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
OEMI2182
Venabai
Performer of Marathi keertans
1627
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1678
?
saint-poet Raamdaas
1121
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI2262
Zauk Dehalvi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1789
?
1854
Delhi
1160
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI2276
Mehbobjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Pune, Maharashtra
0.1898
?
1970
Solapur, Maharashtra
Tupelkhan Sitariya
666
OEMI1904
Sayajirao （III）, Gaekwad （Maharaja）
patron,
Great patron of the arts; enlightened ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda
1863
Kavllana, Khandesh district, Maharashtra
1939
Baroda
958959
OEMI1107
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
Author
1795
Udapiur,Rajasthan
1888
probably Kolkata
571
OEMI1141
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
1886
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
1981
Mumbai
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
580
OEMI0488
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
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
OEMI1098
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Mumbai
?
?
569
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
OEMI0458
Chhajju Khan Seni
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
1740
probably Jaipur
1806
?
230231
OEMI0651
Ganesh Chaturvedi
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1864
?
1939
Mathura
331
OEMI0697
Girin Chakraborty
singer
Folk singer
folk
?
?
366
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI0862
Imamuddin Dagar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
dhrupad
?
?
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
439
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
OEMI1112
Krishnarao Date
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
?
?
Gwaalior
572
OEMI1407
Muthachar, T.N.
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
?
1993
?
R.K. Ramanathan
703704
OEMI1419
Mutthu Thandavar
composer
composer
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
706
OEMI1468
Narayan Prasad
Kathak dancer
1908
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1958
0912
Jaipur
726
OEMI1531
Nilamma Kadambai
veena player
Veena player
1908
?
1998
1214
Mysore
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
757
OEMI1554
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
vocalist
vocalist
Delhi
1870
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
766767
OEMI1697
Raja Nawab Ali
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
?
1935
?
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
861
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI1781
Ramtaran Sanyal
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
884
OEMI1903
Sawai Ram Singh
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Jaipur
?
?
958
OEMI1913
Seshanna （Vina）
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Mysore
1852
Mysore
1926
0725
?
962
OEMI1965
Shiv Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1884
?
1933
Kolkata
972
OEMI1970
Shridhar Nazrekar
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
1658
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
1729
?
974
OEMI1979
Shyamamani Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
975
OEMI1992
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1996
Sitaram Mundale
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1891
?
1947
1205
Mumbai
986
OEMI2072
Sundarlal Vaidya
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
1840
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
1031
OEMI2157
Vaidiswarankoil
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI2222
Vithaldas Joshi
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
keertan
?
?
pakhaawaj
1139
OEMI0805
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
411
OEMI1099
Krishna Iyer （Kundrakkudi）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1816
Kundrakkudi, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1889
?
It is not known
569
OEMI1102
Krishnadas （Poet-devoti）
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
1500
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
15781585
Chilotra
570
OEMI1676
Raghava Iyer (Coimbatore)
vocalist
vocalist
1826
Vadesseri,South Travancore,Kerala
?
Parameswara Bhagavatar,Chidambara Nattuvan
855
OEMI1968
Shori-miya （Ghulam Nabi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
0.174
?
1803
Lucknow
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
973
P00224
OEMI1993
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
1937
Shillong, Meghalaya
V.G. Jog
982
OEMI1484
Narayanaswami Pillai （Sirkazhi）
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
?
?
729
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
OEMI0389
Birchandra Manikya
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
?
?
194
OEMI0602
Durgavara Kayastha
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
?
?
305
P00152
OEMI0795
Hanumandas Singh
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
0.184
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1939
Gaya
408409
OEMI0839
Hirabai Pednekar
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
1885
Nashik, Maharashtra
1951
?
432
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI1230
Mahapurush Mishra
tabla player
Tabla player
1934
Vaishali town,Bihar
1987
0215
Kolkata
Narayan Mishra
620
OEMI1330
Mirza Mahmod Ali
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
?
?
672
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI1459
Narasayya （Padala）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI1775
Ramprasad Mishra
vocalist
vocalist
Benares region
1980
0822
Gaya, Bihar
Bade Ramdasji
882
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
OEMI2193
Venkatesa Iyengar
veena player
Veena player
1888
?
1973
Mysore
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
1123
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
OEMI0659
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
vocalist
Vocalist
1894
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
05??
?
family
344
OEMI0669
Ghanshyam Mukherji
violinist
Violinist
1872
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
1930
0101
Shantipur
Dakshina Charan Sen
354
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI0921
Jankibai(Udaipur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
463
OEMI1160
Lakshmandas Sandhu
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
?
?
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
589
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1591
Pannalal Goswami
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
?
?
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
794795
OEMI1731
Rama Poduval N.P.
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Alanalloor, Kerala
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
870871
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI1770
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1871
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
1945
0505
?
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
881
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI1850
Sakharam Sarnaik
poet, playwright
?
?
915
OEMI1897
Satyanarayana, R.
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
1927
Mysore city, Karnataka
his mother Varalakshmi
953
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI2175
Vasudev-bua Joshi
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
?
0.189
Gwalior
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
1118
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
OEMI1136
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
performer of svarabat
?
?
579
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1583
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
1824
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
792
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI1785
Ramzan Khan Rangile
vocalist
vocalist
1800
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
18751900
?
885
OEMI1868
Sangameswara Sastri
veena player
veena maestro
1879
Peethapuram, Andhra
1931
?
926
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
OEMI0338
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
?
1920
Mumbai
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
154
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300