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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P00045
OEMI1028
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
1917
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
1977
1202
Kolkata
Masidullah Khan
519
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
P00177
OEMI1163
Lakshmi Viswanathan
Bharata Naatyam dancer
1944
Chennai
Kanchipuram Ellappa Pillai
590
P00053
OEMI1187
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Mumbai
1919
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
600
OEMI1213
Madavor Vasudevan Nair
Kathakali artiste and teacher
1929
?
Kerala
Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai,Kurichi Panicker,and Chengannur Raman Pillai
611
P02813
OEMI1253
Mallika Sarabhai
Noted danseuse
1953
?
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
631
OEMI1294
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1925
?
?
1992
?
Mumbai
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
655656
OEMI1385
Munir Khaton Begum
vocalist
Vocalist
1934
0202
Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh
Kiraanaa
Habib Khan
694
P00195
OEMI1627
Pithukuli Murugadas
Singer of south Indian bhajans
1920
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Brahmananda Paradesi
812
P00199
OEMI1680
Raghunath Prasanna
shehnai player
1913
Benares
Gauri Shankar,Dauji Mishra
856
P00217
OEMI1870
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Odissi danseuse
1944
0824
Behampur, Orissa
1997
0624
Orissa
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
937
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1926
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
1900
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
1992
06??
?
963964
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
OEMI0349
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
?
?
Ganpatrao Pandit
163
P00172
OEMI1128
Kumaran Nair(Kizhpatam)
Kathakali artiste and teacher
1915
0530
Kerala
Ravunni Menon
578
P03166
OEMI1231
Maharajapuram Santhanam
vocalist
vocalist
1928
0520
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
620
OEMI1841
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
vocalist
vocalist
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
911
P02265
OEMI2127
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
1904
0110
Kolkata
1987
0329
Kolkata
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
1083
OEMI2165
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
Mridangam player
1937
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
1114
OEMI2257
Zahur Khan (Sikandarabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
1158
P00202
OEMI2270
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Moohini Aattam
1948
?
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
574
OEMI0587
Dinanath Mangeshkar
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1900
1212
Mangeshi,Goa
1942
0424
Pune
297298
OEMI0609
Edwin Samaradivakara
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
1916
0622
Katna, Sri Lanka
1959
1008
?
309
P00027
OEMI0615
Emani Sankara Sastri
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
1922
0923
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
1987
1223
?
311
P00029
OEMI0640
Gahan Chandra Goswami
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
1900
0404
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
1979
0118
Nikamul Sattra
324
P01413
OEMI0748
Govindrao Rajurkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
?
1983
0517
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
382
P02280
OEMI0961
Joseph Kaimaparamban
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
1924
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
488
OEMI1019
Kanji Bhota Barot
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
1919
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
1990
0928
Chalala,Saurashtra
515
OEMI1033
Kashinath Chatterji
vocalist, teacher
vocalist and teacher
1904
0901
Kolkata
1970
1119
Kolkata
Amulyadhan Dutta
524
P00166
OEMI1053
Keshav Lakshman Badge
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
1941
Pune, Maharashtra
540
P02579
OEMI1096
Krishna Chandra Naik
Chhau dancer
1915
?
1987
0820
Varipada, Orissa
569
OEMI1152
Laila Arjumand Banu
vocalist
Vocalist
1926
0105
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ramani Mohan Bhattacharya, Manju Khan, Gul Mohammad Khan, Yusuf Khan Koraishi, Gopal Dasgupta
586
P02523
OEMI1180
Lalchand Yamla Jat
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
1919
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
593
OEMI1523
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
1927
1031
Clifton, England
754755
OEMI1565
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
1903
Mysore
1966
Mysore
780
P00194
OEMI1596
Paramananda Borbayan
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
1936
Lahalial,Assam
797
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
P00226
OEMI2020
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
1928
0103
Sikkim
993
OEMI2161
Vamanrao Deshpande
vocalist
author, vocalist
1908
?
1990
0207
Pune, Maharashtra
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
1112
OEMI2169
Vasantrao Deshpande
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
1920
0502
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
1983
0730
Pune, Maharashtra
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
11171118
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
P02378
OEMI0048
Agat A. Sangma
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1945
?
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
23
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0130
Ananda Shankar
composer
Composer
1942
1202
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1999
0326
Kolkata
56
OEMI0132
Anandiram Das
Assamese song writer
1909
?
1960
?
57
OEMI0192
Ashiq Hussain
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
?
?
1946
?
?
82
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
OEMI0245
Bageswari Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1940
Kolkata
2000
0920
Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh
Benares
Sitaram Misra and Ganesh Prasad Misra
101
OEMI0258
Bal Chaturvedi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1919
07??
Mehboob Khan
his famous father Chandan Chaube
107
P05978
OEMI0282
Balram Pathak
sitar player
sitar player
1930
?
