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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Raghava Iyer (Coimbatore)
OEMI1676
855
1826
19
Vadesseri,South Travancore,Kerala
?
vocalist
vocalist
Parameswara Bhagavatar,Chidambara Nattuvan
Shori-miya (Ghulam Nabi)
OEMI1968
973
0.174
1803
18-19
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
P00224
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
OEMI1993
982
1937
20
Shillong, Meghalaya
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
V.G. Jog
Narayanaswami Pillai (Sirkazhi)
OEMI1484
729
19
?
?
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
Satyanarayana Murthy (Ariparala)
OEMI1896
953
1904
1993
0512
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist, teacher, and composer of Karnatik music
Varanasi Brahmayya Sastri
Narayanaswami Iyer (Pudukottai)
OEMI2279
728
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
Birchandra Manikya
OEMI0389
194
?
?
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
Durgavara Kayastha
OEMI0602
305
16
?
?
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
P00152
Hanumandas Singh
OEMI0795
408409
0.184
1939
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Gaya
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
Hirabai Pednekar
OEMI0839
432
1885
1951
19-20
Nashik, Maharashtra
?
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Lakshmanachariar
OEMI1158
588589
1919
19-20
?
?
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
Mahapurush Mishra
OEMI1230
620
1934
1987
0215
20
Vaishali town,Bihar
Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player
Narayan Mishra
Mirza Mahmod Ali
OEMI1330
672
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
Nanhe Khan (Sarod)
OEMI1448
722723
1868
19
?
Gwalior
Sarod player?
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
Narasayya (Padala)
OEMI1459
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist (19th cent.), noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Narayana Tirtha
OEMI1476
728
?
?
Playwright
Nijaguna Sivayogi
OEMI1532
760
1500
16
?
?
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ramprasad Mishra
OEMI1775
882
1980
0822
20
Benares region
Gaya, Bihar
vocalist
vocalist
Bade Ramdasji
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
OEMI1862
923924
1925
20
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
Venkatesa Iyengar
OEMI2193
1123
1888
1973
19-20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
Vishwanath Joshi
OEMI2214
1137
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Krishnarao Pandit
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Gauharjan (Jaipur)
OEMI0659
344
1894
1964
05??
19-20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
family
Ghanshyam Mukherji
OEMI0669
354
1872
1930
0101
19-20
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
Shantipur
violinist
Violinist
Dakshina Charan Sen
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
P00150
Gopi (Kalamandalam)
OEMI0731
376
1937
20
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali exponent and guru
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Lakshmandas Sandhu
OEMI1160
589
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Palakkad Raghu,R.
OEMI1574
783
1928
20
Palakkad,Kerala
mridangam player
Pannalal Bajpayi
OEMI1589
794
19
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
OEMI1770
881
1871
1945
0505
19-20
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
OEMI2144
1102
19
?
?
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
Syaamaa Saastri
Vasudev-bua Joshi
OEMI2175
1118
0.189
19
?
Gwalior
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
OEMI1136
579
?
?
performer of svarabat
Makhanji Pakhawaji
OEMI1244
623
1876
1951
19-20
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
Mathura
pakhaawaj player
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
Narahari Chakravarti
OEMI1458
725
?
?
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
OEMI1605
800
1876
1951
0718
19-20
Gwalior
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sangameswara Sastri
OEMI1868
926
1879
1931
19-20
Peethapuram, Andhra
?
veena player
veena maestro
P00091
Sesha Iyer (Pallavi)
OEMI1911
961962
1908
19-20
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Viraraghavayya (Tsallagali)
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro (18th cent.) and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I (r.1712-28)
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
OEMI0338
154
1920
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Kesavayyar (Polagam)
OEMI1050
540
20
?
?
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Parashuram-bua Barve
OEMI1599
798
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Vishnupant Chhatre
Rama Iyer (Lalgudi)
OEMI1730
870
1807
1867
19
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramchandra Agnihotri
OEMI1754
876
20
1982
0630
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
OEMI1769
880
1959
0214
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
Sitaramayya (Todi)
OEMI1997
986
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
Zohrabai (Agrewali)
OEMI2267
11601161
0.187
0.1911
19-20
Agra
Patna
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
OEMI0346
162
1930
2003
0804
20-21
Chennai
New York, USA
Dancer and choreographer
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
P00110
Narayana Menon, V.K.
OEMI1474
727
191011
1997
0726
20
Thrissur, Kerala
Delhi
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
P00049
Venkateswara Rao (Atluri)
OEMI2194
1123
1910
1982
0823
20
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
?
Mridangam player
Palghat Mani
Narayana Iyengar (Titte)
OEMI1470
727
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
Bhagwat Rasikdev
OEMI0331
148149
1742
18-19
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Chaturbhujdas
OEMI0449
225226
1540
1625
16-17
?
?
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Clements,E.C.
OEMI0508
247
1875
1935
19-20
England
?
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
Dulichand (Seth)
OEMI0598
303
0.185
1920
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Gomez, P.C.
OEMI0711
371
1904
1984
1204
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
Govinda Swami
OEMI0740
381
1509
1589
16
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Govindrao Apte
OEMI0746
382
1958
1008
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Gowri
OEMI0750
383
Baroda
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
Gundo-bua Ingle
OEMI0759
389
Maharashtra
0.1876
0.1925
19-20
Aundh
Sangi, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
P00154
Harishankar, G.
OEMI0818
416
1958
2002
0211
20-21
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
?
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar (or Sudhar) Khan
dhrupad
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Hiradevi Mishra
OEMI0840
432
Benares
0.1926
1983
0107
20
?
Benares
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
Janardhan Pethe
OEMI0917
462
1912
1962
0328
20
Maharashtra
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
Jog, V.G.
OEMI0952
484485
Kolkata
1922
2004
0131
20-21
Wai, Satara region, Maharashtra
Kolkata
Eminent exponent of the violin
S.N. Ratanjankar
John Foulds
OEMI0954
487
1880
1939
19-20
Manchester, England
Kolkata
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
Jorawar Singh
OEMI0958
488
Gwalior
?
?
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri

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