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
P02523
OEMI1180
Lalchand Yamla Jat
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
1919
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
593
OEMI1523
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
1927
1031
Clifton, England
754755
OEMI1565
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
1903
Mysore
1966
Mysore
780
P04026
OEMI1577
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
1882
1018
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
1962
?
784
P00194
OEMI1596
Paramananda Borbayan
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
1936
Lahalial,Assam
797
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
OEMI1776
Ramprasanna Banerji
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
1871
07??
Vishnupur, Bengal
1930
?
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
882
P00226
OEMI2020
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
1928
0103
Sikkim
993
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0124
Amritsen
sitar player
Sitar and surabin （string） maestro
0.1813
Jhajjar, near Delhi
0.1893
Jaipur
his father Rahimsen
5253
OEMI0131
Anandadasa
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
56
OEMI0132
Anandiram Das
Assamese song writer
1909
?
1960
?
57
OEMI0133
Anant Barve
Playwright of Marathi musicals
1856
Manmad, Maharashtra
1923
Pune
57
OEMI0134
Anant Fandi
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
1744
Maharashtra
1819
?
57
OEMI0147
Aniruddha
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
1553
?
1626
?
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
62
OEMI0160
Antu-bua Apte
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
khayaal
Maharashtra
0.182
Ramdurg, Karnataka
0.191
?
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
68
OEMI0168
Arabatta Navalar
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
?
?
72
OEMI0209
Ayyaval
composer
Composer of devotional songs
?
?
90
OEMI0217
Bada Dikshit
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
?
1883
Benares
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
93
OEMI0230
Bachu Bawa
tabla player
Tabla player
?
1914
?
94
OEMI0256
Baiju Bawra
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
?
?
105
OEMI0258
Bal Chaturvedi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1919
07??
Mehboob Khan
his famous father Chandan Chaube
107
OEMI0300
Bannijan
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
120
OEMI0301
Banujan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
?
?
121
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
OEMI0385
Bindijan
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
toppaa
1828
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
193
P00136
OEMI0391
Birju Maharaj
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Delhi
1937
0204
Lucknow
Lachhu Maharaj
194
OEMI0433
Chandra Prabha
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
?
1925
?
Bhavnagar durbar,
217
OEMI0439
Chandrarekha
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Thanjavur
?
?
220
OEMI0456
Chhaila Bhai
Singer of light classical music
?
?
230
OEMI0465
Chhota Rani
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
?
?
236
OEMI0477
Chikka Rama Rao
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Mysore
1890
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
1945
?
238239
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI0505
Chunnabai
vocalist
Vocalist
19
?
1901
Pune, Maharashtra
Bande Ali Khan
245
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
?
?
332
P00147
OEMI0665
Gavari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
1921
Jodhpur
1990
?
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
350
P00149
OEMI0668
Ghana Kant Bora
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
1950
Majuli, Assam
?
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
354
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367
OEMI0704
Godavari
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
?
?
370
P00033
OEMI0715
Gopal Krishna
Noted vichitra veena player
Delhi
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
372
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
OEMI0718
Gopal Oriya
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
?
?
374
OEMI0719
Gopala Ata
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
1541
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
1611
?
Maadhavadeva
374
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
P00153
OEMI0807
Hari Uppal
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
1926
Patna, Bihar
411
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI0810
Harichandan
Author of the work
?
?
412
OEMI0836
Hirabai I
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1828
Lucknow region
?
431
OEMI0837
Hirabai II
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
?
?
Krishna Maharaj
431
OEMI0841
Hiru Ganguli
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1911
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
1990
Kolkata, mid-
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
432
OEMI0842
Hitaharivans
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
1506
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1556
?
433
OEMI0844
Husnabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Benares
?
1938
?
436
OEMI0851
Ibomcha Sharma
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipur
1897
0101
Imphal, Manipur
?
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
438
P02334
OEMI0852
Ibopishak Sharma
Manipuri dance guru
1918
0402
Imphal, Manipur
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
438
OEMI0854
Ilahi Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
?
?
Rangile
439
OEMI0859
Imam Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Jodhpu
?
?
439
OEMI0868
Inayat Hussain
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
?
?
441
OEMI0878
Indramohan Das
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
?
?
443444
P00158
OEMI0882
Ishitiaq Ahmad
Sarod player
1919
?
1967
?
Kalidas Pal
445
OEMI0890
Jaddanbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
1900
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
1949
Mumbai
447
P00160
OEMI0919
Jani-miya
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
462
OEMI0973
Kader Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
0.188
?
1934
?
his father Axim Bakhsh
494
P00164
OEMI1001
Kamala
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
1934
0616
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
507
OEMI1025
Kantimati
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
?
?
517
OEMI1036
Kasim Ali
rabaab player
rabaab player
1827
Benares
1905
Bhawal,Bangladesh
524
OEMI1082
Kirtidhara
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
?
?
558
OEMI1132
Kumbhandas
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
1472
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
1586
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
578579
OEMI1146
La Meri
American danseuse
?
?
583
OEMI1147
Lachhiram
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
1867
Budasu,Rajasthan
1937
?
585
OEMI1179
Lalchand Boral
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1870
Kolkata
1907
?
592593
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1189
Lalji-bua
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
19
?
600
OEMI1194
Lalu Ram Sahu
Folk artiste
1920
?
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
601
P00107
OEMI1195
Lata Mangeshkar
singer
Celebrated film singer
film
1929
0928
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mangeshkar
603604
P00179
OEMI1203
Lila Samson
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1951
?
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
606
OEMI1207
Lokanath Ratha
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
1919
0901
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
608
OEMI1212
Madanlal Vyas
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Mumbai
1922
?
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
611
OEMI1233
Mahendra Bhatt
violinist
violinist
1989
01??
Rajasthan
Manmohan Bhatt
621
OEMI1319
Mehndi Hassan
vocalist,composer
ghazal singer ,composer
ghazal
Jaipur
667
OEMI1321
Meruswami
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
?
?
669
P00185
OEMI1322
Minati Mishra
Odissi danseuse and teacher
1934
Cuttack,Orissa
671
OEMI1353
Mohammad Pana
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
680
OEMI1358
Mohammad Usman
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
681682
OEMI1453
Nanja Raja
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
?
?
723
OEMI1454
Nannu Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player
1892
Benares
1926
?
723
OEMI1456
Nanu Ram
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
?
?
724
OEMI1464
Narayan Das
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
1870
Falaudi, Rajasthan
1934
?
Navalram and Balaprasad
726
P00190
OEMI1550
Nokot Khriam
Maker of musical instruments
1944
Nongblai,Meghalaya
766
OEMI1561
Omdajan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
772
OEMI1567
Padmanabhayya
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
1847
?
1900
Mysore city
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
780
OEMI1570
Paglibai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
781
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
OEMI1616
Pedda Dasari
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
807
OEMI1617
Pir Bakhsh
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
807
OEMI1646
Prem Singh
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
?
?
827
OEMI1681
Raghunath Rath
author
?
?
856
P06013
OEMI1682
Raghunath Seth
flute player
1931
1215
Gwalior
856