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
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Sarada Subramaniam
OEMI1881
944
1915
20
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
1118
OEMI1735
871
1906
20
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
Balaswami Dikshitar
0621
OEMI0272
112
1786
1858
0216
18-19
Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and the first violinist in south Indian music.
His father Raamaswaami and elder brother,Muthuswaami Diikshitar
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
OEMI2166
1114
1795
1869
18-19
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Heisnam Mangoljao
11??
OEMI0828
420
1914
1997
1016
20
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
Atmaram Pathare
1010
OEMI0201
86
1868
1931
0905
19-20
Thane district,Maharashtra
?
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Ahmad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0053
27
Lucknow
1887
1963
1123
19-20
Thakurganj, Lucknou
Lucknow
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and teacher at Bhatkhande College of Music
dhrupad
Mani Embrantiri
?
OEMI1264
639
1885
1954
?
19-20
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
Aluva
Singer of Kathakali music
Tarlekar,G.H.
0507
OEMI2110
10671068
1914
2001
1211
20-21
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
Pune
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
Dattu-bua Inamdar
?
OEMI0536
260
1908
1986
0927
20
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
0617
OEMI0967
490
Assam
1903
1953
20
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
Tezpur
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Kannayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1021
516
1846
19
Tamli Nadu
Travancore,Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
OEMI1438
718
Srirangam
1836
1924
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Venkatasubba Iyer
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
Chinnaswami Dikshitar
OEMI0485
240
1778
1823
18-19
tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, veena player
Vocalist and veena player
P00247
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
0721
OEMI2096
1045
1921
2002
0316
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
Viswanathan, T.
0815
OEMI2220
11381139
1926
2002
0910
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
Swaminatha Pillai
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
0503
OEMI1159
589
1864
1950
19-20
Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
Sundaram, V.P.K.
OEMI2071
10301031
1915
2003
0309
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author
Ramanathapuram Sivam （basic lessons in music）
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Narsinh Mehta
?
OEMI1498
732
1415
1481
?
15
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
?
Saint-poet of Gujarat
P00175
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
OEMI1137
579580
1881
1974
19-20
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
?
Kathakali performer and teacher
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Vasant Amrit
0119
OEMI2167
1116
1902
1991
0119
20
Surat, Gujarat
Surat
vocalist
vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan
Kundanlal Gangani
OEMI1135
579
1926
1984
0716
20
Sujangarh,Rajasthan
Jaipur,Rajasthan
Kathak dancer
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
OEMI0685
362
1940
20
Srinagar, Kashmir
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
Amara Ranatunga
0822
OEMI0098
46
?
1939
20
Sri Lanka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Anil Mihiripenna
0810
OEMI0146
61
1933
20
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
Sunil Santa
0414
OEMI2075
10311032
1915
1981
0411
20
Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
Lionel Algama
0324
OEMI1204
607
Sri Lank
1935
20
Sri Lanka
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sosale Ramadas
?
OEMI2024
995
1890
1950
?
19-20
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
Mysore
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
Lachmi Prasad Mishra
OEMI1149
585
1860
1929
1207
19-20
Sonpuna, Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist and instrumentalist
his father Ramkumar Mishra
P01441
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
OEMI0155
65
1926
No
20
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
Sheikh Dawod
1216
OEMI1959
971
1916
1992
0321
20
Solapur, Maharashtra
Hyderabad
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
Ram Joshi
OEMI1720
868
0.1758
1813
06??
18-19
Solapur district, Maharashtra
?
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
Vithabai Narayangaokar
OEMI2221
1139
1928
2002
0115
20-21
Solapur
Pune, Maharashtra
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
OEMI0320
135
Mysore
1888
1936
19-20
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Mutthu Thandavar
OEMI1419
706
16
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Lalit Chandranath Ojha
0211
OEMI1182
594
1923
20
Sipajhar, Darrang district, Assam
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali and Deodhani dancer of Assam
his father and Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Nabat Khan
?
OEMI1427
711
0.153
0.161
?
16
Singhalgad, Rajasthan
Agra[then called Akbarabad]
rudra veena player
Rudra veena maestro of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Shah Latif
OEMI1921
963
1689
1752
17-18
Sind, Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
OEMI1920
963
1690
1757
17-18
Sind [now in Pakistan]
?
