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
Vasant Amrit
0119
OEMI2167
1116
1902
1991
0119
20
Surat, Gujarat
Surat
vocalist
vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan
P00075
Parvin Sultana
0525
OEMI1607
800
1950
20
Nauga prava,Assam
vocalist
vocalist
Chinmay Lahiri
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sukhendu Goswami
?
OEMI2054
1026
1911
1983
0716
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
Victor Perera, B.
0223
OEMI2198
1126
1931
1998
0326
20
Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
?
violinist
Violinist, vocalist, and teacher
H. Don Vincent, J. Sadiris Silva, and Edmund Silva （of Peliyagoda）, C.R. Vyas, S.C.R. Bhat. and Chindanand Nagarkar, Shridhar Parsekar
Satyanarayana Murthy （Ariparala）
OEMI1896
953
1904
1993
0512
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist, teacher, and composer of Karnatik music
Varanasi Brahmayya Sastri
Parur Sundaram Iyer
OEMI1604
799800
1891
1974
19-20
Kerala
Chennai
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
P01441
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
OEMI0155
65
1926
No
20
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Narayanaswami Iyer （Pudukottai）
OEMI2279
728
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
Muthusamy, R.
0105
OEMI1414
705
1928
1988
0627
20
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Raja Hussain Khan
OEMI1696
861
1938
1989
0306
20
Bramhabaria
Dhaka,Bangladesh
violinist
violinist
Nayeb Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan,Khadim Hussain Khan,Akbar Khan
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
0302
OEMI1140
580
1935
2008
0908
20-21
Kunnakudi,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Ramaswamy Sastri
Mahendra Bhatt
01??
OEMI1233
621
1989
20
Rajasthan
violinist
violinist
Manmohan Bhatt
P00098
Rukmini, T.
1127
OEMI1825
904905
1936
20
Shimoga, Karnataka
violinist
violinist
R.R.Keshava Murthy
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
0912
OEMI2190
1123
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
P00057
Anantharaman, M.S.
OEMI0141
5859
1924
20
Chennai
violinist
Violinist
Parur A. Sundaram Iyer
Puttur Devdas Joshi
09??
OEMI1661
834
1926
1986
1030
20
?
?
violinist
violinist
Ganesh,T.Chowdiah,P.Sambamoorthy
Rajam, N.
OEMI1704
863
1938
20
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Narayana Iyer, Musiri Subramanya Iyer
Ghanshyam Mukherji
OEMI0669
354
1872
1930
0101
19-20
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
Shantipur
violinist
Violinist
Dakshina Charan Sen
Divudu lyer
?
OEMI0561
280
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
1901
?
19-20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
Chinnayya Swami
OEMI0490
241
Kolhapur
?
?
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Lalgudi Jayaraman
0917
OEMI1181
593
Chennai
1930
20
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Violin maestro
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
P02697
Chowdiah, T.
0101
OEMI0503
244245
1895
1967
0119
No
19-20
Tirumakudalu, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Violin celebrity
Bidaram Krishnappa
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
OEMI1630
813
1860
1919
19-20
?
?
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
P06141
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
1015
OEMI1374
690
1887
1975
0914
19-20
Mudicondan,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Veteran vocalist
Vedaranyam Swaminatha Iyer
Kumaraswamy lyer,K.R.
0409
OEMI1130
578
1913
20
Kettavarampalayam,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
veteran vocalist
Mecheri Sundara Sastri
Irode Viswanatha lyer
?
OEMI0616
311
1905
1988
0914
20
?
New Delhi
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
Tatachar,T.S.
05??
OEMI2113
1068
1917
2001
1208
20-21
Pavgada,Tumkur district,Karnataka
Bangalore
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
his father T.Srinivasachar,uncle T.Seshachar,Krishnamachar(veena),and Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
Karnatik
Papa Venkataramayya
0912
OEMI1592
795
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Veteran violinist
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
0927
OEMI1486
729
1914
1999
1209
20
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
?
