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
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
OEMI2095
10441045
20-21
Chennai
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Haibati Pusesavalikar
OEMI0772
398
1794
1854
18-19
?
?
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
Vithabai Narayangaokar
OEMI2221
1139
1928
2002
0115
20-21
Solapur
Pune, Maharashtra
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
OEMI2011
992
1836
1908
19-20
Mumbai
?
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Fateh Ali
?
OEMI0624
318
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Patiaalaa
Narasimha Bhagavatar
OEMI1460
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Rama Iyengar
P00364
Balasaraswati,T.
0513
OEMI0269
110111
1918
1984
0209
No
20
Chennai
?
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Achhan Maharaj
?
OEMI0033
17
0.1888
1946
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
Vidyapati Thakur
OEMI2201
1127
0.136
0.1448
14-15
?
?
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Bal Gandharva
0626
OEMI0259
107109
1888
1967
0715
19
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Legendary singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mehboob Khan
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
?
OEMI1222
618
Thanjavur
1844
1893
?
19
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
P00143
Devendra Murdeshwar
0919
OEMI0555
275
1923
2000
0129
20
North Kanara district,Karnataka
Mumbai
Maestro of Hindustani flute
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
Jagajjyotirmalla
OEMI0900
449
17
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
Jagdishnath Ray
OEMI0905
451
1870
1922
19-20
?
?
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Tulaja the First
OEMI2137
1095
about 18
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
P00137
Bishan Dass Sharma
OEMI0393
195
Delhi
1929
20
Lahore
Maker of musical instruments
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
P00190
Nokot Khriam
OEMI1550
766
1944
20
Nongblai,Meghalaya
Maker of musical instruments
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
?
OEMI0623
317318
1827
1898
?
19
?
?
Maker of musical instruments
P00168
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
OEMI1066
543
1920
1990
20
Imphal
?
Manipuri dance exponent
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
0717
OEMI2121
1072
1930
20
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri dance exponent
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
1103
OEMI2125
1078
1946
20-
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri danseuse
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur （r.1763-87）
Ranade, J.L.
0327
OEMI1787
885886
1905
1999
20
Ichalkaranji
?
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
Moroba Gondhali
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Chandidasa
OEMI0432
215216
?
?
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0634
320
Baroda
1883
1948
?
19-20
Rampur
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
his father Haidar Khan
Bi Rahimanbai
?
OEMI0372
184
Charkhari
?
19
?
?
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Jatan Kathak
OEMI0924
464
Benares
19
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
P00202
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
?
OEMI2270
574
1948
20
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
Moohini Aattam
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Gokulchand Pujari
OEMI0708
371
1872
0.1947
19
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Mridang player and singer
Kudau Singh
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Palghat Mani Iyer
OEMI1576
784
1912
1981
0530
20
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
Kochi
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Muthayya Pillai （Pazhani）
OEMI1410
704
1950
20
?
?
Mridangam player
Vaidyanatha Iyer (Thanjavur)
OEMI2158
1108
1895
1947
0413
19-20
Vaiyacheri, near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Doss Swamigal, Kannuswami Nattuvanar, K.Ponnayya Pillai, Subbayya Bhagavatar
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
OEMI2165
1114
1937
20
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
Mridangam player
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
P00035
Guruvayur Dorai
OEMI0763
392
1935
20
Guruvayur, Kerala
Mridangam player
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
OEMI1017
515
1927
1995
0430
20
?
Chennai
Mridangam player
his father
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
OEMI1420
706
1901
20
?
?
mridangam player
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
Palakkad Raghu,R.
OEMI1574
783
1928
20
Palakkad,Kerala
mridangam player
Ramachandran, V.A.
06??
OEMI1736
871872
1915
1993
1231
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Hyderabad
Mridangam player
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
P00049
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
OEMI2194
1123
1910
1982
0823
20
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
?
Mridangam player
Palghat Mani
P00183
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
?
OEMI1266
639340
1945
20
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Mridangam player
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
1227
OEMI2035
1010
1894
1961
0617
19-20
Palghat district,Kerala
?
Mridangam player and teacher
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
1024
OEMI0250
102
1775
1862
18-19
Delhi
Rangoon, Burma
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
Akbar (Emperor)
1123
OEMI0066
3031
1542
1605
?
16
Amarkot, Rajasthan
Agra
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
0817
OEMI1357
681
1702
1748
0406
18
Ghazni,Afghanistan
Delhi
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
0201
OEMI0001
1
1886
1973
0912
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
Somadasa, Elvitigala
1001
OEMI2012
992
1925
1990
0827
20
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
Colombo
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
0806
OEMI0728
375
1921
1968
0213
20
Nerul, Goa
?
Music critic
Srikrishna Dalvi
?
OEMI2029
1008
1926
2004
01??
20-21
?
Mumbai
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
Mohammad Ghous
OEMI1347
679
1910
1953
0321
20
Bangalore
Sri Lanka
music director
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
Chandrasena, R.A.
0827
OEMI0442
221
1924
1980
0301
20
Kandy, Sri Lanka
?
Music director and teacher
P00119
Anil Bagchi
0117
OEMI0143
6061
1908
1977
0715
20
Midnapore district, Bengal
Kolkata
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
Salil Chowdhury
0914
OEMI1855
917918
1925
1995
0905
20
West Bengal
Kolkata
music director of films, mainly Hindi
Srinivasan,M.B.
?
OEMI2031
1009
1925
20
Chittoor,Andhra
Music director of south Indian films
Dunstan de Silva, P.
0421
OEMI0600
303
1921
1988
1027
20
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
?
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
Indira Devi Chowdhurani
1229
OEMI0876
443
1873
1960
0812
19-20
?
?
Music educator and writer from poet Rabindranath Tagore's family
Pratibha Devi
OEMI1642
826
1856
1922
19-20
Jorasanko, Kolkata
Kolkata
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
OEMI0316
130131
1929
19-20
?
Kolhapur
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
OEMI0947
482
1860
1915
19-20
?
Kolkata
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
Kuloi Chandra Sen
OEMI1127
578
19
?
?
musician
musician
Viswanath Lauji
OEMI2219
1138
20
?
?
musician
musician
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Lakshmi Narayana
OEMI1162
589
?
?
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
OEMI1717
867868
1893
1979
19-20
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Mysore
musician
Musician and literary scholar
Yatindra Swamy
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
Ramtaran Sanyal
OEMI1781
884
19
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Lauji,Viswanath
?
OEMI1198
604
?
?
?
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Ibrahim Adil Shah
OEMI0853
438
1580
1627
16-17
Bijapur
?
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
OEMI2150
1103
Sri Lanka
18
?
?
musician
Musician-philosopher
Vaasudevendra
Sunil Santa
0414
OEMI2075
10311032
1915
1981
0411
20
Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
Marcellene Jayakody
0603
OEMI1288
650
1902
1998
0115
20
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music

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