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
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
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