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
P01434
0899
1275
Ramanayya Setty, Suri Setti
C
M
H
1887
jaltarang
flute
violin
P00093
1041
1390
Shah, Occhavalah S.
H
M
H
1927
dilruba
tabla
violin
P00628
0345
0418
Doctor, Hirjibhai R
H
M
H
1894
dilruba
vchitra vina
vina
P00093
1376
1390
Shah, Ochhavalah S.
H
M
H
1927
dilruba
tabla
vina
P01695
1227
1548
Vanaja, Iyengar
C & H
F
H
1935
violin
vchitra vina
vina
P01695
1584
1548
Vanaja, A. Iyengar
C & H
F
H
1935
violin
vchitra vina
vina
P00548
0264
0328
Chitti, Chippada
C
M
H
1926
clarinet
nagaswaram
trumpet
P01006
0507
0825
Krishnamurthy, Guntupalli
C
M
H
1931
kanjira
mridangam
tavil
P01006
0694
0825
Krishnamurthy, Guntupalli
C
M
H
1931
kanjira
mridangam
tavil
P05930
0033
0038
Ali Akbar Khan
H
M
M
1922
dhrupad
khyal
sarod
pakhavaj
tabla
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
P00632
0242
0422
Doolwal, Ghulam Nabi(Janbaz)
H
M
M
1929
banjo
flute
tabla
P06033
1219
0491
Ram Shankar Das(Swami Pagaldas)
H
M
H
1920
mridangam
pakhavaj
tabla
P01082
1386
0903
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01082
0779
0903
Maharana, Banmali
H
M
H
1943
pakhavaj
tabla
tabla
P01741
1291
1596
Vilvadri Iyer, Thiruvilwamala S.
C
M
H
1901
ghatam
mridangam
tabla
P01741
1674
1596
Vilvadri Iyer, Thiruvilwamala S.
C
M
H
1901
ghatam
mridangam
tabla
P01841
0948
1703
Roy Choudhury, Birendra Kishore (Khoka Maharaj)
H
M
H
1903
dhrupad
bin
rabab
sursringar
P01164
0627
0990
Misra, Lal Mani
H
M
H
1924
vchitra vina
sitar
sitar

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