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
OEMI1355
Mohammad Reza
author
?
?
681
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1452
Nanhibai
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
723
OEMI1455
Nannu-miya
Well-known performer of dholak
?
?
723
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
OEMI1521
Nayak Bakhshu
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
0.146
?
?
0.1535
?
?
Raja Maansingh Toomar
751752
OEMI1555
Norbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
767
OEMI1571
Pahad Singh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
?
?
Jaawli
781
OEMI1588
Pannabai
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
?
?
793794
OEMI1602
Parsvadeva
author
?
?
799
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI1626
Pitambardas
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
?
?
812
OEMI1659
Putli
vocalist
vovalist
?
?
834
OEMI1666
Radha Krishna
poet,author
?
?
842
OEMI1668
Radhabai
singer-actress
?
?
842
OEMI1684
Raghuram Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
857
OEMI1689
Rahimanbai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Babu Ram Sahai
857858
OEMI1712
Rajeshwari Devi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Benares
0.188
?
1940
?
865
P02700
OEMI1719
Ram Gopal
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
0.192
?
2003
1012
London
868
OEMI1762
Ramdas Guru
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs
?
?
878
OEMI1771
Ramkumar Basak
pakhaawaj player
?
?
881
P02382
OEMI1773
Ramlal Bareth
Kathak dancer, teacher
?
1936
0306
?
Jailal Maharaj
881
OEMI1788
Ranadhir Roy
esraaj player
1944
?
1989
0324
Kolkata
886
P00242
OEMI1795
Rani
singer-actress
?
?
887
OEMI1797
Ranjana Devi
singer, teacher
1949
0117
?
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
887888
OEMI1804
Rasikdev
poet-devotee
?
?
891892
OEMI1817
Ropram Katara
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
?
?
901
OEMI1829
Ruth St. Denis
danseuse, choreographer
1879
0120
?
1968
0721
?
905906
OEMI1846
Sai Ilyas
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
914
OEMI1859
Sambayya
veena player
veena performer
?
?
922
OEMI1863
Samraj
composer
singer, composer
1613
?
1700
?
924
OEMI1866
Sanand Bapu
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
1904
?
1980
0617
Sanand, Gujarat
925
OEMI1877
Sanyal, A.N.
author, teacher
?
?
943
OEMI1879
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
Maharaja of Thanjavur
?
?
944
OEMI1882
Sarangadeva
musicologist
musicologist, author
?
?
944945
OEMI1883
Sarangapani
composer
composer
1680
?
1710
?
945
OEMI1891
Sarmad
poet
Mystic poet
?
1657
Delhi
950
OEMI1899
Savta Mali
Poet of Marathi abhangs
0.125
?
0.1295
?
957
OEMI1905
Sayyed Mir Ali
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Lucknow
?
?
959
OEMI1908
Sena Nhavi
Devotional poet
?
?
961
OEMI1909
Serfubai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
961
OEMI1925
Shahu Maharaj
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
?
?
963
OEMI1930
Shamanna
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
?
?
964
OEMI1934
Shambhu Qavval
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
?
?
964
OEMI1935
Shamim
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lucknow
?
?
964965
OEMI1942
Shankar Vaze
Author of Marathi musical plays
?
?
966
OEMI1964
Shiv Kumar Bai
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Benares
?
?
972
OEMI1988
Simha Bhopala
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
?
?
977
OEMI1990
Singhanadeva
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
?
?
982
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI2015
Someswara
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
?
?
992
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
P00203
OEMI2042
Subramaniam,L
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
?
?
1012
P06255
OEMI2084
Suresh Talwalkar
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Mumbai
1948
0720
?
Pandharinath Nageshkar
1036
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
OEMI2132
Tiwadi Tejkaran
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
?
?
1085
OEMI2135
Trimohanlal
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
?
?
1089
P00240
OEMI2145
Uma Sharma
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
?
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
1102
OEMI2163
Vangamani
author
?
?
1113
OEMI2164
Vansiali
poet
?
?
1114
OEMI2176
Vasuki
Ancient authority
?
?
1118
OEMI2180
Vema Bhopala
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
?
?
11201121
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI2225
Qutub-ud-Daula
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
838839
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2262
Zauk Dehalvi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1789
?
1854
Delhi
1160
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI2276
Mehbobjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Pune, Maharashtra
0.1898
?
1970
Solapur, Maharashtra
Tupelkhan Sitariya
666
OEMI0488
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
OEMI1098
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Mumbai
?
?
569
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
OEMI0289
Balwantrao Pohre
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Inayat Hussain Khan
116
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0651
Ganesh Chaturvedi
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1864
?
1939
Mathura
331
OEMI0697
Girin Chakraborty
singer
Folk singer
folk
?
?
366
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI0862
Imamuddin Dagar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
dhrupad
?
?
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
439
OEMI0996
Kalyana Bharati
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1112
Krishnarao Date
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
?
?
Gwaalior
572
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI1359
Mohan Chand Basu
composer
composer
?
?
?
?
682
OEMI1407
Muthachar, T.N.
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
?
1993
?
R.K. Ramanathan
703704
OEMI1509
Natarajan,A.K.C.
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
?
?
?
?
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
739
OEMI1531
Nilamma Kadambai
veena player
Veena player
1908
?
1998
1214
Mysore
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
757
OEMI1697
Raja Nawab Ali
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
?
1935
?
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
861
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI1903
Sawai Ram Singh
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Jaipur
?
?
958
OEMI1965
Shiv Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1884
?
1933
Kolkata
972
OEMI1979
Shyamamani Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
975
OEMI1992
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1996
Sitaram Mundale
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1891
?
1947
1205
Mumbai
986
OEMI2157
Vaidiswarankoil
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137