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
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Vadiraja
OEMI2155
1107
15-16
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
author of dance-dramas and songs
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
?
OEMI0195
83
Pune
0.1825
0.1875
?
19
?
Pune
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
OEMI1856
918
1863
1957
No
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
OEMI0498
243
?
?
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
OEMI0960
488
18751900
19-20
Awas, near Mumbai
?
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
Narayan Paithankar
OEMI1467
726
1871
1938
19-20
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Purushottam Dongre
OEMI1654
831
1853
1908
19-20
?
?
Author of Marathi plays
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Faqirullah Saif Khan
?
OEMI0622
317
17
1684
0826
17
?
Allahabad
Author of Raaga Darpan
Poluri Govinda Kavi
OEMI1629
813
?
?
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Abhilasha
?
OEMI0025
10
south India
?
?
Author of Sangeet Chandra
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Attor Krishna Prisharati
?
OEMI0202
87
1876
1964
?
19-20
Attur village,Kerala
?
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Somaraja Deva
OEMI2014
992
13
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Ramamatya
OEMI1740
872
16
?
?
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
P00012
Arunagiri Nathar
?
OEMI0176
76
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
15
?
?
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
?
OEMI0636
321
1859
1948
?
19-20
Norwich,England
Salisbury,England
Author of The Music of Hindostan
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
OEMI1928
964
Mumbai, region
?
Author of the musical play
Muthurama Kavirayar
OEMI1413
704705
?
?
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
?
OEMI0010
3
?
17
?
?
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
Sanyal, A.N.
OEMI1877
943
?
?
author, teacher
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Tarlekar,G.H.
0507
OEMI2110
10671068
1914
2001
1211
20-21
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
Pune
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Lalan Fakir
OEMI1177
592
0.1774
1891
18-19
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
Baburao Deshmukh
0712
OEMI0226
94
1899
1970
0710
19-20
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
?
Benefactor and sponsor
P00177
Lakshmi Viswanathan
OEMI1163
590
1944
20
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer
Kanchipuram Ellappa Pillai
Pratibha Prahlad
OEMI1643
826827
1963
20
Mysore
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Kandappa Nattuvanar
OEMI1016
515
1899
1941
02??
19-20
?
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Kannuswami Pillai, Nellaiyappa
P00229
Sudharani Raghupathy
0321
OEMI2048
1021
Chennai
1944
20
Pollachi,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
V.S.Kaushik,U.S.Krishna Rao,Chandrabhaga Devi,and Kittappa Pillai
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Bhanumathi, K.
12??
OEMI0342
157
1922
20
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Papanasam Vadivelu Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma
Chandrabhaga Devi
OEMI0437
218
1922
1997
0414
20
?
Bangalore
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
P00218
Sarada Hoffman
OEMI1880
944
1929
20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
Sarada Subramaniam
OEMI1881
944
1915
20
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
Gowri
OEMI0750
383
Baroda
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
Saroja, M.K.
OEMI1892
951
1931
20
Chennnai
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
P00179
Lila Samson
?
OEMI1203
606
1951
20
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
OEMI1417
706
1921
1992
20
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam exponent
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
P00167
Keshava Murthy, H.R.
OEMI1054
540
1920
20
Chickmaglur district, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam teacher
Guru Gundappa
P00163
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
?
OEMI0998
506
1932
20
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
Surdas
OEMI2079
1035
0.1478
15
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
singer
Blind singer
It is not known
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Minapa
?
OEMI1311
662
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Girish Chandra Ghosh
02??
OEMI0702
367
1842
1912
19-20
Kolkata
?
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
Gopalakrishna Bharati
OEMI0723
375
1810
1896
19
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
Tyagaraja
0504
OEMI2140
10971098
1767
1847
0106
18-19
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist, of saintly status, often referred to as Tyaagaraaja Swaami
P00107
Lata Mangeshkar
0928
OEMI1195
603604
1929
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
singer
Celebrated film singer
Dinanath Mangeshkar
film
P00005
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
?
OEMI0092
4243
?
0.1881
1972
0906
19-20
Shibpur, Tripura
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
P02054
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
OEMI0122
52
1917
1998
0114
No
20
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
?
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
P06119
Bundu Khan
?
OEMI0415
204205
1880
1955
0113
19-20
Delhi
Karachi
saarangi player
Celebrated saarangi player
Sangi Khan and maternal uncle Mamman Khan
P00151
Gubbi Viranna
0124
OEMI0751
384
1891
1972
1018
19-20
Gubbi village, Mysore region
Bangalore
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
0304
OEMI0356
168169
1863
1901
0213
19-20
?
?
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
P00004
Allah Rakha Khan
0429
OEMI0090
4142
?
1919
2000
0203
20
Gurdaspur, Punjab
Mumbai
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
Subramanya Bharathi
1211
OEMI2043
1013
1882
1921
0912
19-20
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
P00128
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
0404
OEMI0235
95
0.1901
1968
0423
20
Kasur
Hyderabad
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
his uncle Kale Khan, his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale
P00645
Faiyaz Khan
0208
OEMI0617
315316
1881
1950
1105
No
19-20
Agra
Baroda
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Agra
P00012
Begum Akhtar
0207
OEMI0318
132133
1914
1974
1030
20
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
P00058
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
0916
OEMI2040
10111012
1916
2004
1211
20-21
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Dinanath Mangeshkar
1212
OEMI0587
297298
1900
1942
0424
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Madurai Mani lyer
1025
OEMI1221
617618
1912
1968
0608
20
Madurai
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
P02305
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
0519
OEMI0170
7374
1890
1967
0123
No
19-20
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Poochi Iyengae
Vilayat Hussain Khan
OEMI2204
11281129
Mumbai
1895
1962
0524
19-20
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Ghulam Abbas and Tasadduk Hussain
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
0725
OEMI1907
960961
1908
2003
0131
20-21
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
P06554
Abdul Karim Khan
1111
OEMI0012
3
1872
1937
1027
No
19-20
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
0303
OEMI0153
65
1843
1885
1102
19
?
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Shanti Vardhan
OEMI1949
968
1916
1954
0903
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
?
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
Chandrika Prasad Dube
OEMI0443
222
1875
19-20
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
Kanailal Dhendi
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
OEMI0780
400
1936
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer

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