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.
 

Advanced Search
to
to

2277 / 2277

Toggle column: Personal ID - OEMI ID - Name - Field - Notes about Field - Speciality - Place of Residence - Year of Birth - Date of Birth - Place of Birth - Year of Death - Date of Death - Place of Death - Gharana - Guru - Page
P01439
OEMI1750
Ramaratnam, V.
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
1917
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
874875
OEMI1763
Ramdas Kamat
Well-known Marathi stage actor and singer
1931
0218
Goa
his father Dharma (Shantaram) Kamat
878
P02382
OEMI1773
Ramlal Bareth
Kathak dancer, teacher
?
1936
0306
?
Jailal Maharaj
881
P00082
OEMI1777
Ramrao Naik
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1909
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
1998
1021
Bangalore
883884
OEMI1787
Ranade, J.L.
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
1905
0327
Ichalkaranji
1999
?
Moroba Gondhali
885886
OEMI1788
Ranadhir Roy
esraaj player
1944
?
1989
0324
Kolkata
886
OEMI1797
Ranjana Devi
singer, teacher
1949
0117
?
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
887888
P00085
OEMI1806
Rasolanbai
singer
1902
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1215
Allahabad
892
OEMI1815
Rekibuddin Ahmed
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
1940
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
Ramizuddin Ahmed
899
P02818
OEMI1816
Rohini Bhate
kathak danseuse
1924
Pune, Maharashtra
Sohan Lal , Munna Lal, Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Lachhu Maharaj
901
OEMI1845
Sahir Sable
exponent of folk music and folk drama
1923
Pasarani, Maharashtra
914
OEMI1846
Sai Ilyas
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
914
OEMI1855
Salil Chowdhury
music director of films, mainly Hindi
1925
0914
West Bengal
1995
0905
Kolkata
917918
OEMI1866
Sanand Bapu
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
1904
?
1980
0617
Sanand, Gujarat
925
OEMI1892
Saroja, M.K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
1931
Chennnai
951
P02347
OEMI1894
Satish Bhatia
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
1929
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
952
OEMI1925
Shahu Maharaj
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
?
?
963
OEMI1935
Shamim
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lucknow
?
?
964965
OEMI1940
Shankar Bodas
vocalist,
Vocalist and veteran educationist
1900
0423
Sangli, Maharashtra
1986
0710
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
966
OEMI1941
Shankar Hombal
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
12??
Dharwar, Karnataka
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
966
OEMI1964
Shiv Kumar Bai
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Benares
?
?
972
P03003
OEMI1995
Sitara Devi
Well-known Kathak danseuse
Mumbai
1920
Kolkata
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
986
OEMI2009
Sohrab Hossain
vocalist
Vocalist
1925
Nadia district, West Bengal
Abbasuddin Ahmed (Bengali folk songs)
991
P00095
OEMI2044
Suchitra Mitra
vocalist
vocalist
1924
?
Kolkata
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
1013
OEMI2052
Sukadev Patri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1927
?
Kendrapada,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
1026
P06255
OEMI2084
Suresh Talwalkar
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Mumbai
1948
0720
?
Pandharinath Nageshkar
1036
OEMI2090
Sushila Mishra
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
0.192
Thrissur district, Kerala
1998
0808
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1039
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
OEMI2115
Tijanbai
Performer of Paandavani
Bhilai
1954
0424
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
1070
P00208
OEMI2123
Thilagam,P.R.
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
1926
?
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
1078
P00240
OEMI2145
Uma Sharma
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
?
(Kathak) Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, (Raas dance of Vrindavan) Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
1102
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI0742
Govindarajan (Sirkazhi)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Tamil films
1933
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
1988
0323
Chennai
Swaminatha Pillai
381
OEMI1766
Ramji-bhaiyya Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1905
0611
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
?
his father Madhava Rao
879
OEMI0265
Balakrishna Das
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
1928
0202
Puri,Orissa
109110
P00140
OEMI0463
Chhota Gandharva
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1918
0510
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
1997
1231
?
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
236
P02765
OEMI0480
Chimanlal Nayak
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
1916
0414
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
1977
1023
?
239
P02301
OEMI0504
Chunilal Pandya
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
Modasa, North Gujarat
1948
?
245
OEMI0828
Heisnam Mangoljao
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
1914
11??
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
1997
1016
Imphal, Manipur
420
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
OEMI1389
Munneshwar Dayal
Noted harmonium exponent
1908
1107
Gaya district, Bihar
1983
0510
Gaya
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
695
OEMI1462
Narayan Behera
vocalist
Vocalist
1917
1214
Ganjam, Orissa
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
726
OEMI1468
Narayan Prasad
Kathak dancer
1908
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1958
0912
Jaipur
726
OEMI1485
Narayanaswamy, K. (Umayalpuram)
Ghatam player
1929
0504
Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu
his father Kothandarama Iyer
729
OEMI1531
Nilamma Kadambai
veena player
Veena player
1908
?
1998
1214
Mysore
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
757
P00083
OEMI1569
Pagaldas Swami
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
