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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Bhanumathi, P.
0907
OEMI0343
157
1924
2005
1224
20-21
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
Chennai
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Parthasarathy,T.S.
0908
OEMI1603
799
1913
2006
1013
20-21
Chennai
?
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
0909
OEMI1505
733
1933
1994
0507
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Papa Venkataramayya
0912
OEMI1592
795
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Veteran violinist
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
Venkataramaiah, K.S. ('Papa')
0912
OEMI2190
1123
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
P00076
Prabha Atre
0913
OEMI1631
821
Mumbai
1932
20
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Kiraanaa
Somapala, P.L.A.
0913
OEMI2013
992
1921
1991
0326
20
Colombo
Colombo
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
T.S. Sandarasekara
Salil Chowdhury
0914
OEMI1855
917918
1925
1995
0905
20
West Bengal
Kolkata
music director of films, mainly Hindi
P00059
Maharajapuram Viswanatha lyer
0915
OEMI1232
620
1896
1970
19-20
Maharajapuram,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer
Karnatik
P05975
Jitendra Abhisheki
0915
OEMI0940
480
1932
1998
1107
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
P00180
Lourembam Tombi Devi
0915
OEMI1210
608
1901
?
20
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
Manipuri
P00058
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
0916
OEMI2040
10111012
1916
2004
1211
20-21
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Wamanrao Sadolikar
0916
OEMI2238
1145
1907
1991
0326
20
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
Lalgudi Jayaraman
0917
OEMI1181
593
Chennai
1930
20
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Violin maestro
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Indrani Rahman
0919
OEMI0879
444
1930
1999
0207
20
Chennai
New York
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
Bharata Naatyam
Bhaktabatsala Patra
0919
OEMI0340
155
1930
20
Ganjam, Orissa
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
Byachanna Narasingham
P00109
Thakur Jaidev Singh
0919
OEMI2118
1071
1893
1986
0527
19-20
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
P00143
Devendra Murdeshwar
0919
OEMI0555
275
1923
2000
0129
20
North Kanara district,Karnataka
Mumbai
Maestro of Hindustani flute
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
Jon Higgins
0919
OEMI0956
487488
American
1939
1984
1207
20
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Muddletown, USA
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
William Jones
0920
OEMI2243
1147
1746
1794
?
18
England
Kolkata
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
P00027
Emani Sankara Sastri
0923
OEMI0615
311
1922
1987
1223
20
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
P00215
Sachin Shankar
0924
OEMI1832
908
1924
2005
20-21
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
dancer, choreographer
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
0927
OEMI1486
729
1914
1999
1209
20
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
?
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
Thavancore style
P00107
Lata Mangeshkar
0928
OEMI1195
603604
1929
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
singer
Celebrated film singer
Dinanath Mangeshkar
film
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Rajyeswar Mitra
0930
OEMI1716
866867
1917
1995
0118
20
Agartala, Tripura
Kolkata
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
Amir Hussain Khan
10??
OEMI0110
4849
1899
1969
0105
19-20
Bankhanda,Uttar Pradesh
?
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Farukhaabaad
Baburao Gokhale
10??
OEMI0227
94
1893
1969
0525
19-20
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
Gurudev Patwardhan
Pachu Pillai(Champakulam)
10??
OEMI1562
779
1907
20
Champakulam,Kerala
Kathakali dancer
Paramu Pillai,Vechoor Raman Pillai
Kathakali
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Joshi, D.T.
10??
OEMI0963
489
1914
1993
10??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
Jibeswar Goswami
10??
OEMI0938
479
1904
1982
0408
20
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
Somadasa, Elvitigala
1001
OEMI2012
992
1925
1990
0827
20
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
Colombo
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
Ranade, G.H.
1001
OEMI1786
885
1897
1966
0310
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
musicologist
musicologist
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
Zinnat Barkatullah
1003
OEMI2266
1160
1951
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Noted danseuse
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
Alain Danielou
1004
OEMI0070
34
France
1907
1994
0127
20
Paris
?
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Ramchatur Mallik
1005
OEMI1760
877878
1906
1990
0111
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
Basti, near Patna
Reputed dhrupad singer
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
P05973
Amjad Ali Khan
1009
OEMI0120
51
Delhi
1945
20
Gwalior
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
Nrushingha Nath Khuntia
1009
OEMI1557
768
1913
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher of Odissi music
Bhimsen Pratihari,Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
Odissi music
Atmaram Pathare
1010
OEMI0201
86
1868
1931
0905
19-20
Thane district,Maharashtra
?
