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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OEMI0993
Kallinath Pandit
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
?
?
505506
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1150
Lahari Deb Burman
Sarod player of Tripuna
1922
Agartala
1988
Agartala
586
OEMI1315
Mirabai Badkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
0713
Maharashtra
Kalyanibai and Anwar Hussain Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
664
OEMI1600
Parasu Sekh Ojha
singer.dancer
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
798
P02712
OEMI1678
Raghunath Dutta
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
1933
0201
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
856
OEMI1679
Raghunath Nanda
singer
1920
0812
Puri,Orissa
Govind Charan Nanda
856
OEMI1728
Rama Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
1888
1015
?
1957
?
870
OEMI1738
Ramakanta Ata
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1649
Bali Sattra
1717
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
his father Daamodara Aataa
872
OEMI1790
Ranganath Mishra
tabla player
Tabla player
1932
0103
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Bikku Maharaj, Gama Maharaj
887
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
OEMI1955
Shaukat Ara Islam
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
1939
1227
Dhaka, Bangladesh
969
P00094
OEMI1966
Shivkumar Sharma
Eminent santoor player
Mumbai
1938
0113
Jammu
Kashmir Valley
972973
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI0351
Bhate-bua (Ganpatrao)
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
1882
Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1943
?
Balkrishhna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
164
OEMI0425
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
1908
Mysore
1988
?
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
213
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0723
Gopalakrishna Bharati
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
1810
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1896
375
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
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
OEMI1417
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1921
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
1992
Chennai
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
706
OEMI1430
Nagabhushanachar,V.
1932
?
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
714715
P06047
OEMI1502
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1924
1220
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
733
OEMI1734
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
1926
Karnataka
871
OEMI1783
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Delhi region
1897
Mumbai
Lal Khan
885
OEMI1810
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
1900
Mumbai
Mumbai
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
894
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist (dhrupads and tap-khayaals) of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy (1863-1913)
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI0321
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
1935
Bellari
1985
Bangalore
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
135
OEMI0780
Haidar Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
?
1936
?
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
400
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI1052
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1892
0106
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
540
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu (Loka)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th cent.) and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer (Thanjavur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0238
Bade Munne (Tabla)
0.1845
?
0.1905
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
97
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler (Manattattai)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI0705
Gokalram (Bhagat)
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
OEMI0754
Gulab Khan (Seni)
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
dhrupad
0.17
Delhi
0.1768
Jaipur, Rajasthan
his father Hassan Khan Seni
386
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI0861
Imam Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th-cent)
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
439
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
P00169
OEMI1086
Kochukuttan Chakyar (Mozhikkulam)
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
0513
Kerala
560
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI1166
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
?
?
591
OEMI1171
Lal Khan (Bade or Seni)
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
0.1562
?
0.165
?
591
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
P05977
OEMI1248
Malini Rajurkar
vocalist
vocalist
1941
Ajmer,Rajasthan
Govindrao Rajurkar
629
OEMI1367
Morgaumkar Bhave
composer
composer
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
686
OEMI1529
Nilakantha Ayyar (Nangavaram)
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
?
?
756
OEMI1601
Parshuram Shahir
composer
composer
1754
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
1844
?
798799
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI1643
Pratibha Prahlad
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
1963
Mysore
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
826827
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
P00211
OEMI1721
Ram Kailas Yadav
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
1928
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
868
OEMI1732
Ramachandra Ata
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1687
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
1752
?
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
871
OEMI1733
Ramachandra Chakravarti
pakhaawaj player
A pioneer of pakhaawaj in Bengal
Bengal
1803
Kolkata
1861
Kolkata
Lala Keval Kishan
871
OEMI1735
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
1906
1118
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
871
OEMI1749
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
1872
?
his father Gangabishnu
874
OEMI1765
Rameshwar Pathak
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
?
?
879
OEMI1789
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
1930
Chennai
886
OEMI1895
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Godavaribai Punekar
953
OEMI1969
Shovana Narayan
Kathak dancer
1950
Kolkata
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
973974
OEMI1981
Shyamlal Kshetri
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Kolkata
1858
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1927
Kolkata
975
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
P02466
OEMI2111
Tarun Kumar Singh
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
1912
?
Imphal,Manipur
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
1068
OEMI2206
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Mumbai
?
?
1130
OEMI2213
Vishnupant Chhatre
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
1840
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
1905
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Haddu Khan (vocalist)
1136
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
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
OEMI0662
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
1890
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Nityananda
349350
OEMI0670
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
Pakhaawaj player
1880
Rajasthan
0.1915
?
his father Shankarlal
354355
OEMI0797
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Kolkata
1830
Bengal
1899
?
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
410
OEMI1049
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
composer
Composer (19th cent.) of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
?
?
540
OEMI1184
Lalit Mohan Mukhopadhya
vocalist
Talented dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1898
Kolkata
1944
Kolkata
his father Mahindra Nath
595
P00052
OEMI1199
Laxman Krishnarao Pandit
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Delhi
1934
?
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Gwaliior
Krishnarao and Shankarrao Pandit
606
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
OEMI1450
Nanhe Khan (Vocal, Agra)
vocalist?
Vocalist?
1899
Mysore
0.1945
Agra
Agra gharaanaa?
Kallan Khan
723
OEMI1663
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
1737
Delhi
?
834
OEMI2092
Swaminatha Pillai, T.N.
performer of the flute
1900
Tirupamburam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1961
Chennai
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai
1042
OEMI2166
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
1795
Thanjavur
1869
Thanjavur
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
1114
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
OEMI2177
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
1923
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
1119
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
P00057
OEMI0141
Anantharaman, M.S.
violinist
Violinist
1924
Chennai
Parur A. Sundaram Iyer
5859