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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OEMI2095
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Chennai
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
10441045
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI2221
Vithabai Narayangaokar
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
1928
Solapur
2002
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
1139
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0624
Fateh Ali
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Patiaalaa
318
OEMI1460
Narasimha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
Rama Iyengar
725
P00364
OEMI0269
Balasaraswati,T.
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
1918
0513
Chennai
1984
0209
?
110111
OEMI0992
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
Legendary Kathak dancer
1850
Lucknow
190010
Lucknow
his uncle Thakur Prasad
505
OEMI0033
Achhan Maharaj
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
0.1888
?
Lucknow
1946
?
?
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
17
OEMI2201
Vidyapati Thakur
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
0.136
?
0.1448
?
1127
OEMI0813
Haridas Swami (Vrindavan)
composer
Legendary saint-composer
0.148
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
0.1575
Vrindavan, near Agra
412413
OEMI0259
Bal Gandharva
Legendary singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1888
0626
Pune, Maharashtra
1967
0715
?
Mehboob Khan
107109
OEMI1222
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Thanjavur
1844
?
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
1893
?
?
618
P00143
OEMI0555
Devendra Murdeshwar
Maestro of Hindustani flute
1923
0919
North Kanara district,Karnataka
2000
0129
Mumbai
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
275
OEMI0900
Jagajjyotirmalla
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
449
OEMI0905
Jagdishnath Ray
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
1870
?
1922
?
451
OEMI1879
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
Maharaja of Thanjavur
?
?
944
OEMI2137
Tulaja the First
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1095
OEMI1683
Raghunatha Nayak
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
?
?
857
P00137
OEMI0393
Bishan Dass Sharma
Maker of musical instruments
Delhi
1929
Lahore
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
195
P00190
OEMI1550
Nokot Khriam
Maker of musical instruments
1944
Nongblai,Meghalaya
766
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
P02334
OEMI0852
Ibopishak Sharma
Manipuri dance guru
1918
0402
Imphal, Manipur
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
438
OEMI2125
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
Manipuri danseuse
1946
1103
Imphal,Manipur
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
1078
OEMI2138
Tulaja the Second
Maratha king of Thanjavur (r.1763-87)
?
?
1095
OEMI1787
Ranade, J.L.
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
1905
0327
Ichalkaranji
1999
?
Moroba Gondhali
885886
OEMI0903
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
450
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0634
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
Baroda
1883
?
Rampur
1948
?
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
his father Haidar Khan
320
OEMI0372
Bi Rahimanbai
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Charkhari
?
?
?
?
184
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0924
Jatan Kathak
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Benares
464
OEMI0411
Buddi Sani
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Balwantrao Vaidya
203
P00202
OEMI2270
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Moohini Aattam
1948
?
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
574
OEMI0651
Ganesh Chaturvedi
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1864
?
1939
Mathura
331
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
OEMI0708
Gokulchand Pujari
Mridang player and singer
1872
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
0.1947
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Kudau Singh
371
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1480
Narayanaswami Appa
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
0.1906
Thanjavur
728
P01103
OEMI1576
Palghat Mani Iyer
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
1912
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
1981
0530
Kochi
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
784
OEMI0213
Azhaganambi Pillai
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
1863
Srirangam
0.1926
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
90
OEMI1410
Muthayya Pillai (Pazhani)
Mridangam player
?
1950
?
704
OEMI2158
Vaidyanatha Iyer (Thanjavur)
mridangam player
1895
Vaiyacheri, near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
1947
0413
?
Doss Swamigal, Kannuswami Nattuvanar, K.Ponnayya Pillai, Subbayya Bhagavatar
1108
OEMI1418
Muthuswami Tiwar
Mridangam player
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
1931
Mysore
Subbaraya Tewar
706
OEMI2165
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
Mridangam player
1937
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
1114
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
OEMI1017
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
Mridangam player
1927
?
1995
0430
Chennai
his father
515
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1736
Ramachandran, V.A.
Mridangam player
1915
06??
Palakkad, Kerala
1993
1231
Hyderabad
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
871872
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao (Atluri)
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
P00183
OEMI1266
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
Mridangam player
1945
?
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
639340
OEMI1660
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
mridangam player
1906
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
1982
Tagadur
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
834
OEMI2035
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
Mridangam player and teacher
1894
1227
Palghat district,Kerala
1961
0617
?
1010
OEMI0250
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
1775
1024
Delhi
1862
Rangoon, Burma
102
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
OEMI1357
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
1702
0817
Ghazni,Afghanistan
1748
0406
Delhi
681
OEMI0001
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
1886
0201
?
1973
0912
Pune, Maharashtra
1
OEMI2012
Somadasa, Elvitigala
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
1925
1001
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
1990
0827
Colombo
992
OEMI0728
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
Music critic
1921
0806
Nerul, Goa
1968
0213
?
375
OEMI2029
Srikrishna Dalvi
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
1926
?
?
2004
01??
Mumbai
1008
OEMI1362
Mohan Nadkarni
music critic and author
1922
0922
Karwar,Karnataka
682
OEMI1347
Mohammad Ghous
music director
1910
Bangalore
1953
0321
Sri Lanka
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
679
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI0442
Chandrasena, R.A.
Music director and teacher
1924
0827
Kandy, Sri Lanka
1980
0301
?
221
P00119
OEMI0143
Anil Bagchi
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
1908
0117
Midnapore district, Bengal
1977
0715
Kolkata
6061
OEMI1855
Salil Chowdhury
music director of films, mainly Hindi
1925
0914
West Bengal
1995
0905
Kolkata
917918
OEMI2031
Srinivasan,M.B.
Music director of south Indian films
1925
?
Chittoor,Andhra
1009
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI0876
Indira Devi Chowdhurani
Music educator and writer from poet Rabindranath Tagore's family
1873
1229
?
1960
0812
?
443
OEMI1642
Pratibha Devi
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
1856
Jorasanko, Kolkata
1922
Kolkata
826
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI0316
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
?
1929
Kolhapur
130131
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
OEMI1717
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
musician
Musician and literary scholar
1893
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
1979
Mysore
Yatindra Swamy
867868
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI1781
Ramtaran Sanyal
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
884
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0853
Ibrahim Adil Shah
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
1580
Bijapur
1627
?
438
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
OEMI2075
Sunil Santa
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
1915
0414
Sri Lanka
1981
0411
?
10311032
P06507
OEMI1811
Ravi Shankar
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
1920
0407
Benares
895897
OEMI1288
Marcellene Jayakody
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
1902
0603
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
1998
0115
?
650