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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OEMI2103
Tanibai Ghorpade
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
khayaal
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
?
?
1931
?
Mumbai
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
1058
OEMI1753
Rambhau Saverkar
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Indore
khayaal
Indore
?
19
?
Haddu Khan
876
OEMI0584
Dilawar Khan
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Bengal
?
?
1909
?
Delhi
Delhi
Murad Khan
295
OEMI1067
Khajurbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
543
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
P00130
OEMI0261
Durga Lal
Noted Kathak dancer
1948
?
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
1990
0131
Delhi
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
304
P00148
OEMI0663
Gaurishankar Devilal
Noted Kathak dancer
1918
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
1992
0220
Mumbai
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
350
P02325
OEMI2065
Sundar Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer
1898
Karvadi town, Rajasthan
1970
0530
?
Bindadin Maharaj
1030
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar (Baburao)
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0325
Bhachu Bhandare
Noted harmonium player
1878
Mumbai
1909
Mumbai
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
145
OEMI1389
Munneshwar Dayal
Noted harmonium exponent
1908
1107
Gaya district, Bihar
1983
0510
Gaya
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
695
P00135
OEMI0388
Bipin Singh
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
1918
0823
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
2000
0109
Kolkata
193
OEMI1059
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
Noted flute player
1919
Chennai
T. Brinda
541
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI1735
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
1906
1118
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
871
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
P00325
OEMI0158
Antonio de Figueiredo
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
1981
1105
?
67
P00029
OEMI0640
Gahan Chandra Goswami
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
1900
0404
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
1979
0118
Nikamul Sattra
324
P02053
OEMI0866
Imrat Khan
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
1936
Kolkata
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
440
OEMI2087
Suryaboro Singh
Noted exponent of nata sankeertana music and dance of Manipur
0.189
Imphal, Manipur
1939
Imphal
his maternal uncle Chingsubam Ibeton Singh
1039
OEMI1714
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Noted exponent of Manipuri dance
1932
Imphal
Amubi Singh, Thambal Angou Singh, Chaoba Singh
866
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI1262
Mangubai
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
dhrupad
0.185
?
?
0.194
?
?
Haddu and Hassu Khan
639
OEMI0674
Ghasit Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
dhrupad
0.18
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
0.188
Fatehpur Sikri
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
356
OEMI0862
Imamuddin Dagar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
dhrupad
?
?
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
439
OEMI0653
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
dhrupad
0.1808
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
0.1874
Kolkata
Mir Nasiram
331332
OEMI1189
Lalji-bua
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
19
?
600
OEMI2005
Siyaram Tiwari
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1921
0121
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
989
OEMI0860
Imam Khan
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
439
P02813
OEMI1253
Mallika Sarabhai
Noted danseuse
1953
?
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
631
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
P00188
OEMI1422
Mylapore Gowri Amma
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
0.1892
?
Chennai
1971
06??
Chennai
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
707
OEMI0646
Gajen Barua
dancer
Noted dance exponent
1915
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
1977
0120
Jamugurihat
326
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI1544
Nityanandadeva
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
Assamese
16051608
Assam
1650
Assam
his elder brother Ramadeva
764
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1159
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
1864
0503
Tamil Nadu
1950
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
589
OEMI0129
Ananda Samarakon
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
1911
0113
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
1962
0405
?
56
OEMI0722
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
composer
Noted composer and writer
1902
?
Kerala
1990
0828
?
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
374
OEMI1509
Natarajan,A.K.C.
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
?
?
?
?
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
739
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
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
OEMI1893
Sastry, B.V.K.
Noted author and columnist
Bangalore
1916
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
2003
0922
Bangalore
952
OEMI1633
Prebhashankar Ramani
Noted actor-singer of Gujaratii, Hindi, and Urdu plays
1890
1122
Gujarat
1971
0121
?
821
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI0542
Debkantha Bagchi
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Bengal theatre
1860
?
Nabadwip district,Bengal
1930
?
probably Kolkata
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
262
OEMI1281
Manohar-bua Joshi
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
?
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
1888
?
Aundh region,Maharashtra
644
OEMI0597
Dulha Khan
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Jaipur
0.1745
?
0.182
?
303
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1741
Raman, C.V.
Nobel prize winner in physics (1930)
1888
1107
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
1970
1121
Bangalore
872873
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0049
Aghawan
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Unav,near Lucknow
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI1393
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI0274
Baldevji
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
112
OEMI0718
Gopal Oriya
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
?
?
374
P00223
OEMI1973
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
974
P00161
OEMI0935
Jhamman Khan
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
1938
0208
475
P00100
OEMI1508
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
1896
0430
?
1994
0312
Chennai
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
739
P01261
OEMI1479
Narayanappa, A.V.
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
1912
0621
Arakalagud, Karnataka
1994
1229
?
the family
728
OEMI0414
Bullah Shah
poet
Mystic poet
1680
?
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
1752
?
?
204
OEMI1921
Shah Latif
poet
Mystic poet
1689
Sind, Pakistan
1752
?
963
OEMI1891
Sarmad
poet
Mystic poet
?
1657
Delhi
950
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
OEMI1858
Sambamorthy, P.
musicologist
musicologist, teacher
1901
0214
Bitragunta, now in Andhra Pradesh
1973
1023
Chennai
922
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
OEMI1882
Sarangadeva
musicologist
musicologist, author
?
?
944945
P06261
OEMI1191
Lalmani Mishra
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
1924
0811
Kanpur
1979
0717
Benares
600
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI2057
Sukumar Ray
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1912
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hakim Mohammad Hussain and Gul Mohammad Khan
1028
OEMI2071
Sundaram, V.P.K.
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1915
Tamil Nadu
2003
0309
?
Ramanathapuram Sivam (basic lessons in music)
10301031
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275
OEMI1786
Ranade, G.H.
musicologist
musicologist
1897
1001
Sangli, Maharashtra
1966
0310
?
885
OEMI1126
Kulatillake,C.de S.
musicologist
musicologist
1926
1214
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
577578
OEMI1288
Marcellene Jayakody
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
1902
0603
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
1998
0115
?
650
P06507
OEMI1811
Ravi Shankar
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
1920
0407
Benares
895897
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
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI0853
Ibrahim Adil Shah
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
1580
Bijapur
1627
?
438
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI1781
Ramtaran Sanyal
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
884
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI1717
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
musician
Musician and literary scholar
1893
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
1979
Mysore
Yatindra Swamy
867868
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI0316
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
?
1929
Kolhapur
130131
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI1642
Pratibha Devi
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
1856
Jorasanko, Kolkata
1922
Kolkata
826
OEMI0876
Indira Devi Chowdhurani
Music educator and writer from poet Rabindranath Tagore's family
1873
1229
?
1960
0812
?
443
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303