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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OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1856
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
1863
Mumbai
1957
Mumbai
918
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0960
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
18751900
Awas, near Mumbai
?
488
OEMI1467
Narayan Paithankar
Author of Marathi musical plays
1871
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
1938
?
726
OEMI1942
Shankar Vaze
Author of Marathi musical plays
?
?
966
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0622
Faqirullah Saif Khan
Author of Raaga Darpan
17
?
?
1684
0826
Allahabad
317
OEMI1629
Poluri Govinda Kavi
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
?
?
813
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
OEMI0025
Abhilasha
Author of Sangeet Chandra
south India
?
?
?
10
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan (c.1625-1643) in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
OEMI1453
Nanja Raja
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
?
?
723
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0636
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
Author of The Music of Hindostan
1859
?
Norwich,England
1948
?
Salisbury,England
321
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1413
Muthurama Kavirayar
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
?
?
704705
OEMI0977
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
?
?
494
OEMI1026
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
Author of the Urdu work
?
1865
?
518
OEMI0810
Harichandan
Author of the work
?
?
412
OEMI0010
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
?
?
?
?
3
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
P00233
OEMI2083
Suresh Awasthi
Author, administrator, and teacher
1918
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
1036
OEMI1877
Sanyal, A.N.
author, teacher
?
?
943
OEMI2161
Vamanrao Deshpande
vocalist
author, vocalist
1908
?
1990
0207
Pune, Maharashtra
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
1112
OEMI0228
Baburao Joshi
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
1908
1231
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1984
1111
Pune
94
OEMI2110
Tarlekar,G.H.
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
1914
0507
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
2001
1211
Pune
10671068
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI0826
Haure Gosai
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
1795
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
420
OEMI1177
Lalan Fakir
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
0.1774
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
1891
?
592
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI0226
Baburao Deshmukh
Benefactor and sponsor
1899
0712
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
1970
0710
?
94
P00177
OEMI1163
Lakshmi Viswanathan
Bharata Naatyam dancer
1944
Chennai
Kanchipuram Ellappa Pillai
590
OEMI1643
Pratibha Prahlad
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
1963
Mysore
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
826827
OEMI1141
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
1886
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
1981
Mumbai
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
580
OEMI1016
Kandappa Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1899
?
1941
02??
Chennai
Kannuswami Pillai, Nellaiyappa
515
P00229
OEMI2048
Sudharani Raghupathy
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Chennai
1944
0321
Pollachi,Tamil Nadu
V.S.Kaushik,U.S.Krishna Rao,Chandrabhaga Devi,and Kittappa Pillai
1021
P00114
OEMI0072
Alarmel Valli
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1956
?
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
36
OEMI1941
Shankar Hombal
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
12??
Dharwar, Karnataka
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
966
OEMI0342
Bhanumathi, K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
12??
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Papanasam Vadivelu Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma
157
OEMI0437
Chandrabhaga Devi
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
?
1997
0414
Bangalore
218
P00218
OEMI1880
Sarada Hoffman
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
1929
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
944
OEMI1881
Sarada Subramaniam
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
1915
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
944
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI1892
Saroja, M.K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
1931
Chennnai
951
P00179
OEMI1203
Lila Samson
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1951
?
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
606
OEMI1417
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1921
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
1992
Chennai
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
706
OEMI1228
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Mumbai
1917
?
?
2002
1206
?
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
619
OEMI1022
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
?
?
516
P00167
OEMI1054
Keshava Murthy, H.R.
Bharata Naatyam teacher
1920
Chickmaglur district, Karnataka
Guru Gundappa
540
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
P02635
OEMI0983
Kalanidhi Narayanan
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
1927
Tamil Nadu
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
500
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI0723
Gopalakrishna Bharati
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
1810
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1896
375
OEMI2140
Tyagaraja
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist, of saintly status, often referred to as Tyaagaraaja Swaami
1767
0504
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1847
0106
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district
10971098
P00107
OEMI1195
Lata Mangeshkar
singer
Celebrated film singer
film
1929
0928
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mangeshkar
603604
P00005
OEMI0092
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
?
0.1881
?
Shibpur, Tripura
1972
0906
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
4243
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
P02054
OEMI0122
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
1917
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
1998
0114
?
52
P06119
OEMI0415
Bundu Khan
saarangi player
Celebrated saarangi player
1880
?
Delhi
1955
0113
Karachi
Sangi Khan and maternal uncle Mamman Khan
204205
P00151
OEMI0751
Gubbi Viranna
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
1891
0124
Gubbi village, Mysore region
1972
1018
Bangalore
384
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
P00004
OEMI0090
Allah Rakha Khan
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
?
1919
0429
Gurdaspur, Punjab
2000
0203
Mumbai
4142
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
P05631
OEMI0235
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
0.1901
0404
Kasur
1968
0423
Hyderabad
his uncle Kale Khan, his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale
95
P00645
OEMI0617
Faiyaz Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1881
0208
Agra
1950
1105
Baroda
Agra
315316
P00012
OEMI0318
Begum Akhtar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1914
0207
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1030
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
132133
P00058
OEMI2040
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1916
0916
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
2004
1211
Chennai
10111012
OEMI0587
Dinanath Mangeshkar
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1900
1212
Mangeshi,Goa
1942
0424
Pune
297298
OEMI1221
Madurai Mani lyer
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
1912
1025
Madurai
1968
0608
Chennai
617618
P02305
OEMI0170
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
1890
0519
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
1967
0123
?
Poochi Iyengae
7374
OEMI2204
Vilayat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Mumbai
1895
Agra
1962
0524
Delhi
Ghulam Abbas and Tasadduk Hussain
11281129
OEMI1907
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
1908
0725
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
2003
0131
Chennai
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
960961
P06554
OEMI0012
Abdul Karim Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1872
1111
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
1937
1027
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
3
OEMI0153
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
1843
0303
?
1885
1102
Gurlhosur (his hometown), Karnataka
65
P02579
OEMI1096
Krishna Chandra Naik
Chhau dancer
1915
?
1987
0820
Varipada, Orissa
569
OEMI1949
Shanti Vardhan
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
1916
Comilla, Bangladesh
1954
0903
?
968
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
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
OEMI1088
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
1861
Tamil Nadu
1934
?
560
OEMI0203
Atulprasad Sen
composer
Composer
1871
?
Lucknow
1934
?
?
87
OEMI1037
Kasinatha Kavi
composer
Composer
?
?
525