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
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI1017
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
Mridangam player
1927
?
1995
0430
Chennai
his father
515
OEMI1279
Manohar Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1794
?
?
1874
?
?
643
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI0780
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
?
1936
?
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
400
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu （Loka）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.） and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0238
Bade Munne （Tabla）
0.1845
?
0.1905
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
97
OEMI0281
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
114
OEMI0287
Balwantrao Ketkar
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
khayaal
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Antu-bua Apte
115116
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
OEMI0413
Bulakilal Yadav
tabla player
Tabla player
0.1923
?
?
2000
0408
Allahabad
Lalji Shrivastav
204
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
P00106
OEMI0585
Dilip Chandra Vedi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Delhi
1901
0324
?
1991
?
Delhi
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
295
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0616
Irode Viswanatha lyer
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
1905
?
?
1988
0914
New Delhi
311
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar （Vishalur）
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI0705
Gokalram （Bhagat）
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI1000
Kamakoti Sastri
composer
Composer of kritis
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
?
507
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI1166
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
?
?
591
OEMI1171
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
0.1562
?
0.165
?
591
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1386
Munnan Khan(Murshidabad)
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player(second half, 19th cent.)
Murshidabad (now in Bangladesh)
?
?
?
?
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
694
OEMI1529
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
?
?
756
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
OEMI1765
Rameshwar Pathak
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
?
?
879
OEMI1875
Sant Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1966
1116
942
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
OEMI2103
Tanibai Ghorpade
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
khayaal
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
?
?
1931
?
Mumbai
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
1058
OEMI2130
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
1798
?
?
1904
?
Chennai
Tyaagaraaja
1085
OEMI2206
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Mumbai
?
?
1130
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2190
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
violinist
Violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
1123
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
OEMI1049
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
?
?
540
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
OEMI1365
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
Kathak dancer and teacher
1913
0812
?
1985
1201
Hubli,Karnataka
Sunder Prasad,Achhan Maharaj,Shambhu Maharaj
683
OEMI1392
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1441
Nana-saheb Chaphekhar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1896
0120
?
1969
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Ramkrishna-bua Vase
720
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI0437
Chandrabhaga Devi
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
?
1997
0414
Bangalore
218
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI0806
Hari Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1802
?
1868
?
Benares
411
OEMI0823
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
?
?
418
OEMI0850
Hussainuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
?
?
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
437
OEMI0987
Kale Khan （Lahore）
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
OEMI1090
Kolar Nagaratnam
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
?
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
563
OEMI1115
Krishnarao Sangle
writer
writer
?
?
573
OEMI1121
Kshirabdi Sastri
composer
composer
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
?
Sivarama Yogi
574
OEMI1172
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
?
?
591
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1282
Manoharlal Sharma
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
?
?
1970
?
?
644
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1324
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
qavvaali singer
?
?
671
OEMI1368
Moroba Waghulikar
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
?
1908
0120
?
686
OEMI1447
Nanhe Khan （Mumbai）
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
Gujarat and Mumbai
0.1872
?
0.194
?
his father Hussain Bakhsh, his elder brother Ghasit Khan
722
OEMI1524
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
755
P00191
OEMI1564
Padma Subrahmanyam
dancer,scholar
Chennai
?
B.V.Lakshmanan,Ramayya Pillai,Gowri Amma
780
OEMI1753
Rambhau Saverkar
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Indore
khayaal
Indore
?
19
?
Haddu Khan
876
OEMI1918
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
?
?
963
OEMI1482
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI0336
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
?
?
Shankarrao Pandit
153
P06130
OEMI0736
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1944
1110
?
1988
0212
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
380
OEMI1630
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
1860
?
1919
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
813
OEMI2148
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
0.1788
?
0.184
probably Rewa
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
1102
OEMI1702
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
863
OEMI0286
Balwantrao Bhaiyya
vocalist,
Vocalist of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
1925
?
?
Gwalior
his mother,the famous dancer Chandrabhaga
115
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
OEMI0367
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI0629
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
0.1881
?
?
1971
0826
?
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
319
OEMI0727
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
?
?
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
375
OEMI1111
Krishnarao Chonkar
Singer-actor
1908
1225
?
1996
0912
Mumbai
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
572
OEMI1411
Muthukkumara Pulavar
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
?
?
704
OEMI1488
Narayan-bua Gogate
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1648
Pulin Behari Mitter
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
828
OEMI1693
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
sitar player
sitar player
?
1985
03??
?
858
OEMI1784
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
tappaa singer
tappaa
?
?
Imam Badi
885
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI2010
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
?
?
991992