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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P00129
Baidyanath Sharma
0823
OEMI0254
104105
1921
1990
20
Nagardini, Ganjam district, Orissa
?
Noted performer of daas kaathiaa, a form of Oriya folk music
Krishna Chandra Sahu
Muthusamy, R.
0105
OEMI1414
705
1928
1988
0627
20
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
Sohrab Hossain
OEMI2009
991
1925
20
Nadia district, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist
Abbasuddin Ahmed (Bengali folk songs)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
?
OEMI0421
208209
1486
1533
07??
15-16
Nabadwip,Bengal
Puri,Orissa
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
Debkantha Bagchi
?
OEMI0542
262
1860
1930
?
18-19
Nabadwip district,Bengal
probably Kolkata
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Bengal theatre
Rajaram, S.
OEMI1707
864
1925
20
Mysore, Karnataka
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
0604
OEMI0441
221
1915
20
Mysore city,
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Bangalore Nagarathammal
1103
OEMI0297
119
Mysore
1878
1952
0519
19-20
Mysore
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Bidaram Krishnappa
?
OEMI0373
184185
Mysore
1866
1931
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Bhendi Bazaar
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
OEMI1565
780
1903
1966
20
Mysore
Mysore
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
Subbanna
?
OEMI2037
1011
1854
1939
?
19-20
Mysore
Mysore
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
P00189
Mysore Vasudevachar
?
OEMI1425
710
0.1865
1961
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
Pratibha Prahlad
OEMI1643
826827
1963
20
Mysore
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
Nanhe Khan (Vocal, Agra)
OEMI1450
723
1899
0.1945
19-20
Mysore
Agra
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Agra gharaanaa?
Kallan Khan
P00026
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
OEMI0595
300
Mysore
1920
20
Mysore
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Sivaramayya
OEMI2003
988
1886
1946
19-20
Mysore
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer of the Mysore durbar
his father Veena Padmanabhayya, Veena Seshanna
Seshanna (Vina)
OEMI1913
962
Mysore
1852
1926
0725
19-20
Mysore
?
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Suryanarayana, R.K.
0614
OEMI2089
1039
1937
2003
1225
20-21
Mysore
?
composer
Noted veena player and composer
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
Desikachar,V.
?
OEMI0551
271
1924
20
Mysore
Noted flute exponent and teacher
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
Bimalindu Mukherji
?
OEMI0380
191
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
20
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
P00022
Debu Chaudhuri
?
OEMI0544
262
Delhi
1935
20
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
Mathor Shankara Murthy
?
OEMI1298
657
1922
1993
0705
20
Muthalapura,Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
Musiri Subrahmania Ayyar
0409
OEMI1405
703
1899
1975
0325
19-20
Musiri, Tiruchi district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Karur Chinnaswami Iyer, Sabesa Iyer
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
Vasantrao Deshpande
0502
OEMI2169
11171118
1920
1983
0730
20
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Bhagawan Chandra Das
OEMI0328
148
1852
1931
19-20
Murshidabad
Dhaka
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Shyamdas Mishra
0713
OEMI1980
975
1948
20
Mungher district, Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Omkarnath Thakur and Balwantrai Bhatt
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Sumar Suleman Jumani
OEMI2063
1029
1919
1999
04??
20
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
Mundra
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
Suleman Juma Jumani
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
OEMI1928
964
Mumbai, region
?
Author of the musical play
Gul Bardhan
OEMI0752
386
1928
20
Mumbai
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Joseph David Penkar
OEMI0959
488
1949
0906
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
writer
Writer of musical plays on Jewish religious themes, in Marathi, in the early 20th cent,
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
0531
OEMI0188
82
1938
20
Mumbai
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
?
OEMI0060
29
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
1894
?
19
Mumbai
Mumbai
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
P00225
Sonal Mansingh
?
OEMI2019
993
1944
20
Mumbai
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
Sunil Kothari
1220
OEMI2074
1031
Kolkata
1933
20
Mumbai
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
OEMI1810
894
1900
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Vitthalrao Korgaonkar
OEMI2224
1139
1880
1974
1231
19-20
Mumbai
Belgaum, Karnataka
harmonium player and connoisseur
Kiraanaa
Bhagawat-bua of the troupe,and Bacchubhai Bhandare
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
OEMI1856
918
1863
1957
No
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
OEMI2011
992
1836
1908
19-20
Mumbai
?
