during the Second World War at the age of 49.Wolfgang Birtel, Joseph Dorfman, Christoph-Hellmut Mahling ''Judische Musik und ihre Musiker im 20. Jahrhundert'' 2006 Page 172 "Meanwhile some new names emerged like Zinovy Feldman, Rafail Heif, Mikhail Levin. They made Jewish song and dance arrangements for various combinations of instruments. Regretfully, little is known either of their lives or music. Feldman and Heif died during the Second World War, while Levin emigrated to France and composed music there under an assumed name of Michlet. The St. Petersburg archives holds some manuscripts of scores of the period."

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