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
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Raghunath Seth
1215
OEMI1682
856
1931
20
Gwalior
flute player
Ram Marathe
1023
OEMI1722
868
1924
1989
1004
20
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Rani Karna
OEMI1796
887
1939
20
Hyderabad, Sind province of Pakistan
Kathak dancer
Lalitha Sastri, Navendra Kumar Singh
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
P00098
Rukmini, T.
1127
OEMI1825
904905
1936
20
Shimoga, Karnataka
violinist
violinist
R.R.Keshava Murthy
Ruparam
OEMI1827
905
20
?
?
actor, writer
Saigal, K.L.
0411
OEMI1847
914915
1904
1947
0118
20
Nawashehr, Jammu
Jullundar, Punjab
singer, actor
P00218
Sarada Hoffman
OEMI1880
944
1929
20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
Shafikul Hassan
OEMI1919
963
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Shanti Vardhan
OEMI1949
968
1916
1954
0903
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
?
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
P00222
Sharada Sinha
OEMI1950
968
1953
20
Hulas, Bihar
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
Sharan Rani
0409
OEMI1952
968
1929
20
Delhi
Reputed sarod player
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
Shubha Mudgal
OEMI1976
975
1959
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
Siddheshwar Sen
OEMI1984
976
Malwa, Rajasthan
20
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Radha Kishan Guru
P01595
Sohan Singh
0422
OEMI2006
990
1918
1987
0203
20
Ludhiana district, Punjab
Punjab
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan （Baroda）,
P00225
Sonal Mansingh
?
OEMI2019
993
1944
20
Mumbai
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
Subashi
?
OEMI2034
1010
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Sukumar Sahu
0815
OEMI2058
1028
1907
20
Balasore, Orissa
composer
Oriya composer
Sunil Kothari
1220
OEMI2074
1031
Kolkata
1933
20
Mumbai
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Taranath Rao
0306
OEMI2107
1066
1915
1991
0110
20
Mangalore,Karnataka
Pune,Maharashtra
tabla player
Noted tabla player and teacher
Subbarao Ankolekar and Shamshuddin Khan
P00239
Uday Shankar
1208
OEMI2142
11001101
1900
1977
0926
20
Udaipur
Kolkata
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Walter Kaufmann
0401
OEMI2237
11441145
1907
1984
0908
20
Karlsbad,Germany
Bloomington,USA
composer
Composer,conductor,pianist,scholar,and author from Europe
in music from his uncle Moritz Kaufmann,and in composing from Fidelio F.Finke.
Zebanjan
OEMI2263
1160
Jhajjar, near Delhi
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Bellari M. Venkatesachar
OEMI0322
135
Mysore
1933
20
Bellari, Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mundaragi Raghavendrachar, his elder brother Narasimha
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
OEMI0831
423
1918
1991
20
Agartala
Agartala
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
1225
OEMI0949
482
1902
1945
1029
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
Narayanrao Lakshman Gune
0406
OEMI1491
730731
1906
1987
0927
20
Lashkar, Maharashtra
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and veteran teacher
Purushottamadas Pakhawaji
OEMI1658
832
Nathadwara
0.1907
20
Nathadwara
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player of the Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Goswami Govindlalji
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
OEMI1714
866
1932
20
Imphal
Noted exponent of Manipuri dance
Amubi Singh, Thambal Angou Singh, Chaoba Singh
Sitaram-bua Phatarphekar
OEMI1998
986
0.191
20
near Phatarphe, Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
the Agra gharaanaa
Parshuram-bua Parsekar, Yashwantrao Lolekar, and Vilayat Hussain Khan
Shanmuga Sundaram Pillai （Valangaiman）
0402
OEMI1947
967
1914
20
Valangaiman, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Performer of the drum, tavil
his father Arumugam Pillai and his elder brother, and also by a guru, Raghava Pillai
Amvadas-pant Agali
?
OEMI0103
47
1920
1972
?
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
P00122
Appukutty Poduval, K.
OEMI0167
72
1923
20
Tiruvilvamala, near Palakkad, Kerala
Well-known player of the drum maddalam
Venkichan Swamy
Chidambara Bhagavatar
OEMI0474
238
20
?
?
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
P01280
Govind Narayan Natu
0514
OEMI0735
380
1905
No
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
Jagannath-bua Purohit
0312
OEMI0904
450
1904
1968
1022
20
Hyderabad
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
OEMI0908
451
Indore
1976
0511
20
Benares
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1018
515
1924
2000
0405
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
Kashinath Pajapanda
0315
OEMI1034
524
1921
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist,
vocalist of Odissi music
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
Papa Venkataramayya
0912
OEMI1592
795
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Veteran violinist
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
P02854
Samanduram Tondon Devi
OEMI1857
921
20
Imphal, Manipur
exponent of Manipuri dance
Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Amudon Sharma
Samta Prasad Mishra
0719
OEMI1864
924925
1921
1994
0531
20
Benares
Pune, Maharashtra
tabla player
tabla exponent
Bikku Maharaj
P00231
Suleman Juma Jumani
OEMI2060
1029
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
20
Kutch
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
folk music
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
OEMI1251
631
1906
1990
20
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
?
