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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Personal ID
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0704
Godavari
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
?
?
370
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
OEMI0718
Gopal Oriya
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
?
?
374
P05290
OEMI0732
Gopinath
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
1908
?
?
1987
1009
?
377
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI0810
Harichandan
Author of the work
?
?
412
OEMI0837
Hirabai II
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
?
?
Krishna Maharaj
431
OEMI0844
Husnabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Benares
?
1938
?
436
OEMI0854
Ilahi Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
?
?
Rangile
439
OEMI0859
Imam Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Jodhpu
?
?
439
OEMI0868
Inayat Hussain
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
?
?
441
OEMI0878
Indramohan Das
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
?
?
443444
P00158
OEMI0882
Ishitiaq Ahmad
Sarod player
1919
?
1967
?
Kalidas Pal
445
OEMI0973
Kader Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
0.188
?
1934
?
his father Axim Bakhsh
494
OEMI0995
Kalu-miya
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1007
Kamalbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1025
Kantimati
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
?
?
517
OEMI1062
Khadilkar, K.P.
Playwright of Marathi musicals
1872
1123
?
1948
0826
Pune, Maharashtra
542
OEMI1082
Kirtidhara
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
?
?
558
OEMI1124
Kshitij Basu
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
1914
?
1982
0122
Kolkata
575
OEMI1146
La Meri
American danseuse
?
?
583
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1189
Lalji-bua
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
19
?
600
OEMI1190
Lallu Singh
tabla player
Tabla player and teacher
0.1928
?
2000
0824
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Madho Singh
600
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI1211
Madanapala
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
?
?
?
?
611
OEMI1321
Meruswami
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
?
?
669
OEMI1353
Mohammad Pana
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
680
OEMI1390
Munnibai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1428
Nabi Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
712
OEMI1431
Nagaridas
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1436
Najukjan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
?
?
717
OEMI1453
Nanja Raja
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
?
?
723
OEMI1456
Nanu Ram
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
?
?
724
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI1561
Omdajan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
772
OEMI1567
Padmanabhayya
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
1847
?
1900
Mysore city
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
780
OEMI1570
Paglibai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
781
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
OEMI1616
Pedda Dasari
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
807
OEMI1617
Pir Bakhsh
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
807
OEMI1646
Prem Singh
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
?
?
827
OEMI1681
Raghunath Rath
author
?
?
856
OEMI1722
Ram Marathe
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
1924
1023
?
1989
1004
?
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
868
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
OEMI1801
Ras Baras
author
?
?
888
OEMI1827
Ruparam
actor, writer
?
?
905
OEMI1843
Sahachari Sukh
composer
composer
?
?
911
OEMI1919
Shafikul Hassan
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
963
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
991
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2137
Tulaja the First
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1095
OEMI2151
Urmila Singh
singer
Contemporary folk singer
folk
?
Radhesharan Singh
1104
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI2154
Vadammal
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
11061107
OEMI2156
Vadyanadha Iyer
singer
disc-record singer of south India
?
?
1107
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0949
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1902
1225
?
1945
1029
?
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
482
OEMI1015
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
vocalist
Vocalist
1887
0725
?
1934
0502
?
515
OEMI1861
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
1495
?
1556
?
923
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0368
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
0.1696
?
?
0.1778
?
?
Seni
his father Sadaarang
183
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
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
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI0976
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
?
?
494
OEMI1018
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
1924
?
2000
0405
Kolkata
515
OEMI1100
Krishna Kamal Goswami
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
1810
?
1888
?
569
OEMI1142
Kushaba Nana Bhide
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
?
581
OEMI1292
Masilamani Mudaliyar
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Chennnai
?
?
?
?
655
OEMI1578
Pallikurike Somanatha
author
Telugu author
Telugu
?
?
785
OEMI1592
Papa Venkataramayya
violinist
Veteran violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
795
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
OEMI1238
Mahindranath Mukhopadhyaya
vocalist
dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1873
?
1918
?
622
OEMI1341
Mohammad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
singer
?
1925
Hyderabad
Khudratullah Khan
677
OEMI0067
Akbar Allahabadi
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
1864
1116
?
1921
0909
Allahabad
31
OEMI0341
Bhanudatta Misra
Author of a Sanskrit work
?
?
156
OEMI0401
Bobbili Kesavayya
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
?
?
his father, Gopalayya
197
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0652
Ganesilal Chaube
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesilal
?
?
331
OEMI0993
Kallinath Pandit
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
?
?
505506
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1215
Madhav Patankar
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1862
?
?
1916
0203
Maharashtra
612
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1728
Rama Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
1888
1015
?
1957
?
870
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
P00219
OEMI1932
Shambhu Maharaj
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
Kathak
0.1907
?
1970
1104
Delhi
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
964
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252

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