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
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
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
OEMI1884
Sarasdev
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
?
?
946
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI0819
Harmasji Ardeshir
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Mumbai
?
?
416
OEMI1161
Lakshmandas Seth
patron,
Patron of the arts
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
589
OEMI1225
Mahadeva Annavi
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI0948
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
482
OEMI1039
Kavasji Jamshedji
Singer-actor
?
?
532
OEMI0403
Bose,R.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
198
OEMI0802
Hargovind Swami
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
411
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI2218
Visvavasu
ancient author
?
?
1138
OEMI0527
Ali Bakhsh II
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI2261
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
?
1927
?
within family
1159
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI0311
Basaveswara
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
0.1139
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
0.1196
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
128129
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI1578
Pallikurike Somanatha
author
Telugu author
Telugu
?
?
785
OEMI0218
Baba Farid
Poet
1200
1280
Delhi
92
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI1882
Sarangadeva
musicologist
musicologist, author
?
?
944945
OEMI1899
Savta Mali
Poet of Marathi abhangs
0.125
?
0.1295
?
957
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI2015
Someswara
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
?
?
992
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI0116
Amir Khusrau
poet-musician, Sufi mystic
Thirteenth-century poet-musician and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate
0.1253
?
Patiala
1325
?
?
Qavvaal
5051
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
OEMI1439
Namdev
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
1270
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
1350
?
718719
OEMI0914
Janabai
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
1350
461
OEMI2201
Vidyapati Thakur
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
0.136
?
0.1448
?
1127
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI1521
Nayak Bakhshu
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
0.146
?
?
0.1535
?
?
Raja Maansingh Toomar
751752
OEMI1908
Sena Nhavi
Devotional poet
?
?
961
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI0813
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
composer
Legendary saint-composer
0.148
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
0.1575
Vrindavan, near Agra
412413
OEMI1132
Kumbhandas
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
1472
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
1586
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
578579
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI1861
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
1495
?
1556
?
923
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
OEMI0150
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Telugu
1408
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
1503
?
64
OEMI0817
Hariram Vyas
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
1492
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
0.1598
?
415416
OEMI1217
Madhavadeva
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Assam
1490
?
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
1597
?
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
613
OEMI1651
Purandaradasa
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
0.1471
Purandaragad village
1564
0102
Hampi Karnataka
830831
OEMI1871
Sankaradeva
Great Vaishnava saint of Assam who laid the foundations of the Sattriiya school of devotional music and dance.
1449
Alipukhuri Bardowa of the present Nagaon district, Assam
1568
Bhela Kakatkuta [near Madhupur] in the old state of Cooch-Behar, now part of Bengal
Kusumabara
939940
OEMI0421
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
1486
?
Nabadwip,Bengal
1533
07??
Puri,Orissa
208209
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1597
Paramanandadas
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
1497
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
1587
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
797
OEMI2273
Mardana （Bhai）
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
1496
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
0.154
?
650651
OEMI0376
Bilas Khan
vocalist,composer
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
0.154
?
Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
0.1621
?
?
189
OEMI1427
Nabat Khan
rudra veena player
Rudra veena maestro of the Seni gharaanaa
0.153
?
Singhalgad, Rajasthan
0.161
?
Agra[then called Akbarabad]
Seni
711
OEMI2076
Suraj Khan
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
?
?
1034
OEMI2080
Surdas Madanmohan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
0.1537
?
1600
Vrindaavan, Uttar Pradesh
1035
OEMI0040
Adil Shah Sur
musician
Afghan nobleman,reputedly a musician as well
1524
?
?
1557
?
?
22
OEMI1650
Pundarika Vitthal
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
829
OEMI0036
Achyutappa Nayak
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
17
OEMI1982
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
976
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
OEMI0611
Eknath
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
1548
?
Paithan,Maharashtra
1599
?
Paithan
310
OEMI0842
Hitaharivans
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
1506
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1556
?
433
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1914
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
1524
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
1557
Vrindavan
962
OEMI1103
Krishnadas Kaviraj
Devotional poet
1521
Vardhaman district, Bengal
1586
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
570571
OEMI1497
Narottamdas Thakur
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
0.1533
?
Kheturi,Bengal
?
?
731
OEMI1818
Roprasik Devacharya
composer
composer
?
?
902
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1444
Nandadas
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
1545
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
1595
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
721
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI1419
Mutthu Thandavar
composer
composer
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
706
OEMI1102
Krishnadas （Poet-devoti）
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
1500
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
15781585
Chilotra
570
OEMI0602
Durgavara Kayastha
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
?
?
305
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381