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
OEMI0839
Hirabai Pednekar
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
1885
Nashik, Maharashtra
1951
?
432
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI1188
Lalji Srivastava
tabla player
Tabla player
1924
1124
Prayag, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Yusuf Khan, Shyamlal, Jiyalal
600
OEMI1313
Mira Khirwadkar
vocalist
Vocalist
1936
0706
Maharashtra
662
OEMI1330
Mirza Mahmod Ali
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
?
?
672
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI1459
Narasayya （Padala）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
OEMI2193
Venkatesa Iyengar
veena player
Veena player
1888
?
1973
Mysore
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
1123
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI0921
Jankibai(Udaipur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
463
OEMI1160
Lakshmandas Sandhu
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
?
?
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
589
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1591
Pannalal Goswami
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
?
?
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
794795
OEMI1731
Rama Poduval N.P.
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Alanalloor, Kerala
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
870871
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI1850
Sakharam Sarnaik
poet, playwright
?
?
915
OEMI1897
Satyanarayana, R.
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
1927
Mysore city, Karnataka
his mother Varalakshmi
953
OEMI2078
Surchand Sharma, G.
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Manipur
1915
0210
Imphal
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
10341035
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI2175
Vasudev-bua Joshi
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
?
0.189
Gwalior
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
1118
OEMI0380
Bimalindu Mukherji
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
?
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
191
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
P00163
OEMI0998
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
1932
?
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
506
OEMI1136
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
performer of svarabat
?
?
579
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1583
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
1824
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
792
OEMI1785
Ramzan Khan Rangile
vocalist
vocalist
1800
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
18751900
?
885
OEMI1868
Sangameswara Sastri
veena player
veena maestro
1879
Peethapuram, Andhra
1931
?
926
OEMI1872
Sankaran Embrantiri
vocalist
vocalist
1942
08??
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
940
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
OEMI0338
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
?
1920
Mumbai
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
154
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI1050
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
540
OEMI1159
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
1864
0503
Tamil Nadu
1950
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
589
OEMI1249
Malkajan Agrewali
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
?
?
629630
OEMI1599
Parashuram-bua Barve
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
?
?
Vishnupant Chhatre
798
OEMI1730
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
vocalist
Vocalist
1807
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
1867
?
870
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI2267
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
P00023
OEMI1471
Narayana Iyengar, A.
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
1905
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
1987
?
Sakharama Rao
727
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
OEMI1119
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
veena player
veena player
1822
?
1866
Thanjavur
573
OEMI1470
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
?
?
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
727
OEMI0100
Amaradeva,W.D.
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Sri Lanka
1927
1205
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0331
Bhagwat Rasikdev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
1742
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
148149
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
P00013
OEMI0361
Bhimsen Joshi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1922
0204
Ron,Karnataka
177178
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI0598
Dulichand （Seth）
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0759
Gundo-bua Ingle
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
0.1876
Aundh
0.1925
Sangi, Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
389
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI0833
Himangsu Dutta
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
1908
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
1944
Kolkata
424425
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI0886
Ivor Dennis
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
1932
0528
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
445
OEMI0897
Jagabandhu Sahu
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
1914
0119
Orissa
1990
?
449
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI0954
John Foulds
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
1880
Manchester, England
1939
Kolkata
487
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
OEMI1014
Kanchi Namati
singer
folk singer
folk
190010
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
1970
Nagaon district
514
OEMI1056
Keshavrao Apte
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1862
Ujjain
1945
Indore
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
540
P05877
OEMI1084
Kishori Amonkar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Mumbai
1931
0410
?
559
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1095
Krishna Bhamini
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1922
Kolkata
569
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588