Sindhi devotional poet
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
P06002
Sultan Khan
OEMI2062
1029
Mumbai
1941
20
Sikar, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Azmatullah Khan
OEMI0216
91
19
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Khudratullah Khan
OEMI1074
554
Hyderabad, Andhra,
1830
1920
19-20
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Hyderabad, Andhra, during the reign of Nizam Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Surdas
OEMI2079
1035
0.1478
15
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
singer
Blind singer
It is not known
Parvatiprasad Baruah
OEMI1606
800
1904
1964
20
Sibsagar district,Assam
?
composer
singer,composer
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
P00109
Thakur Jaidev Singh
0919
OEMI2118
1071
1893
1986
0527
19-20
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Tarabai Shirodkar
?
OEMI2105
1065
1889
1949
0706
Shiroda,Goa
?
Noted khyaal singer
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
Bhat, S.C.R.
0312
OEMI0350
164
1919
2008
0214
20-21
Shirali, south Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
P00098
Rukmini, T.
1127
OEMI1825
904905
1936
20
Shimoga, Karnataka
violinist
violinist
R.R.Keshava Murthy
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer
Satish Bhatia
OEMI1894
952
1929
20
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
P00224
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
OEMI1993
982
1937
20
Shillong, Meghalaya
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
V.G. Jog
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Abid Hussain Khan(Dhaka)
0401
OEMI0027
14
1928
20
Shibpur,Comilla district
sitar player, sarod player
Sitar and sarod player
Ayet Ali Khan(brother of Allauddin Khan of Maihar)
Aftabuddin Khan
?
OEMI0043
23
0.1862
1933
?
19-20
Shibpur,Bangladesh
?
Instrumentalist
Ramdhan and Ramkanai Sheel(violin),and other instruments from Kasim Ali
P00005
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
?
OEMI0092
4243
?
0.1881
1972
0906
19-20
Shibpur, Tripura
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
Ayet Ali Khan
0426
OEMI0206
89
1884
1967
09??
19-20
Shibpur, Bangladesh
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player, and teacher
Family
Ghanshyam Mukherji
OEMI0669
354
1872
1930
0101
19-20
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
Shantipur
violinist
Violinist
Dakshina Charan Sen
Sakhawat Hussain Khan
OEMI1853
916
1877
1955
07??
19-20
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Safayet Hussain Khan, Asadullah Khan, Karamatullah Khan
Allabande Khan
?
OEMI0084
39
?
0.1875
1925
?
19-20
Shahjahanour,Uttar Pradesh
Alwar, Rajasthan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Dagar lineage
Abdulla Khan(Sarod)
?
OEMI0022
7
arbhanga state,Bihar
0.1843
0.1926
?
19
Shahjahanour,Uttar Pradesh
Darbhanga,Bihar
musician
Durber musician of Darbhanga state,Bihar
P00043
Kalpakam Swaminathan
0815
OEMI0994
506
Chennai
1922
20
Sethalapati village, Tamil Nadu
veena player,
Veena player, based in Chennai
his mother, and A. Anantha Krishna Iyer, T.L. Venkatarama Iyer, and a few others
P00228
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
?
OEMI2046
1021
1926
20
Seraikella,Bihar
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
P02378
Agat A.Sangma
?
OEMI0048
23
1945
No
20
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Govindarajan （Sirkazhi）
OEMI0742
381
1933
1988
0323
20
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Swaminatha Pillai
Tamil films
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
P00138
Chakradhar Mahanta
0818
OEMI0422
210
1902
1982
0409
20
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Saudkuchi Sattra
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
P00093
Vasantrao Rajopadhye
1228
OEMI2171
1118
1913
2008
1122
20-21
Satara district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his brothers Narayanrao and Shankarrao Vyas
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
Pundarika Vitthal
OEMI1650
829
16
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Gokulchand Pujari
OEMI0708
371
1872
0.1947
19
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Mridang player and singer
Kudau Singh
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Deval,K.B.
0506
OEMI0553
274275
1847
1931
0316
19-20
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
musicologist
Musicologist
Vishnudas Bhave
OEMI2210
1135
18191823
1901
0809
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
Sangli
Father of the Marathi musical play
Marathi musical play
Patthe Bapurao
OEMI1614
806
1868
1946
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
Ranade, G.H.
1001
OEMI1786
885
1897
1966
0310
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
musicologist
musicologist

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