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
Thavancore style
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
OEMI1529
756
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
P01280
Govind Narayan Natu
0514
OEMI0735
380
1905
No
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
OEMI0349
163
20
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
Ganpatrao Pandit
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Yashwantrao Kerkar
0221
OEMI2248
1153
1914
1989
1217
20
Keri town, Goa
Mumbai
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
P06002
Sultan Khan
OEMI2062
1029
Mumbai
1941
20
Sikar, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govind Ballal Deval
1113
OEMI0734
380
1855
1916
06??
19-20
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
?
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
P00207
Tombi Singh
OEMI2133
1088
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Purushottamadas Pakhawaji
OEMI1658
832
Nathadwara
0.1907
20
Nathadwara
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player of the Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Goswami Govindlalji
Thakur Lakshman Singh
?
OEMI2119
1072
1936
?
19-20
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
Mahant Gopal Das
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
OEMI1472
727
0.1905
1959
0111
20
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
Ali Hussain Khan (Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0078
38
Mumbai
185055
0.193
?
19
Lucknow
?
Veteran of the Sahaswan gharaanaa
Sahaswan
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
P00180
Lourembam Tombi Devi
0915
OEMI1210
608
1901
?
20
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
Manipuri
P00231
Suleman Juma Jumani
OEMI2060
1029
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
20
Kutch
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
folk music
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
0304
OEMI1991
982
1908
1975
0316
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
P00193
Pankaj Charan Das
0317
OEMI1586
792793
1925
2003
0611
20-21
Orissa
Puri,Orissa
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
Ratnaprava Mahari,
P00102
Vishnudass Shirali
0516
OEMI2212
1135
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
1984
0226
20
Hubli, Karnataka
Mumbai
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar （vocal）
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
P00017
Murugabhopathy,C.S.
0215
OEMI1400
698699
1914
1998
0321
20
Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Veteran mridangam player
Chitsabai Servai and Sankarasiva Bhagavatar
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
P05290
Gopinath
?
OEMI0732
377
1908
1987
1009
No
20
?
?
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
P00219
Shambhu Maharaj
OEMI1932
964
0.1907
1970
1104
20
?
Delhi
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
Kathak
P00110
Narayana Menon, V.K.
OEMI1474
727
191011
1997
0726
20
Thrissur, Kerala
Delhi
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
P00133
Banni Bai
OEMI0299
120
1912
1999
0227
20
Chittukkadu, Andhra Pradesh
?
Veteran Harikat
Ramanna
OEMI1748
874
0.1855
1918
19-20
Hullahalli village, Andhra
Hullahalli
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
?
OEMI2130
1085
1798
1904
?
18-20
?
Chennai
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
Tyaagaraaja
P00043
Kalpakam Swaminathan
0815
OEMI0994
506
Chennai
1922
20
Sethalapati village, Tamil Nadu
veena player,
Veena player, based in Chennai
his mother, and A. Anantha Krishna Iyer, T.L. Venkatarama Iyer, and a few others
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
P00084
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
OEMI1792
887
1932
20
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
veena player and teacher
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
OEMI0476
238
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
Nilamma Kadambai
OEMI1531
757
1908
1998
1214
20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
0304
OEMI1047
539
1904
1982
1217
20
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
Basavangudi,Karnataka
veena player
veena player
Venkatesa Iyengar
OEMI2193
1123
1888
1973
19-20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
Padmanabhayya
OEMI1567
780
1847
1900
19
?
Mysore city
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
Sambayya
OEMI1859
922
18-19
?
?
veena player
veena performer
Venkatagiriyappa
0426
OEMI2188
1122
Mysore
1887
1951
19-20
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
OEMI0137
58
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Venkatasubbayya
OEMI2191
1123
Mysore
1792
1838
18-19
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Sangameswara Sastri
OEMI1868
926
1879
1931
19-20
Peethapuram, Andhra
?
veena player
veena maestro
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
Dhanammal(Vina)
?
OEMI0564
281
1867
1938
1015
19-20
Chennai
Chennai
veena player
Veena celebrity
Madhavadeva
?
OEMI1217
613
Assam
1490
1597
?
15-16
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Narottamdas Thakur
?
OEMI1497
731
0.1533
?
16
Kheturi,Bengal
?
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
Jigar Moradabadi
OEMI0939
479
1890
1960
0909
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
?
OEMI0056
27
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.

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