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
OEMI1442
Nana-saheb Joglekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1875
0208
?
1911
1115
?
720
OEMI1826
Rukminibai Tampuratti
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
1800
?
1838
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
905
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0231
Bachubai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
94
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0257
Bakhshu-miya
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
0.175
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
106
OEMI0274
Baldevji
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
112
P01721
OEMI0296
Bangalore K. Venkataram
Eminent ghatam player
1934
0110
?
2003
1018
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
119
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148
OEMI0335
Bhairav sahai
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Benares
0.1839
?
0.191
?
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
151
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI0377
Bimal Mukherji
sitar player
Noted sitar player
1930
?
?
1997
01??
Kolkata
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
190
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
OEMI0436
Chandrabhaga
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
?
1889
Lucknow
Ghasit Khan
217218
OEMI0460
Chhataki
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Wazir Khan
231
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0478
Chikka Subba Rao
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
his father Dodda Subba Rao
239
OEMI0479
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
Venkatasubbayya
239
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0566
Dhannabai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Pannaabaai
283
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0620
Fakruddin
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Rahasthan
?
?
?
?
316317
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0660
Gauri
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
?
?
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
346
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
OEMI0726
Gopalasambayya
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
?
?
375
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
P00740
OEMI0737
Govind Ram
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
380
OEMI0741
Govindamatya
Author
?
?
381
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
OEMI0786
Hali
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
ghazals
1837
?
1914
0930
Panipat, Haryana
Mirza Ghalib
401
OEMI0790
Hamidanbai
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
?
?
401
OEMI0791
Hamirji
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
404
OEMI0809
Hari Vallabh II
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
?
?
411
OEMI0858
Imam Badi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Benares
?
?
Shadi Khan
439
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0963
Joshi, D.T.
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
1914
10??
?
1993
10??
Kolkata
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
489
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
OEMI0980
Kaka Hathrasi
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
1906
0918
?
1995
0918
Hathras
498
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1009
Kamleshwari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
?
?
?
?
510
OEMI1038
Kasyapa
Quoted as an authority on music
?
?
525
OEMI1045
Kempegauda
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
538
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1067
Khajurbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
543
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1080
Khwaja Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
?
0.1836
?
Atraauli
556
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
OEMI1089
Kohala
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
?
?
560561
OEMI1091
Kolar Rajamma
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
1910
?
1990
0404
Chennai
Chittor Subramania Pillai
563
OEMI1151
Lahiri, S.N.
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
586
OEMI1185
Lalit Mohinidev
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
0.1727
?
0.1805
?
595
OEMI1193
Lalu Rababi
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
?
?
?
?
601
OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1257
Manarang
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Manarang
634
OEMI1262
Mangubai
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
dhrupad
0.185
?
?
0.194
?
?
Haddu and Hassu Khan
639
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1331
Mirza-saheb
harmonium player
1875
?
1937
?
672
OEMI1332
Misra
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
?
1890
?
672
OEMI1345
Mohammad Bakhsh
saarangi player
saarangi player
?
?
679
OEMI1348
Mohammad Hussain
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
679