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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OEMI1487
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1923
Palakkad, Kerala
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
729
OEMI1606
Parvatiprasad Baruah
composer
singer,composer
1904
Sibsagar district,Assam
1964
?
800
P00090
OEMI1953
Sharatchandra Arolkar
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
1912
1202
Karachi
1994
0604
Mumbai
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
968
OEMI1974
Shrimatibai Narvekar
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1903
1121
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
1988
1223
Mumbai
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
974
OEMI2108
Tarapada Chakravarti
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
khayaal
1909
04??
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
1975
0901
Kolkata
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
10661067
OEMI2131
Titte Krishna lyengar
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
1902
?
Mysore city
1997
0316
Mysore city
1085
OEMI0423
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
1905
0811
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
1947
1007
?
211
OEMI0967
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Assam
1903
0617
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
1953
Tezpur
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
490
P00099
OEMI1229
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
flute player
A master of the flute
1926
11??
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1986
0531
?
619620
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
P00227
OEMI2023
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
1913
?
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
995
P00104
OEMI0390
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
1903
0715
Gouripur
1975
0703
Kolkata
194
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
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
OEMI1489
Narayanrao (Baluaji) Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
P00112
OEMI0064
Ajoy Chakrabarty
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Kolkata
1953
?
Kolkata
30
P00114
OEMI0072
Alarmel Valli
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1956
?
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
36
P00007
OEMI0151
Annapurna Devi
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Mumbai
1927
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
6465
P01069
OEMI0159
Antsher Lobo
Well-known exponent of comparative music and musicology
1905
0305
Calangute, Goa
1986
0616
Mumbai
A. Scrinzi, O. Savini, Alladiya Khan
6768
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar (Baburao)
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0228
Baburao Joshi
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
1908
1231
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1984
1111
Pune
94
OEMI0251
Bahadur Singh
tabla player
Tabla player
1903
1019
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
1967
?
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
102
OEMI0255
Baijnath Misra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
0801
Benares region
1992
0222
?
Thakur Prasad
105
OEMI0309
Barve P.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
1918
1230
Akola, Maharashtra
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
124
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148
OEMI0377
Bimal Mukherji
sitar player
Noted sitar player
1930
?
?
1997
01??
Kolkata
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
190
OEMI0378
Bimal Roy
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
1911
0113
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
1997
0411
Kolkata
191
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
P00019
OEMI0497
Chitta Babu
veena player
Well-known veena player
1936
1013
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
243
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0523
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
1908
0827
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
1972
0626
?
254
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
P00022
OEMI0544
Debu Chaudhuri
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Delhi
1935
?
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
262
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
P00026
OEMI0596
Doreswamy, R.N.
Noted veena player and teacher
1916
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
300301
OEMI0618
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
0213
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
1984
1120
Lahore,Pakistan
316
OEMI0642
Gajanan Varma
writer, performer
writer and performer
1926
?
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
325
OEMI0643
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
Satara
1905
1029
Satara
1996
0115
Pune
V.D. Paluskar
325
OEMI0647
Gama Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla player
1911
?
Benares
1974
0116
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Gama Maharaj (real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra)
326
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
P00042
OEMI0693
Ginde, K.G.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
1925
1226
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
1994
0713
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
365
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
OEMI0822
Hassan Imam
Dancer and teacher
1958
0701
Dhaka, Bangladesh
G.A. Mannan
418
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0956
Jon Higgins
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
American
1939
0919
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1984
1207
Muddletown, USA
487488
OEMI0963
Joshi, D.T.
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
1914
10??
?
1993
10??
Kolkata
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
489
OEMI0964
Joshi, G.N.
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
1909
0406
Kalyan, near Mumbai
1994
0922
Mumbai
489
OEMI0978
Kagalkar, V.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1902
0604
Karnataka
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
497
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI0980
Kaka Hathrasi
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
1906
0918
?
1995
0918
Hathras
498
P00165
OEMI1011
Kanak Rele
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
1937
?
Mumbai
513
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1072
Khetramohan Kar
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1902
0830
Puri, Orissa
1986
Puri
554
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
OEMI1085
Kittappa, S.G.