1920
0815
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
781
OEMI1697
Raja Nawab Ali
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
?
1935
?
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
861
OEMI1708
Rajaram Shukla
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1925
0509
Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Bhagvatkishor Vyakul, Mohan Misra, Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale, Amir Khan
864
OEMI1760
Ramchatur Mallik
Reputed dhrupad singer
1906
1005
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
1990
0111
Basti, near Patna
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik
877878
OEMI1980
Shyamdas Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1948
0713
Mungher district, Bihar
Omkarnath Thakur and Balwantrai Bhatt
975
P01343
OEMI2064
Sunanda Patnaik
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1934
1107
Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
10291030
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI0805
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
411
OEMI1118
Krishnaswamy lyengar,N.S.
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
1914
0131
Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu
1998
0603
Bangalore
Narsimhachariar,Tiger Varadachariar,Naina Pillai
573
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
P00224
OEMI1993
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
1937
Shillong, Meghalaya
V.G. Jog
982
OEMI1896
Satyanarayana Murthy (Ariparala)
violinist
Violinist, teacher, and composer of Karnatik music
1904
?
1993
0512
?
Varanasi Brahmayya Sastri
953
OEMI2279
Narayanaswami Iyer (Pudukottai)
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI0565
Dhanapandian,D.A.
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
1921
?
?
1997
1110
?
281
OEMI0614
Ellappa Mudaliar
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Bharata Naatyam
1908
?
Kanchipuram
1974
?
?
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
311
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
P05975
OEMI0940
Jitendra Abhisheki
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
1932
0915
Mangeshi,Goa
1998
1107
Pune
480
OEMI0982
Kalamani Handique
Well-known singer of Assamese dihaa-naam
1923
11??
Balihat, near Jhanji, Jorhat district, Assam
1991
1020
Balihat
his father Tolan Handique
500
OEMI0999
Kalyanikutty Amma
Grand veteran of Moohini Aattam
1915
?
Karingavanam,South Malabar,Kerala
1999
0512
Tripunithura,near Kochi.Kerala
507
OEMI1032
Kasambhai Master
singer-actor of Gujarati player
1906
0310
Umbari village,north Gujarat
1969
1028
?
524
OEMI1047
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
veena player
veena player
1904
0304
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
1982
1217
Basavangudi,Karnataka
539
OEMI1188
Lalji Srivastava
tabla player
Tabla player
1924
1124
Prayag, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Yusuf Khan, Shyamlal, Jiyalal
600
OEMI1230
Mahapurush Mishra
tabla player
Tabla player
1934
Vaishali town,Bihar
1987
0215
Kolkata
Narayan Mishra
620
OEMI1313
Mira Khirwadkar
vocalist
Vocalist
1936
0706
Maharashtra
662
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1775
Ramprasad Mishra
vocalist
vocalist
Benares region
1980
0822
Gaya, Bihar
Bade Ramdasji
882
OEMI1807
Ratanjankar, S.N.
vocalist, teacher, scholar
teacher, scholar, vocalist
1900
1231
Bhatwadi, near the Opera House area, Mumbai
1974
0214
Mumbai
Krishnaji Bhatt Honavar, Anant Manohar Joshi
893894
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
OEMI2013
Somapala, P.L.A.
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
1921
0913
Colombo
1991
0326
Colombo
T.S. Sandarasekara
992
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. (Umayalpuram)
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
P01225
OEMI0475
Chidanand Nagarkar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1919
1120
Malleswaram, Bangalore
1971
0526
Mumbai
238
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi (Kalamandalam)
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
P00152
OEMI0798
Hare Krishna Behera
Exponent of dance and dance music
1938
Balasore area, Orissa
410
OEMI1160
Lakshmandas Sandhu
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
?
?
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
589
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI1284
Manoranjan Sastri
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
1911
03??
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
1988
0104
Guwahati,Assam
644645
P01261
OEMI1479
Narayanappa, A.V.
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
1912
0621
Arakalagud, Karnataka
1994
1229
?
the family
728
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1736
Ramachandran, V.A.
Mridangam player
1915
06??
Palakkad, Kerala
1993
1231
Hyderabad
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
871872
OEMI1897
Satyanarayana, R.
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
1927
Mysore city, Karnataka
his mother Varalakshmi
953
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
OEMI0310
Basavaraj Rajjguru
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1920
0824
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
1991
0721
?
128
OEMI0380
Bimalindu Mukherji
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
?
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
191
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
P00163
OEMI0998
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
1932
?
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
506
P00180
OEMI1210
Lourembam Tombi Devi
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Manipuri
1901
0915
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
?
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
608
OEMI1872
Sankaran Embrantiri
vocalist
vocalist
1942
08??
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
940
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI1050
Kesavayyar (Polagam)
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
540
OEMI1754
Ramchandra Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
Gwalior
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
876