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
Mohammad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
OEMI1341
677
1925
20
?
Hyderabad
singer
Khudratullah Khan
P06662
Anokhelal Mishra
OEMI0157
66
1914
1958
0310
No
20
Benares
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
Baliram Pandey
?
OEMI0275
112
?
20
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
Bhupen Hazarika
?
OEMI0369
183184
1926
20
Sadia district,Assam
An eminent name in Assamese music.
Binapani Mishra
0210
OEMI0381
192
1933
1996
0625
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Cuttack
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Benares
Amir Khan
Deba Prasad Das
?
OEMI0541
262
1932
1986
0716
20
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
?
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
Hafiz Kalandhari
OEMI0770
398
1901
1981
1221
20
Jalandhar, Punjab
Pakistan
poet
Urdu poet
Lahari Deb Burman
OEMI1150
586
1922
1988
20
Agartala
Agartala
Sarod player of Tripuna
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
Manmathnath Ray
?
OEMI1276
643
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Mirabai Badkar
0713
OEMI1315
664
1916
20
Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Kalyanibai and Anwar Hussain Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Raghunath Dutta
0201
OEMI1678
856
1933
20
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
Raghunath Nanda
0812
OEMI1679
856
1920
20
Puri,Orissa
singer
Govind Charan Nanda
Ranganath Mishra
0103
OEMI1790
887
1932
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
Bikku Maharaj, Gama Maharaj
P00219
Shambhu Maharaj
OEMI1932
964
0.1907
1970
1104
20
?
Delhi
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
Kathak
Shaukat Ara Islam
1227
OEMI1955
969
1939
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
P00094
Shivkumar Sharma
0113
OEMI1966
972973
Mumbai
1938
20
Jammu
Eminent santoor player
Kashmir Valley
P06436
Siddheshwari Devi
OEMI1985
976
1908
1977
0318
20
Benares
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
Swamy Naidu, A.
OEMI2093
1042
20
?
?
actor, singer
actor, singer
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
P06271
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
?
OEMI0573
287
1914
20
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
Hanumandas Singh
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
OEMI1017
515
1927
1995
0430
20
?
Chennai
Mridangam player
his father
P00168
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
OEMI1066
543
1920
1990
20
Imphal
?
Manipuri dance exponent
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
OEMI1417
706
1921
1992
20
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam exponent
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
Nagabhushanachar,V.
?
OEMI1430
714715
1932
20
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
P00070
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
1220
OEMI1502
733
1924
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
dhrupad
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar
0512
OEMI1504
733
1921
1966
0524
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan and other elders in the family network
dhrupad
Radhika Mohan Moitra
0213
OEMI1674
843844
1917
1981
1015
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
sarod player
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
OEMI1734
871
1926
20
Karnataka
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
OEMI1810
894
1900
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
OEMI2147
1102
Assam
20
?
?
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
OEMI0321
135
1935
1985
20
Bellari
Bangalore
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
0402
OEMI1153
586587
1921
20
Imphal, Manipur
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
a few teacher
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
OEMI1483
729
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
P01145
Bhubaneswar Mishra
?
OEMI0366
183
1927
1993
0507
20
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
?
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
Bulakilal Yadav
?
OEMI0413
204
0.1923
2000
0408
20
?
Allahabad
tabla player
Tabla player
Lalji Shrivastav
P00138
Chakradhar Mahanta
0818
OEMI0422
210
1902
1982
0409
20
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Saudkuchi Sattra
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
P00106
Dilip Chandra Vedi
0324
OEMI0585
295
Delhi
1901
1991
?
20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
Dipali Barthakur
OEMI0589
298
Assam
1941
20
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
modern Assamese songs
Irode Viswanatha lyer
?
OEMI0616
311
1905
1988
0914
20
?
New Delhi
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
Kashinath Panda
OEMI1035
524
1929
20
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
0822
OEMI1070
547
Manipur
1919
1980
1022
20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
Manipuri nata sankeertana
P00169
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
0513
OEMI1086
560
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
20
Kerala
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
P00181
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
?
OEMI1214
612
Imphal
1926
20
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
P00060
Malini Rajurkar
OEMI1248
629
1941
20
Ajmer,Rajasthan
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Rajurkar
Palghat Mani Iyer
OEMI1576
784
1912
1981
0530
20
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
Kochi
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Pratibha Prahlad
OEMI1643
826827
1963
20
Mysore
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
P00211
Ram Kailas Yadav
OEMI1721
868
1928
20
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
1118
OEMI1735
871
1906
20
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao

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