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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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
OEMI0224
Babu Khan (Tabla)
tabla player
Tablaa player?
Delhi
1899
Kolkata
his mother
93
OEMI0337
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
thumrii
Rampur
1852
Gwalior
1920
Dhaulpur
Bande Ali Khan
153154
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI0383
Bindadin Maharaj
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
0.1838
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1918
Lucknow
Thakur Prasad
192
P05927
OEMI0410
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Eminent sarod player
Kolkata
1933
0201
Bhagalpur,Bihar
Seni Shahjahanour
Radhika Mohan Moitra
203
OEMI0426
Chamman Khan-saheb
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
1878
Rampur
1922
Rampur
213
OEMI0484
Chinnaswami Dasar
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
0.1828
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
0.1881
?
240
OEMI0607
Dwarkanath Ghosh
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
1847
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
1938
Kolkata
307
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI0674
Ghasit Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
dhrupad
0.18
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
0.188
Fatehpur Sikri
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
356
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI0806
Hari Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1802
?
1868
?
Benares
411
OEMI0823
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
?
?
418
OEMI0850
Hussainuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
?
?
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
437
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI0943
Jiwanlal Maharaj
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
1828
Morvi,Gujarat
1888
?
480481
OEMI0987
Kale Khan (Lahore)
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
P00097
OEMI1003
Kamala Murthy,T.R.
Harikathaa performer
1932
?
Lakshmikudi,Tamil Nadu
Annasami Bhagavatar,Embar Vijaya Raghavachariar,and Venkatasubramania Sastrigal
508
OEMI1090
Kolar Nagaratnam
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
?
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
563
OEMI1115
Krishnarao Sangle
writer
writer
?
?
573
OEMI1121
Kshirabdi Sastri
composer
composer
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
?
Sivarama Yogi
574
OEMI1172
Lal Khan (Jodhpur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
?
?
591
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592