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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OEMI0343
Bhanumathi, P.
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
1924
0907
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
2005
1224
Chennai
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah
157
OEMI1065
Khagendranath Das
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
0908
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
543
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
OEMI1603
Parthasarathy,T.S.
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
1913
0908
Chennai
2006
1013
?
799
P02294
OEMI1505
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
1933
0909
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1994
0507
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
733
P00103
OEMI0549
Deodhar,B.R.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
1901
0911
Miraj,Maharashtra
1990
0310
Mumbai
Paluskar
266267
OEMI1592
Papa Venkataramayya
violinist
Veteran violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
795
OEMI2190
Venkataramaiah, K.S. ('Papa')
violinist
Violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
1123
P05988
OEMI1631
Prabha Atre
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Mumbai
1932
0913
Pune, Maharashtra
Kiraanaa
821
OEMI2013
Somapala, P.L.A.
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
1921
0913
Colombo
1991
0326
Colombo
T.S. Sandarasekara
992
OEMI1855
Salil Chowdhury
music director of films, mainly Hindi
1925
0914
West Bengal
1995
0905
Kolkata
917918
P00059
OEMI1232
Maharajapuram Viswanatha lyer
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Karnatik
1896
0915
Maharajapuram,Tamil Nadu
1970
Chennai
Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer
620
P05975
OEMI0940
Jitendra Abhisheki
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
1932
0915
Mangeshi,Goa
1998
1107
Pune
480
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
P00058
OEMI2040
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1916
0916
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
2004
1211
Chennai
10111012
OEMI2238
Wamanrao Sadolikar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1907
0916
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1991
0326
Mumbai
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
1145
P00864
OEMI1181
Lalgudi Jayaraman
vocalist
Violin maestro
Chennai
1930
0917
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
593
OEMI0980
Kaka Hathrasi
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
1906
0918
?
1995
0918
Hathras
498
P02182
OEMI0879
Indrani Rahman
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
Bharata Naatyam
1930
0919
Chennai
1999
0207
New York
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
444
OEMI0340
Bhaktabatsala Patra
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
1930
0919
Ganjam, Orissa
Byachanna Narasingham
155
P00109
OEMI2118
Thakur Jaidev Singh
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1893
0919
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
1986
0527
?
1071
P00143
OEMI0555
Devendra Murdeshwar
Maestro of Hindustani flute
1923
0919
North Kanara district,Karnataka
2000
0129
Mumbai
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
275
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
OEMI2243
William Jones
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
1746
0920
England
1794
?
Kolkata
1147
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
OEMI1362
Mohan Nadkarni
music critic and author
1922
0922
Karwar,Karnataka
682
P00027
OEMI0615
Emani Sankara Sastri
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
1922
0923
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
1987
1223
?
311
P00215
OEMI1832
Sachin Shankar
dancer, choreographer
1924
0924
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
2005
Mumbai
908
OEMI1486
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
1914
0927
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
1999
1209
?
Thavancore style
729
P00107
OEMI1195
Lata Mangeshkar
singer
Celebrated film singer
film
1929
0928
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mangeshkar
603604
P00028
OEMI0635
Firoz Dastur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1919
0930
Mumbai
2008
0509
Mumbai
320
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867
OEMI0110
Amir Hussain Khan
tabla player
Tabla maestro
1899
10??
Bankhanda,Uttar Pradesh
1969
0105
?
Farukhaabaad
4849
OEMI0227
Baburao Gokhale
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1893
10??
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
1969
0525
?
Gurudev Patwardhan
94
OEMI1562
Pachu Pillai(Champakulam)
Kathakali dancer
Kathakali
1907
10??
Champakulam,Kerala
Paramu Pillai,Vechoor Raman Pillai
779
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
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
OEMI0938
Jibeswar Goswami
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
1904
10??
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
1982
0408
Guwahati,Assam
479
OEMI2012
Somadasa, Elvitigala
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
1925
1001
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
1990
0827
Colombo
992
OEMI1786
Ranade, G.H.
musicologist
musicologist
1897
1001
Sangli, Maharashtra
1966
0310
?
885
P00024
OEMI0588
Dinkar Kaikini
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Mumbai
1927
1002
Mumbai
2010
0123
Mumbai
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
298
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
OEMI0070
Alain Danielou
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
France
1907
1004
Paris
1994
0127
?
34
OEMI1739
Ramalinga Swamigal
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
1823
1005
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
1874
0130
?[as per some documents]
872
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
OEMI1073
Khitish Chandra Maitra
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
1906
1008
Balasore district, Orissa
1980
Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
554
P05908
OEMI0120
Amjad Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
Delhi
1945
1009
Gwalior
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
51
OEMI1557
Nrushingha Nath Khuntia
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher of Odissi music
Odissi music
1913
1009
Puri,Orissa
Bhimsen Pratihari,Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
768
OEMI0201
Atmaram Pathare
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
1868
1010
Thane district,Maharashtra
1931
0905
?
