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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OEMI1552
Nongthon Singh,N.
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
1935
0215
Imphal,Manipur
766
P02135
OEMI0125
Amubi Singh (Maisnam)
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Manipur
1881
1121
Imphal, Manipur
1972
0629
Imphal
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
53
OEMI1841
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
vocalist
vocalist
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
911
OEMI0851
Ibomcha Sharma
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipur
1897
0101
Imphal, Manipur
?
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
438
P02334
OEMI0852
Ibopishak Sharma
Manipuri dance guru
1918
0402
Imphal, Manipur
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
438
P02854
OEMI1857
Samanduram Tondon Devi
exponent of Manipuri dance
Imphal, Manipur
Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Amudon Sharma
921
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI1070
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipur
1919
0822
Imphal, Manipur
1980
1022
Imphal
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
547
OEMI1713
Rajkumar Priyogopal Sana
Well-known exponent of Manipuri dance, also an expert in Manipuri martial arts
1910
Imphal, Manipur
his father Rajkumar Suryaboro Singh
866
OEMI1798
Ranjit Adhikarimayum
performer of Manipuri dance, choreographer
1957
0301
Imphal, Manipur
Tarunkumar Singh, Anganhal Singh
888
OEMI1154
Lakpati Singh Leimapokapam
Singer of Manipuri nata sankeertana songs
1953
0812
Imphal, Manipur
his father Herachandra Singh, and mother Ibemhal Devi, Birahari Singh, Tolpishak Singh, Chaoba Singh, Gulapi Singh
587
P02845
OEMI0796
Haobam Atomba Singh
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
1885
1210
Imphal, Manipur
1975
0221
Imphal
409
OEMI2087
Suryaboro Singh
Noted exponent of nata sankeertana music and dance of Manipur
0.189
Imphal, Manipur
1939
Imphal
his maternal uncle Chingsubam Ibeton Singh
1039
P00207
OEMI2133
Tombi Singh
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
1088
P00115
OEMI0126
Amudon Sharma
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance
1886
1125
Imphal
1976
0316
Imphal
his uncle Takhenchongbam Kanhai Sharma, his father Khomdon Sharma, Aribam Gopal Sharma
5354
OEMI1714
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Noted exponent of Manipuri dance
1932
Imphal
Amubi Singh, Thambal Angou Singh, Chaoba Singh
866
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI2078
Surchand Sharma, G.
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Manipur
1915
0210
Imphal
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi (Manipuri dance)
10341035
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
OEMI1245
Makulloluwa,W.B.
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
1922
0217
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
1984
0908
?
623
OEMI1325
Mirashi-bua
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1883
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
1966
0105
?
671
OEMI0351
Bhate-bua (Ganpatrao)
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
1882
Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1943
?
Balkrishhna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
164
OEMI1787
Ranade, J.L.
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
1905
0327
Ichalkaranji
1999
?
Moroba Gondhali
885886
OEMI1796
Rani Karna
Kathak dancer
1939
Hyderabad, Sind province of Pakistan
Lalitha Sastri, Navendra Kumar Singh
887
P01269
OEMI0219
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1880
Hyderabad
1944
Delhi
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
92
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI2216
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
vocalist
vocalist
1888
Hupri
1964
?
Dattopant Jambhekar
1137
OEMI1748
Ramanna
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
0.1855
Hullahalli village, Andhra
1918
Hullahalli
874
P00222
OEMI1950
Sharada Sinha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
1953
Hulas, Bihar
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
968
P00102
OEMI2212
Vishnudass Shirali
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
0516
Hubli, Karnataka
1984
0226
Mumbai
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (vocal)
1135
OEMI0991
Kalipada Pathak
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
0.189
Howrah, Kolkata
?
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
505
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI0362
Bhishmadev Chatterji
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
1909
1108
Hooghly district,Bengal
1977
0808
Kolkata
179
OEMI1723
Ram Mohan Roy (Raja)
Early 19th-cent. reformer of Bengal
1772
0522
Hooghly district, Bengal
1833
0927
near Bristol England
868869
OEMI1270
Maniram
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
1910
?
Hissar,Haryana
1985
0516
?
his father Motiram
640
P00074
OEMI0922
Jasraj(Pandit)
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
1930
0120
Hissar,Haryana
463
P00204
OEMI2272
Maman Khan
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
folk music of Haryana
1945
Hissar, Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
633
OEMI2188
Venkatagiriyappa
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1887
0426
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
1951
?
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
1122
OEMI1014
Kanchi Namati
singer
folk singer
folk
190010
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
1970
Nagaon district
514
OEMI1183
Lalit Kishori Dev
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
1680
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
1770
Vrindavan
594595
OEMI1349
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1907
09??
Haryana
1988
0927
Maharashtra
Kader Bakhsh
680
OEMI0734
Govind Ballal Deval
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
1855
1113
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
1916
06??
?
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
380
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
OEMI1838
Sadruddin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
1880
Jaipur
Haapur gharaanaa
910
OEMI1725
Ram Prasad Sen
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
0.1723
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
0.1783
?
869870
OEMI1297
Master Ratan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1914
1110
Hadiyabad town,
Shaam Chauraasi
Poorna Chandra
657
P00052
OEMI1199
Laxman Krishnarao Pandit
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Delhi
1934
?
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Gwaliior
Krishnarao and Shankarrao Pandit
606
OEMI1694
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1850
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
1922
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
858859
OEMI1766
Ramji-bhaiyya Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1905
0611
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
?
his father Madhava Rao
879
OEMI1754
Ramchandra Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
Gwalior
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
876
P05908
OEMI0120
Amjad Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
Delhi
1945
1009
Gwalior
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
51
OEMI0183
Asgar Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of the durvar of Darbhanga,Bihar
0.1841
?