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
1906
Tamil Nadu
1933
?
Sankara Doss Swamikal
560
OEMI1091
Kolar Rajamma
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
1910
?
1990
0404
Chennai
Chittor Subramania Pillai
563
P00174
OEMI1134
Kumudini Lakhia
Kathak danseuse
1935
Maharashtra
579
OEMI1148
Lachhu Maharaj
Kathak dancer
1901
0901
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
1978
0719
Lucknow
585
OEMI1151
Lahiri, S.N.
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
586
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
OEMI1204
Lionel Algama
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sri Lank
1935
0324
Sri Lanka
607
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
P00182
OEMI1236
Maheswar Neog
author and researcher in music and fine arts
1918
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
1995
0913
Guwahati,Assam
621
OEMI1245
Makulloluwa,W.B.
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
1922
0217
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
1984
0908
?
623
OEMI1261
Mangi Singh,L.
sitar player
Sitar player
1929
?
Imphal,Manipur
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
639
P00062
OEMI1267
Manik Varma
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1926
05??
Pune,Maharashtra
1996
1110
Mumbai
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
640
OEMI1298
Mathor Shankara Murthy
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
1922
?
Muthalapura,Karnataka
1993
0705
Bangalore
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
657
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1347
Mohammad Ghous
music director
1910
Bangalore
1953
0321
Sri Lanka
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
679
P01175
OEMI1354
Mohammad Rafi
singer of Hindi films
1924
1224
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
1980
0830
Mumbai
680681
OEMI1356
Mohammad Sali
harmonium player
1930
0716
Colombo,Sri Lanka
1988
0413
Colombo
681
P00096
OEMI1379
Mukta,T.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1914
?
Chennai
Nayana Pillai
692
OEMI1414
Muthusamy, R.
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
1928
0105
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
1988
0627
Sri Lanka
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
705
OEMI1435
Naina Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
1920
?
Bengal
1993
1101
New Delhi
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
717
OEMI1443
Nanda Malini
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
1943
0823
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
721
OEMI1490
Narayanrao Indorekar
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1907
0108
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1989
0602
?
his father Gopalrao, Jahangir Khan, Gammi Khan
730
P00071
OEMI1533
Nikhil Banerji
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
1931
1014
Kolkata
1986
0127
?
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
760
P00688
OEMI1534
Nikhil Ghosh
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
1918
1228
Barisal Bangladesh
1995
0303
Mumbai
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
760761
OEMI1535
Nilufar Yasmin
Singer, noted for Nazrul-geeti and some other forms of songs, presented on the Bangladesh radio, television, in films, and contests
1948
0213
Khulna, Bangkadesh
P.C. Gomes and some other
761
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI1551
Nomita Ghose
vocalist
vocalist
1959
1211
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Jashoda Ghose,P.C.Gomes,Barin Mazumdar
766
OEMI1579
Paluskar,D.V.
vocalist
vocalist
1921
0518
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
1955
1025
Mumbai
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
785786
OEMI1590
Pannalal Ghosh
flute maestro
1911
0724
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
1960
0420
Delhi
794
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
P05988
OEMI1631
Prabha Atre
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Mumbai
1932
0913
Pune, Maharashtra
Kiraanaa
821
OEMI1637
Prajnanananda (Swami)
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Kolkata
1907
Prasadpur, Bengal
825
OEMI1659
Putli
vocalist
vovalist
?
?
834
OEMI1662
Putturaj Gawai
vocalist
vocalist
1914
Dharwar district,Karnataka
Panchakshari Gawai
834
OEMI1704
Rajam, N.
violinist
violinist
1938
Chennai
Narayana Iyer, Musiri Subramanya Iyer
863
OEMI1707
Rajaram, S.
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
1925
Mysore, Karnataka
864
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867
P06060
OEMI1745
Ramanathan, S.
vocalist,musicologist
Noted musicologist, teacher, and vocalist
1917
0408
Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu
1986
0519
?
Ramudu Bhagavatar, Manalurpettai Subrahmanya Diikshitar, Tiger Varadachariar, and Valadi Krishna Iyer
873874