86
OEMI1559
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
composer
singer-composer
1948
1013
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
1997
0816
London
769
P00019
OEMI0497
Chitta Babu
veena player
Well-known veena player
1936
1013
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
243
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
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
P00065
OEMI1374
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
vocalist
Veteran vocalist
1887
1015
Mudicondan,Tamil Nadu
1975
0914
Chennai
Vedaranyam Swaminatha Iyer
690
OEMI1728
Rama Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
1888
1015
?
1957
?
870
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
P00210
OEMI1710
Rajiv Taranath
sarod player
Noted sarod player
1932
1017
Bangalore, Karnataka
865
OEMI0347
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Mumbai
1869
1017
Kathor, near Baroda
1922
0408
Pune
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
162163
P04026
OEMI1577
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
1882
1018
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
1962
?
784
OEMI0251
Bahadur Singh
tabla player
Tabla player
1903
1019
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
1967
?
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
102
OEMI2114
Ted Shawn
American dancer, a pioneer among Westerners to learn Indian dance idioms
1891
1021
Kansas City,USA
1972
0109
USA
Martha Graham,Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidmen.
1070
OEMI1722
Ram Marathe
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
1924
1023
?
1989
1004
?
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
868
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI0250
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
1775
1024
Delhi
1862
Rangoon, Burma
102
OEMI1221
Madurai Mani lyer
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
1912
1025
Madurai
1968
0608
Chennai
617618
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
OEMI1849
Sakharam Mridangacharya
pakhaawaj player, teacher
1879
1025
Indore
1967
0119
?
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
915
P00241
OEMI2181
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Well-known Kuuchipuudi dancer
1929
1025
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Tadepalli Perayya Sastri, Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry, Chandrakala and Yedavalli Rama
1121
OEMI0140
Anantarama Bhagavatar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1867
1027
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
1919
?
58
OEMI1412
Muthukumara Pillai
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1874
1027
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1960
0822
Kattumannar Koil
704
OEMI0323
Bha Ra Tambe
Well-known Marathi poet
1873
1027
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1941
1207
?
144
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
OEMI1523
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
1927
1031
Clifton, England
754755
P00099
OEMI1229
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
flute player
A master of the flute
1926
11??
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1986
0531
?
619620
OEMI2209
Vishnu Mahajani
Poet and playwright
1851
11??
Pune, Maharashtra
1923
02??
?
1134
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
P00145
OEMI0606
Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
violinist
Eminent violinist
1893
11??
Bangalore, Karnataka
1964
1125
Hyderabad, Andhra
his brother, Venkata Krishnayya Naidu
306307
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
OEMI1528
Nilakantan Nambisan (Kalamandalam)
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Kathakali
1919
1101
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
1980
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
756
OEMI0384
Bindhyabasini Devi
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
1912
1102
Vishnupur, West Bengal
Surendranath Banerji
193
OEMI2202
Vijay Raghava Rao
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Mumbai
1925
1103
Chennai
Chokkalingam Pillai (music and dance)
1127
OEMI0297
Bangalore Nagarathammal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1878
1103
Mysore
1952
0519
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
119
OEMI1638
Pran Nath
vocalist
Vocalist
1919
1103
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
1996
0613
Berkeley, USA
Abdul Wahid Khan
825
OEMI2125
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
Manipuri danseuse
1946
1103
Imphal,Manipur
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
1078
OEMI1667
Radha Krishna Bhanj
singer
1928
1105
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
842
OEMI0455
Chennakesavayya, N.
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1895
1105
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
1986
?
229
OEMI1634
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
1882
1106
Valsad district, South Gujarat
1943
0125
Dharampur, South Gujarat
822823
OEMI1741
Raman, C.V.
Nobel prize winner in physics (1930)
1888
1107
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
1970
1121
Bangalore
872873
OEMI1389
Munneshwar Dayal
Noted harmonium exponent
1908
1107
Gaya district, Bihar
1983
0510
Gaya
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
695
P01343
OEMI2064
Sunanda Patnaik
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1934
1107
Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
10291030
OEMI0362
Bhishmadev Chatterji
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
1909
1108
Hooghly district,Bengal
1977
0808
Kolkata
179
OEMI0550
Deshpande,P.L.
author
Veteran Marathi author
Mumbai
1919
1108
?
2000
0612
Pune,Maharashtra
269270
OEMI2228
Vyas,C.R.
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
1923
1109
Barsi,Maharashtra
2002
1110
Mumbai
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
1142
OEMI1297
Master Ratan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1914
1110
Hadiyabad town,
Shaam Chauraasi
Poorna Chandra
657
OEMI1268
Manik-bua Thakurdas
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
1910
1110
Solapur,Maharashtra
2002
1001
Mumbai
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
640
P06130
OEMI0736
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1944
1110
?
1988
0212
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
380
P06554
OEMI0012
Abdul Karim Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1872
1111
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
1937
1027
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
3
OEMI0280
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1896
1113
Belgaum
1982
0927
?
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
113114