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
P00019
Chitta Babu
1013
OEMI0497
243
1936
20
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
veena player
Well-known veena player
P00142
Datar,D.K.
1014
OEMI0530
259
1932
20
based in Mumbai
violinist
Noted violinist
P00071
Nikhil Banerji
1014
OEMI1533
760
1931
1986
0127
20
Kolkata
?
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
P06141
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
1015
OEMI1374
690
1887
1975
0914
19-20
Mudicondan,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Veteran vocalist
Vedaranyam Swaminatha Iyer
Rama Bhagavatar
1015
OEMI1728
870
1888
1957
19-20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
1015
OEMI2134
1088
1923
Imphal, Manipur
Performer of Manipuri dance
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
Menaka
1015
OEMI1320
669
1899
1947
0427
19-20
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
?
Kathak dancer
P00210
Rajiv Taranath
1017
OEMI1710
865
1932
20
Bangalore, Karnataka
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
1017
OEMI0347
162163
Mumbai
1869
1922
0408
19-20
Kathor, near Baroda
Pune
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
P00192
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
1018
OEMI1577
784
1882
1962
19-20
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
Bahadur Singh
1019
OEMI0251
102
1903
1967
20
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
Ted Shawn
1021
OEMI2114
1070
1891
1972
0109
19-20
Kansas City,USA
USA
American dancer, a pioneer among Westerners to learn Indian dance idioms
Martha Graham,Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidmen.
Ram Marathe
1023
OEMI1722
868
1924
1989
1004
20
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
1024
OEMI0250
102
1775
1862
18-19
Delhi
Rangoon, Burma
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
Madurai Mani lyer
1025
OEMI1221
617618
1912
1968
0608
20
Madurai
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
Sakharam Mridangacharya
1025
OEMI1849
915
1879
1967
0119
19-20
Indore
?
pakhaawaj player, teacher
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
P00241
Vempati Chinna Satyam
1025
OEMI2181
1121
1929
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Well-known Kuuchipuudi dancer
Tadepalli Perayya Sastri, Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry, Chandrakala and Yedavalli Rama
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Muthukumara Pillai
1027
OEMI1412
704
1874
1960
0822
19-20
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Kattumannar Koil
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
1031
OEMI1523
754755
1927
20
Clifton, England
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Vishnu Mahajani
11??
OEMI2209
1134
1851
1923
02??
19-20
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Poet and playwright
Heisnam Mangoljao
11??
OEMI0828
420
1914
1997
1016
20
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
P00145
Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
11??
OEMI0606
306307
1893
1964
1125
19-20
Bangalore, Karnataka
Hyderabad, Andhra
violinist
Eminent violinist
his brother, Venkata Krishnayya Naidu
Kalamani Handique
11??
OEMI0982
500
1923
1991
1020
20
Balihat, near Jhanji, Jorhat district, Assam
Balihat
Well-known singer of Assamese dihaa-naam
his father Tolan Handique
Nilakantan Nambisan (Kalamandalam)
1101
OEMI1528
756
1919
1980
20
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
Kathakali
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
Vijay Raghava Rao
1103
OEMI2202
1127
Mumbai
1925
20-
Chennai
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Chokkalingam Pillai (music and dance)
Bangalore Nagarathammal
1103
OEMI0297
119
Mysore
1878
1952
0519
19-20
Mysore
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Pran Nath
1103
OEMI1638
825
1919
1996
0613
20
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
Berkeley, USA
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
1103
OEMI2125
1078
1946
20-
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri danseuse
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
Radha Krishna Bhanj
1105
OEMI1667
842
1928
20
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
singer
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
1106
OEMI1634
822823
1882
1943
0125
19-20
Valsad district, South Gujarat
Dharampur, South Gujarat
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
Raman, C.V.
1107
OEMI1741
872873
1888
1970
1121
19-20
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
Nobel prize winner in physics (1930)
Munneshwar Dayal
1107
OEMI1389
695
1908
1983
0510
20
Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya
Noted harmonium exponent
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
Sunanda Patnaik
1107
OEMI2064
10291030
1934
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
Vyas,C.R.
1109
OEMI2228
1142
1923
2002
1110
20-21
Barsi,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
Master Ratan
1110
OEMI1297
657
1914
20
Hadiyabad town,
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Shaam Chauraasi
Poorna Chandra
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
P06130
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
1110
OEMI0736
380
Rajasthan
1944
1988
0212
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
P06554
Abdul Karim Khan
1111
OEMI0012
3
1872
1937
1027
No
19-20
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
1113
OEMI0280
113114
1896
1982
0927
19-20
Belgaum
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan

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