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
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0566
Dhannabai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Pannaabaai
283
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0620
Fakruddin
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Rahasthan
?
?
?
?
316317
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1009
Kamleshwari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
?
?
?
?
510
OEMI1010
Kanailal Dhendi
Reputed esraaj exponent
0.1861
?
Gaya
1901
?
Gaya
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
513
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
OEMI1193
Lalu Rababi
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
?
?
?
?
601
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
OEMI1257
Manarang
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Manarang
634
OEMI1262
Mangubai
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
dhrupad
0.185
?
?
0.194
?
?
Haddu and Hassu Khan
639
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1378
Mukhtar Begum
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
?
Fattu Khan
692
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
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
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
OEMI2036
Subba Rao,B.
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
1894
?
Basavapatna,Karnataka
1970
?
?
10101011
OEMI2055
Sukhsen
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
0.175
?
Gwalior
0.18
?
Gwalior
Seni
1027
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
P00208
OEMI2123
Thilagam,P.R.
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
1926
?
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
1078
OEMI2225
Qutub-ud-Daula
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
838839
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2243
William Jones
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
1746
0920
England
1794
?
Kolkata
1147
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0289
Balwantrao Pohre
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Inayat Hussain Khan
116
OEMI0542
Debkantha Bagchi
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Bengal theatre
1860
?
Nabadwip district,Bengal
1930
?
probably Kolkata
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
262
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0996
Kalyana Bharati
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI1305
Maulaviram Misir
tabla player
Noted tabla player
0.188
?
Benares
1940
?
?
his father Biharilal
660
OEMI1359
Mohan Chand Basu
composer
composer
?
?
?
?
682
OEMI1509
Natarajan,A.K.C.
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
?
?
?
?
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
739
OEMI0276
Balkoba Natekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1855
?
?
1910
?
?
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
112
OEMI0283
Baltazard, Solvyns
European painter,
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
?
115
OEMI0284
Balwant-bua Bapat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
19039
?
?
Vasudev-bua Joshi(Gwalior gharaanaa),Kolhapur and Pune Gayan Samaj
115
OEMI0357
Bhausaheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
169
OEMI0518
Damodar Nevalkar
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1884
?
?
1919
?
?
253
OEMI0614
Ellappa Mudaliar
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Bharata Naatyam
1908
?
Kanchipuram
1974
?
?
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
311
OEMI1397
Murad Khan(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
?
?
1889
?
Delhi
697
OEMI2240
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
?
?
?
his father Nizam Khan
1145
OEMI2241
Wazir Khan(Rampur)
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena exponent of his time.
1860
?
Rampur
1926
?
Ramupur
his father Amir Khan and his grandfather Bahadur Hussain Khan
11451146
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1398
Murai Mohan Gupta
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
0.1824
?
Barrackpore,Bengal
0.1904
?
Kolkata
pakhaawaj
697698
OEMI0268
Bala-saheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
0.1846
?
Gwalior
0.192
?
Gwalior
Gwalior
110
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
OEMI0278
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112113
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
P00010
OEMI0557
Devendrappa,B.
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
1986
?
Mysore
275276
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
OEMI1201
Lebdev,G.S.
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
?
?
?
?
606
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI2026
Srichand Misra
tabla player
Tabla player
0.19
?
Benares
0.197
?
?
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj
1008
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI2112
Tasadduk Hussain
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1879
?
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1946
?
?
Kallan Khan
1068
OEMI2120
Thakur Prasad
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
?
?
1856
?
Lucknow
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
1072
OEMI2229
Vyas,D.G.
Scholar
?
?
1966
?
Mumbai
1142
OEMI0405
Brajaranjana Deva
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
1732
?
Assam
1787
?
Assam
201
OEMI1225
Mahadeva Annavi
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI0291
Balwantrao Vaidya
Pakhaawaj player
1823
?
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
1895
?
?
116
OEMI1281
Manohar-bua Joshi
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
?
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
1888
?
Aundh region,Maharashtra
644
OEMI0636
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
Author of The Music of Hindostan
1859
?
Norwich,England
1948
?
Salisbury,England
321
OEMI0403
Bose,R.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
198
OEMI0419
Chaggan(Master)
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
208
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
OEMI0641
Gaisberg,F.W.
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
1872
?
?
?
?
324
OEMI1264
Mani Embrantiri
Singer of Kathakali music
1885
?
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
1954
?
Aluva
639
OEMI0377
Bimal Mukherji
sitar player
Noted sitar player
1930
?
?
1997
01??
Kolkata
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
190
OEMI2029
Srikrishna Dalvi
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
1926
?
?
2004
01??
Mumbai
1008
P00213
OEMI1751
Ramasray Jha
scholar,vocalist
Noted scholar, university teacher, author, and vocalist
Allahabad
1928
0811
Khajura town, Darbhanga, Bihar
2009
0101
Kolkata
his father Sukhdev Jha, uncle Madhusudan Jha
875
OEMI0669
Ghanshyam Mukherji
violinist
Violinist
1872
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
1930
0101
Shantipur
Dakshina Charan Sen
354