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
Dholekar,A.S.
?
OEMI0577
289
1895
1969
05??
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
P00165
Kanak Rele
?
OEMI1011
513
1937
20
Mumbai
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
Zakir Hussain
0309
OEMI2260
11581159
1951
20-
Mumbai
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
Bhatkhande, V.N.
0810
OEMI0352
167168
1860
1936
0919
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
Manhar Barve
1220
OEMI1263
639
1910
1972
0526
20
Mumbai
?
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Ganapatrao Barve
Bhachu Bhandare
OEMI0325
145
1878
1909
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
Noted harmonium player
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
P06141
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
1015
OEMI1374
690
1887
1975
0914
19-20
Mudicondan,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Veteran vocalist
Vedaranyam Swaminatha Iyer
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Jamaluddin Khan
OEMI0913
460
Baroda
1858
1928
19-20
most probably Jaipur
Baroda
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Amiruddin Khan
Jivan Khan(Seni)
OEMI0933
472
1748
1790
18
most probably Jaipur
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father
Mushtaribai
?
OEMI1404
699700
0.19
1933
?
20
most probably Fatehbad or Fatehpur,Agra region,Uttar Pradesh
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Jiwanlal Maharaj
OEMI0943
480481
1828
1888
19
Morvi,Gujarat
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
P00146
Fida Hussain
?
OEMI0631
319
1899
?
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
Jigar Moradabadi
OEMI0939
479
1890
1960
0909
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
P00088
Sabri Khan
0410
OEMI1831
908
1927
20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
contemporary player of the saarangi
Haji Mohammad Khan, Chhajju Khan
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
?
OEMI0058
28
?
0.1874
1976
0112
19-20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
tabla player
tabla maestro
Nanhe Khan (Tabla)
OEMI1449
723
1850
0.1915
19
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
probably Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player?
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
Ghulam Sabir Khan
OEMI0690
363
Moradabad
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Hussain Bakhsh
Baliram Pandey
?
OEMI0275
112
?
20
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
Hasrat Mohani
OEMI0821
418
1880
1951
0513
19-20
Mohan, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
poet
Urdu poet
Sundarlal Vaidya
OEMI2072
1031
1840
19
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
P02301
Chunilal Pandya
OEMI0504
245
1948
No
20
Modasa, North Gujarat
?
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
P00085
Rasolanbai
OEMI1806
892
1902
1974
1215
20
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
singer
Gunadasa Kapuge
0807
OEMI0758
387
Sri Lanka
1945
2003
0402
20-21
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
?
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Patwardhan
OEMI1615
806
1868
0.1916
19
Miraj, Maharashtra
Miraj
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
P00039
Hirabai Barodekar
0529
OEMI0838
431432
1905
1989
1120
20
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
Vaman-bua Chaphekar
OEMI2160
1112
1879
1964
19-20
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Balkrishna-bua
Gajananrao Watve
?
OEMI0645
325326
1919
2009
0402
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
Govindrao Desai
P00248
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
0722
OEMI2207
11301131
1898
1975
0823
19-20
Miraj, a princely state of Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
his uncle, vocalist Keshavrao Patwardhan, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
P00119
Anil Bagchi
0117
OEMI0143
6061
1908
1977
0715
20
Midnapore district, Bengal
Kolkata
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
Ragini Devi
OEMI1686
857
1896
19-20
Michigan,USA
?
American danseuse
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
P06425
Habibuddin Khan
OEMI0767
396
1899
1972
0720
No
19-20
Meerut
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
his father Shammu Khan, Munir Khan
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
P00164
Kamala
0616
OEMI1001
507
1934
20
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
Tyagaraja Bhagavatar, M.K.
0301
OEMI2141
1099
1910
1959
1101
20
Mayavaram, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
singer-actor
Famous singer-actor of Tamil films of the pre-1950s
the Alathur Brothers, Papanasam Sivan, and Vaithikulam Swamigal
Tamil films
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Shyamlal Kshetri
OEMI1981
975
Kolkata
1858
1927
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
OEMI0671
355
1876
1953
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
Kale Khan (Saras-piya)
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family

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