The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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P05853
OEMI0664
Gautam, M.R.
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
1924
0319
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
350
P02120
OEMI0447
Chathunni Panikkar (Kavungal)
Kathakali artiste
1922
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
224
P06309
OEMI0285
Balwantrai Bhatt
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1921
?
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Omkarnath Thakur
115
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
P03011
OEMI0446
Charu Sija Mathur
Performer of Manipuri dance
1940
Delhi
R. K. Singhajit Singh
224
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
P01070
OEMI0148
Anjanibai Lolekar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mumbai
1928
Goa
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
62
P01441
OEMI0155
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
1926
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
65
P00152
OEMI0798
Hare Krishna Behera
Exponent of dance and dance music
1938
Balasore area, Orissa
410
P02426
OEMI0266
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
Harikathaa performer
1918
0818
Chennnai
110
P01280
OEMI0735
Govind Narayan Natu
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
1905
0514
?
?
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
380
P02378
OEMI0048
Agat A. Sangma
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1945
?
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
23
P00377
OEMI0189
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
1920
1216
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
Vishnupur
82
OEMI1537
Niranjan Kar
Singer of Paalaa keertan
1910
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Duryodhan Panda
762
OEMI1869
Sanjida Khatun
singer
1933
0404
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sohrab Hussain, Mastan Gama, Munshi Raisuddin, Husna Bano Khanam
937
OEMI0273
Baldev Prasad Nayak
vocalist
Vocalist
?
Rajasthan
?
?
112
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
P00054
OEMI0267
Balamurali Krishna,M.
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1930
07??
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
110
OEMI0885
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhpu
?
?
445
P00931
OEMI1889
Sardarbai Karadgekar
vocalist
vocalist
1914
Karadge, Karnataka
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
949
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
P00025
OEMI0592
Domada Chittiabbayi
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
1933
0801
Andhra
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
300
OEMI1213
Madavor Vasudevan Nair
Kathakali artiste and teacher
1929
?
Kerala
Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai,Kurichi Panicker,and Chengannur Raman Pillai
611
OEMI1303
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
1878
?
?
?
?
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
659
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan (c.1625-1643) in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI1353
Mohammad Pana
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
680
OEMI1561
Omdajan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
772
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
P00207
OEMI2133
Tombi Singh
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
1088
OEMI2271
Majhiram Urav
Folk artiste
Tilanga, Kohpani village, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh
His grandmother. His Paternal uncles, Magraram, Thilleram, and Bunduram
623
OEMI1947
Shanmuga Sundaram Pillai (Valangaiman)
Performer of the drum, tavil
1914
0402
Valangaiman, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
his father Arumugam Pillai and his elder brother, and also by a guru, Raghava Pillai
967
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
OEMI1392
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1888
Sarat Chandra Sarma
singer
1913
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
948949
OEMI1463
Narayan Chandra Goswami
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
1942
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
726
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1798
Ranjit Adhikarimayum
performer of Manipuri dance, choreographer
1957
0301
Imphal, Manipur
Tarunkumar Singh, Anganhal Singh
888
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan (Dhrupad)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0309
Barve P.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
1918
1230
Akola, Maharashtra
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
124
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0911
Jaisukhbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
456
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1378
Mukhtar Begum
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
?
Fattu Khan
692
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI2009
Sohrab Hossain
vocalist
Vocalist
1925
Nadia district, West Bengal
Abbasuddin Ahmed (Bengali folk songs)
991
P00208
OEMI2123
Thilagam,P.R.
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
1926
?
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
1078
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya (Melattur)
composer
Composer (18th cent.)
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
P00083
OEMI1569
Pagaldas Swami
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
1920
0815
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
781
P01343
OEMI2064
Sunanda Patnaik
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1934
1107
Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
10291030
OEMI2279
Narayanaswami Iyer (Pudukottai)
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI1326
Mirasi Rimju Ali
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
672
OEMI0948
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
482
OEMI0802
Hargovind Swami
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
411
OEMI0042
Afruddin Khan
Qavvaali singer
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0965
Juma Khan
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
?
?
Nirmal Shah Seni
490
OEMI0689
Ghulam Raza Khan
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
?
?
363
OEMI0684
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Lahore
Kolkata
Umrao Khan
362
OEMI0951
Jodhe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
0.177
?
?
Khurjaa
483
OEMI0166
Appukkutti Nattuvan
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri (1762-1827)of the Karnnatik trinity
?
?
7172
OEMI0902
Jagannath Kumhar
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
folk
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
his father
450
OEMI0098
Amara Ranatunga
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1939
0822
Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0411
Buddi Sani
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Balwantrao Vaidya
203
OEMI0891
Jadhurama Devangan
Performer of Paandavani
1926
Madhya Pradesh
448
OEMI1174
Lal Rababi (Bhai)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
?
?
591
OEMI1887
Saraswatibai
vocalist
vocalist
1850
?
?
Sakharam
948
OEMI2258
Zahur Khan Kalavant
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 19th cent.
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
?
1158
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296
OEMI0977
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
?
?
494
OEMI2153
Uttam Singh (Bhai)
Sabad keertan performer and teacher of Amritsar, Punjab.
?
?
Bhai Gurmukh Singh, Bhai Harsa Singh
1104
OEMI0849
Hussain Sharqi (Sultan)
patron,musician
Patron and musician
?
?
437
OEMI1933
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
Noted pakhaawaj player
1885
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
964
P02170
OEMI0655
Gangadhar Pradhan
Odissi teacher and dancer
1948
Panikula village, Orissa
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
332
OEMI2202
Vijay Raghava Rao
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Mumbai
1925
1103
Chennai
Chokkalingam Pillai (music and dance)
1127
OEMI1584
Pandharinath Nageshkar
tabla player
tabla player,teacher
1913
0316
Nageshi,Goa
Yashwant(Valle-mama) Bandiwadekar
792
P02813
OEMI1253
Mallika Sarabhai
Noted danseuse
1953
?
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
631
OEMI1902
Sawai Pratap Singh
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
?
?
Chand Khan
958
OEMI1523
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
1927
1031
Clifton, England
754755
OEMI0363
Bhoja Raja
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
?
?
?
?
179
OEMI0527
Ali Bakhsh II
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI0810
Harichandan
Author of the work
?
?
412
OEMI0995
Kalu-miya
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
506