Who's Who of Indian Musicians (WWIM), originally published by Sangeet Natak Akademi: National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama (SNA) in two editions (1968 and 1984), is a voluminous directory of Indian musicians. The directory data was collected from vocalists and instrumentalists of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, and other various genres including folk music. It is possible to use overall 3,160 entries (1,877 musicians) for inquiries about their birth year, specialization, and educational background, as well as their performing experiences abroad and publications, if any. Entries in this WWIM database are compiled from the original print versions after correcting the editorial errors such as duplications or misspellings.

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Toggle column: Personal ID - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P00328
0055
0091
Appasami Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1897
flute
violin
P00577
0197
0361
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
P00577
0292
0361
Das, Kanak Chandra(Narayan)
H
M
H
1903
esraj
violin
tabla
P00830
0380
0636
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
Others
1912
jaltarang
violin
mukur
P00830
0535
0636
Jain, Chintamani
H
M
H
1912
jaltarang
violin
P01415
0878
1256
Ramabadran, Vellore T.G.
C
M
H
1929
mridangam
violin
P01434
1197
1275
Ramanayya Setty, Suri Setti
C
M
H
1887
flute
violin
P01488
1295
1332
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
P01661
1187
1514
Tevani, Laxmishanker K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
violin
P01441
1204
1282
Ramaswami, Annavarapu
C
M
H
1926
violin
viola
P01708
1244
1562
Vedagiri, V.L.
C
M
H
1929
violin
viola
P00274
0025
0029
Ajit Singh
H
M
H
1933
vchitra vina
vina
P00281
0489
0036
Aldar Shikharesh.
H
M
H
1939
surbahar
vina
P00033
0307
0513
Gopala Krishna
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
P00033
0432
0513
Gopalkrishna
H
M
H
1926
vchitra vina
vina
P00110
0957
1089
Narayana Menon, Vatakke Kurupeth
C
M
H
1911
vina
P01539
1034
1384
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
violin
vina
flute
P01539
1368
1384
Seshavataracharyulu, S. Venkata
C
M
H
1906
violin
vina
flute
P01661
1541
1514
Tevani, Laxmishankar K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
vina
P01774
1055
1631
Parwatikar, Ram Dutt
H
M
H
1916
dattatreya
vina
sitar

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