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
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
OEMI2050
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Marathi
?
?
1989
0612
Mumbai
1025
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI2070
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
?
?
1030
P01948
OEMI0262
Balabhau Umadekar(Kundal Guruji)
vocalist, teacher, composer
Vocalist,teacher,and composer
?
?
1968
0604
?
Gwalior
109
OEMI0358
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
1875
0425
?
1919
0717
?
169
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI0486
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
?
20
?
240
OEMI0532
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
Harmonium player
1912
0512
?
1981
0821
Baroda,Gujarat
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
259
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI1110
Krishnarao Ashtewale
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
?
?
Raghumatharao
572
OEMI1168
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Assamese Litterateur, also known for his patriotic songs
1868
?
1938
?
591
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1307
Minakshi Shirodkar
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
661662
OEMI1308
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1971
?
?
662
OEMI1409
Muthayya Bhagavatar
vocalist
Vocalist
1850
?
1900
?
704
OEMI1460
Narasimha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
Rama Iyengar
725
OEMI1477
Narayanadeva Dvija
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
?
?
728
OEMI1492
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
?
1980
0613
?
731
OEMI1640
Prasunkumar Banerji
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Kolkata
1926
0815
?
Jamini Ganguly, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Jnan Prakash Ghosh
826
P00887
OEMI1661
Puttur Devdas Joshi
violinist
violinist
1926
09??
?
1986
1030
?
Ganesh,T.Chowdiah,P.Sambamoorthy
834
OEMI1800
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
1906
Pune
V.N. Bhatkhande
888
OEMI1818
Roprasik Devacharya
composer
composer
?
?
902
OEMI1917
Shadi Khan （Benares）
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
963
OEMI1945
Shankarrao Gaikwad
Shehnai player
Pune
?
1971
0517
Pune, Maharashtra
966
OEMI2016
Someswara Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
1891
?
1943
?
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
993
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
P00016
OEMI2185
Venkata Rao （Chintalapalli）
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1875
?
1969
Mysore
his uncles Bhaskar Rao and Venkataramayya and some others
1121
OEMI1910
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
?
?
961
P00132
OEMI0271
Balasubramaniyam,G.N.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1910
01??
?
1965
0501
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
111112
OEMI0316
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
?
1929
Kolhapur
130131
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0720
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
374
OEMI0811
Haricharan Das Swami
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Dhaka
?
?
412
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI1481
Narayanaswami Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1595
Papavinasa Mudaliar
composer
composer
?
?
795
OEMI2007
Sohirobanath Ambiye
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
?
1792
Goa
990
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
OEMI1478
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
1806
?
1868
?
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
728
P00100
OEMI1508
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
1896
0430
?
1994
0312
Chennai
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
739
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
OEMI1228
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Mumbai
1917
?
?
2002
1206
?
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
619
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706