Ishwarpur village,Bihar
1991
0216
?
115
P00133
OEMI0299
Banni Bai
Veteran Harikat
1912
Chittukkadu, Andhra Pradesh
1999
0227
?
120
OEMI0300
Bannijan
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
120
OEMI0301
Banujan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
?
?
121
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
P00012
OEMI0318
Begum Akhtar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1914
0207
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1030
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
132133
P00135
OEMI0388
Bipin Singh
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
1918
0823
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
2000
0109
Kolkata
193
P00136
OEMI0391
Birju Maharaj
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Delhi
1937
0204
Lucknow
Lachhu Maharaj
194
OEMI0450
Chaturlal
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
0.1925
Udaipur
1965
1014
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
226
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0559
Devilal Samar
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
1911
?
Udaipur,Rajasthan
1981
1203
Mumbai
Uday Shankar
278279
OEMI0572
Dhir Ali-miya
Flute player and music director
1920
0101
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
1984
1214
?
his uncle Sadiq Ali
286
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
OEMI0646
Gajen Barua
dancer
Noted dance exponent
1915
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
1977
0120
Jamugurihat
326
P05853
OEMI0664
Gautam, M.R.
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
1924
0319
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
350
P00147
OEMI0665
Gavari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
1921
Jodhpur
1990
?
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
350
P00149
OEMI0668
Ghana Kant Bora
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
1950
Majuli, Assam
?
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
354
OEMI0692
Gina Blau
American exponent of Indian dances
1906
0428
?
1998
1023
New York
Bhupesh Gupta
364
P00034
OEMI0716
Gopal Mishra
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.192
Benares
1977
1222
Delhi
his grandfather Ganeshji Mishra, Bade Ramdas Mishra
372373
P05290
OEMI0732
Gopinath
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
1908
?
?
1987
1009
?
377
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
OEMI0792
Handel Manuel
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
1918
0427
Chennai
1994
1022
Chennai
407408
P00153
OEMI0807
Hari Uppal
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
1926
Patna, Bihar
411
OEMI0841
Hiru Ganguli
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1911
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
1990
Kolkata, mid-
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
432
OEMI0844
Husnabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Benares
?
1938
?
436
P02334
OEMI0852
Ibopishak Sharma
Manipuri dance guru
1918
0402
Imphal, Manipur
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
438
P00158
OEMI0882
Ishitiaq Ahmad
Sarod player
1919
?
1967
?
Kalidas Pal
445
OEMI0890
Jaddanbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
1900
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
1949
Mumbai
447
P00164
OEMI1001
Kamala
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
1934
0616
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
507
OEMI1002
Kamala Jharia
vocalist
Vocalist
1907
?
Jharia,Bihar
1980
1220
Kolkata
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
507508
OEMI1124
Kshitij Basu
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
1914
?
1982
0122
Kolkata
575
OEMI1190
Lallu Singh
tabla player
Tabla player and teacher
0.1928
?
2000
0824
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Madho Singh
600
P06261
OEMI1191
Lalmani Mishra
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
1924
0811
Kanpur
1979
0717
Benares
600
OEMI1194
Lalu Ram Sahu
Folk artiste
1920
?
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
601
P00107
OEMI1195
Lata Mangeshkar
singer
Celebrated film singer
film
1929
0928
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mangeshkar
603604
P00179
OEMI1203
Lila Samson
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1951
?
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
606
OEMI1207
Lokanath Ratha
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
1919
0901
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
608
OEMI1212
Madanlal Vyas
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Mumbai
1922
?
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
611
OEMI1233
Mahendra Bhatt
violinist
violinist
1989
01??
Rajasthan
Manmohan Bhatt
621
OEMI1270
Maniram
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
1910
?
Hissar,Haryana
1985
0516
?
his father Motiram
640
OEMI1296
Master Madan
Singer
1927
1226
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
1942
0605
Shimla
656657
P00185
OEMI1322
Minati Mishra
Odissi danseuse and teacher
1934
Cuttack,Orissa
671
OEMI1361
Mohan Khokar
historian,archive-holder of Indian dances
1924
1230
Quetta, now in Pakistan
1999
0917
Chennai
682
OEMI1377
Mujaddid Niazi
vocalist
Vocalist
1924
0224
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
?
Lucknow
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
691692
OEMI1445
Nandlal Sharma
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teadher
1909
0611
Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
1990
1130
Rajasthan
Rajab Ali Khan
722
P00190
OEMI1550
Nokot Khriam
Maker of musical instruments
1944
Nongblai,Meghalaya
766
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
OEMI1638
Pran Nath
vocalist
Vocalist
1919
1103
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
1996
0613
Berkeley, USA
Abdul Wahid Khan
825