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
Mohammad Reza
OEMI1355
681
?
?
author
Mohanlal
OEMI1364
683
?
?
singer-actor
Nagaridev
?
OEMI1432
715
1547
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Nannu-miya
OEMI1455
723
?
?
Well-known performer of dholak
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Narharidevji
?
OEMI1496
731
0.1587
0.1688
?
16-17
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
Nayak Bakhshu
?
OEMI1521
751752
0.146
0.1535
?
15
?
?
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
Raja Maansingh Toomar
dhrupad
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Pahad Singh
OEMI1571
781
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Jaawli
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Parsvadeva
OEMI1602
799
?
?
author
Patnaik, D.N.
0201
OEMI1610
805
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
20
?
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
Putli
OEMI1659
834
20
?
?
vocalist
vovalist
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Radhabai
OEMI1668
842
?
?
singer-actress
Raghuram Joshi
OEMI1684
857
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rahimanbai
OEMI1689
857858
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Babu Ram Sahai
Rajeshwari Devi
OEMI1712
865
Benares
0.188
1940
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Ram Gopal
OEMI1719
868
0.192
2003
1012
20-21
?
London
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
Ramdas Guru
OEMI1762
878
?
?
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs
Ramkumar Basak
OEMI1771
881
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramlal Bareth
OEMI1773
881
1936
0306
20
?
?
Kathak dancer, teacher
Jailal Maharaj
Ranadhir Roy
OEMI1788
886
1944
1989
0324
20
?
Kolkata
esraaj player
P00242
Rani
OEMI1795
887
?
?
singer-actress
Ranjana Devi
0117
OEMI1797
887888
1949
20
?
singer, teacher
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
Rasikdev
OEMI1804
891892
17-18
?
?
poet-devotee
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Ruth St. Denis
0120
OEMI1829
905906
1879
1968
0721
19-20
?
?
danseuse, choreographer
Sai Ilyas
OEMI1846
914
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sambayya
OEMI1859
922
18-19
?
?
veena player
veena performer
Samraj
OEMI1863
924
1613
1700
17
?
?
composer
singer, composer
Sanand Bapu
OEMI1866
925
1904
1980
0617
20
?
Sanand, Gujarat
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
Sanyal, A.N.
OEMI1877
943
?
?
author, teacher
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Sarangadeva
OEMI1882
944945
13
?
?
musicologist
musicologist, author
Sarangapani
OEMI1883
945
1680
1710
17-18
?
?
composer
composer
Sarmad
OEMI1891
950
1657
17
?
Delhi
poet
Mystic poet
Savta Mali
OEMI1899
957
0.125
0.1295
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Sena Nhavi
OEMI1908
961
15
?
?
Devotional poet
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Shahu Maharaj
OEMI1925
963
20
?
?
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Shiv Kumar Bai
OEMI1964
972
Benares
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Simha Bhopala
OEMI1988
977
c.14-15
?
?
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
Singhanadeva
OEMI1990
982
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
Somaraja Deva
OEMI2014
992
13
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
Someswara
OEMI2015
992
13
?
?
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
P06255
Suresh Talwalkar
0720
OEMI2084
1036
Mumbai
1948
20
?
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Pandharinath Nageshkar
Talim Hussain
?
OEMI2102
1055
Lucknow
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of 1900s
Tiwadi Tejkaran
OEMI2132
1085
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
Trimohanlal
OEMI2135
1089
about 20
?
?
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
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
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Vema Bhopala
OEMI2180
11201121
?
?
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
Vishnudas Nama
OEMI2211
1135
16
?
?
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
Qutub-ud-Daula
?
OEMI2225
838839
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
Sailabai
?
OEMI2226
915
?
20
?
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
Yashtka
?
OEMI2246
1153
?
2-3
?
?
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
Zauk Dehalvi
OEMI2262
1160
1789
1854
18-19
?
Delhi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Zohrabai
OEMI2268
1161
?
?
Singer
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
Mehbobjan
OEMI2276
666
Pune, Maharashtra
0.1898
1970
?
Solapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Tupelkhan Sitariya
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0488
240241
?
?
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
OEMI1120
573
19
?
?
Instrumentalist
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
OEMI2178
1120
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
18
?
?
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Balwantrao Pohre
?
OEMI0289
116
?
?
?
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
Inayat Hussain Khan
khayaal
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Girin Chakraborty
OEMI0697
366
?
?
singer
Folk singer
folk
Giriraja Brahmam
OEMI0699
367
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
Govinda Dikshitar
OEMI0738
380
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
Imamuddin Dagar
OEMI0862
439
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Kalyana Bharati
?
OEMI0996
506
Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Krishnarao Date
OEMI1112
572
?
?
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
Gwaalior
Lauji,Viswanath
?
OEMI1198
604
?
?
?
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Natarajan,A.K.C.
?
OEMI1509
739
?
?
?
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
Nilamma Kadambai
OEMI1531
757
1908
1998
1214
20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
Raja Nawab Ali
OEMI1697
861
1935
20
?
?
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Ramananda Dvija
OEMI1743
873
17
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
his father Raamadeva Aataa
Sawai Ram Singh
OEMI1903
958
Jaipur
19
?
?
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Shiv Sevak Mishra
OEMI1965
972
1884
1933
19-20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Shyamamani Devi
OEMI1979
975
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
OEMI1992
982
?
?
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
Sitaram Mundale
OEMI1996
986
0.1891
1947
1205
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
Vaidiswarankoil
OEMI2157
1108
19
?
?
composer
composer
Vishwanath Ringe
OEMI2215
1137
1921
20
?
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit

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