Gwalior
0.1912
?
Darbhanga
81
OEMI0825
Hassu Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
0.179
Gwalior
0.1855
Gwalior
Gwalior
419
OEMI0071
Alamsen
Eminent dhrupad exponent
0.183
?
Gwalior
0.19
?
Gwalior
34
OEMI1541
Nissar Hussain Khan (Gwalior)
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
0.1844
Gwalior
0.1916
?
his foster-father Natthu Khan
763764
P06013
OEMI1682
Raghunath Seth
flute player
1931
1215
Gwalior
856
OEMI1691
Rahimsen
sitar player
sitar player
1785
Gwalior
1850
Jhajjar
Sukhsen
858
OEMI0112
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1847
?
Gwalior
0.1915
?
Gwalior
50
OEMI1514
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
khayaal
0.176
?
Gwalior
0.1837
?
Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
741
OEMI0337
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
thumrii
Rampur
1852
Gwalior
1920
Dhaulpur
Bande Ali Khan
153154
P00050
OEMI1116
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
vocalist
vocalist
1893
0708
Gwalior
1989
0822
Gwalior
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
573
OEMI1701
Raja-bhaiyya Pochwale
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
1882
0812
Gwalior
1956
0401
?
Waman-bua, Lala-bua
863
OEMI0612
Eknath Pandit
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1866
?
Gwalior
1950
0430
?
310311
OEMI2055
Sukhsen
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
0.175
?
Gwalior
0.18
?
Gwalior
Seni
1027
OEMI0268
Bala-saheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
0.1846
?
Gwalior
0.192
?
Gwalior
Gwalior
110
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI0556
Devendranath Changkatti
vocalist
Vocalist
1890
?
Guwahati,Assam
?
?
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
275
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
P00004
OEMI0090
Allah Rakha Khan
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
?
1919
0429
Gurdaspur, Punjab
2000
0203
Mumbai
4142
OEMI1633
Prebhashankar Ramani
Noted actor-singer of Gujaratii, Hindi, and Urdu plays
1890
1122
Gujarat
1971
0121
?
821
OEMI2230
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
1882
?
Gujarat
1947
?
?
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
1143
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao (Atluri)
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
P00151
OEMI0751
Gubbi Viranna
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
1891
0124
Gubbi village, Mysore region
1972
1018
Bangalore
384
OEMI0887
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
Ethnomusicologist
1891
0812
Groningen,Netherlands
1960
1207
Amsterdam
446
P05656
OEMI2205
Vilayat Khan
sitar player
Highly acclaimed sitar maestro of the 20th cent.
1927
0820
Gouripur, Mymensingh district [now in Bangladesh]
2004
0312
Mumbai
his father Inayat Khan, his mother Bashiran Bibi, maternal uncle Zinda Hassan Khan, and maternal grandfather Bande Hossan Khan, his paternal uncle Wahid Khan, Dhruba Tara Joshi and Bimla Kanta Roy Choudhuri
11291130
P00104
OEMI0390
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
1903
0715
Gouripur
1975
0703
Kolkata
194
OEMI2208
Vincent Somapala
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
1906
0517
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
1989
0607
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
1131
OEMI1742
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
1921
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
873
P00020
OEMI0499
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1898
0622
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
1975
1018
?
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
243
P00196
OEMI1635
Pradip Chaliha
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Assam
1919
Golaghat, Assam
824
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
OEMI0843
Honavar Krishnabhat
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
0.1878
Gokarn, South Karnataka
1942
Shirali, in the same region
S.N. Ratanjankar, S.C.R. Bhat
434
P06123
OEMI0014
Abdul Latif Khan
saarangi player
saarangi player
1934
0322
Gohad,Bhand district,Madhya Pradesh
2003
0423
?
Chhotu Khan and Udaya Khan and Sikandar Khan
5
P01070
OEMI0148
Anjanibai Lolekar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mumbai
1928
Goa
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
62
OEMI2088
Suryaji Mahatme
sitar player
Author and sitar exponent
1837
Goa
1899
1213
?
1039
OEMI1763
Ramdas Kamat
Well-known Marathi stage actor and singer
1931
0218
Goa
his father Dharma (Shantaram) Kamat
878
OEMI1954
Shaukat Ali Khan
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
1911
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
969
OEMI1357
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
1702
0817
Ghazni,Afghanistan
1748
0406
Delhi
681
OEMI0578
Dhruba Charan Ratha
tabla player
Tabla player
1917
0415
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
290
OEMI1914
Sevakji (Damodar Swami)
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
1524
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
1557
Vrindavan
962
OEMI1389
Munneshwar Dayal
Noted harmonium exponent
1908
1107
Gaya district, Bihar
1983
0510
Gaya
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
695
OEMI1010
Kanailal Dhendi
Reputed esraaj exponent
0.1861
?
Gaya
1901
?
Gaya
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
513
P00197
OEMI1644
Pratima Barua Pandey
singer
Assamese folk singer
1934
Gauripur, Assam
827
OEMI0340
Bhaktabatsala Patra
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
1930
0919
Ganjam, Orissa
Byachanna Narasingham
155
OEMI1462
Narayan Behera
vocalist
Vocalist
1917
1214
Ganjam, Orissa
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
726
OEMI1632
Prabhakar Datar Sahir
composer
Composer of laavani and powaasaa in Marathi
1755
Gangapur, Nasik district, Maharashtra
1843
?
821
OEMI1205
Lionel Edirisingha
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
1917
0113
Galle,Sri Lanka
1988
0523
?
607