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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0067
Akbar Allahabadi
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
1864
1116
?
1921
0909
Allahabad
31
OEMI0227
Baburao Gokhale
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1893
10??
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
1969
0525
?
Gurudev Patwardhan
94
OEMI0275
Baliram Pandey
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
?
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
?
112
OEMI0341
Bhanudatta Misra
Author of a Sanskrit work
?
?
156
OEMI0369
Bhupen Hazarika
An eminent name in Assamese music.
1926
?
Sadia district,Assam
183184
OEMI0401
Bobbili Kesavayya
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
?
?
his father, Gopalayya
197
P02330
OEMI0541
Deba Prasad Das
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
1932
?
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
1986
0716
?
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
262
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0652
Ganesilal Chaube
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesilal
?
?
331
OEMI0721
Gopala Krishna Iyer （Marungapuri）
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik style
1883
0424
Madurai
1968
1215
?
Karur Venkataramayya
374
OEMI0770
Hafiz Kalandhari
poet
Urdu poet
1901
Jalandhar, Punjab
1981
1221
Pakistan
398
OEMI0900
Jagajjyotirmalla
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
449
OEMI0991
Kalipada Pathak
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
0.189
Howrah, Kolkata
?
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
505
OEMI0993
Kallinath Pandit
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
?
?
505506
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1150
Lahari Deb Burman
Sarod player of Tripuna
1922
Agartala
1988
Agartala
586
OEMI1215
Madhav Patankar
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1862
?
?
1916
0203
Maharashtra
612
OEMI1219
Madhukar Pednekar
Reputed harmonium player
1916
0227
Mumbai
1967
0720
?
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
614615
OEMI1252
Mallika Pukhraj
vocalist
ghazal singer
ghazal
1910
Akhnur town,Kashmir
2004
0204
Lahore,Pakistan
Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale,Akhtar Hussain
631
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1315
Mirabai Badkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
0713
Maharashtra
Kalyanibai and Anwar Hussain Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
664
P00064
OEMI1338
Mogubai Kurdikar
vocalist
vocalist
1904
0715
Kurdi,a village in Goa
2001
0210
Mumbai
676677
OEMI1600
Parasu Sekh Ojha
singer.dancer
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
798
P02712
OEMI1678
Raghunath Dutta
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
1933
0201
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
856
OEMI1679
Raghunath Nanda
singer
1920
0812
Puri,Orissa
Govind Charan Nanda
856
OEMI1728
Rama Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
1888
1015
?
1957
?
870
OEMI1738
Ramakanta Ata
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1649
Bali Sattra
1717
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
his father Daamodara Aataa
872
OEMI1790
Ranganath Mishra
tabla player
Tabla player
1932
0103
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Bikku Maharaj, Gama Maharaj
887
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
P00219
OEMI1932
Shambhu Maharaj
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
Kathak
0.1907
?
1970
1104
Delhi
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
964
OEMI1955
Shaukat Ara Islam
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
1939
1227
Dhaka, Bangladesh
969
P00094
OEMI1966
Shivkumar Sharma
Eminent santoor player
Mumbai
1938
0113
Jammu
Kashmir Valley
972973
P02594
OEMI1985
Siddheshwari Devi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
1908
Benares
1977
0318
Delhi
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
976
P00058
OEMI2040
Subbulakshmi,M.S.
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1916
0916
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
2004
1211
Chennai
10111012
OEMI2088
Suryaji Mahatme
sitar player
Author and sitar exponent
1837
Goa
1899
1213
?
1039
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI2210
Vishnudas Bhave
Father of the Marathi musical play
Marathi musical play
18191823
Sangli, Maharashtra
1901
0809
Sangli
1135
OEMI0113
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
0.182
?
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
0.1873
?
Rampur
his father Umrao Khan
50
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI0351
Bhate-bua （Ganpatrao）
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
1882
Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1943
?
Balkrishhna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
164
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI0425
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
1908
Mysore
1988
?
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
213
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0723
Gopalakrishna Bharati
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
1810
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1896
375
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI1017
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
Mridangam player
1927
?
1995
0430
Chennai
his father
515
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI1071
Khapru-mama Parvatkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1880
Parvat village, Goa
1953
0903
Parvat village
his father Raghuvir-mama
547
OEMI1073
Khitish Chandra Maitra
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
1906
1008
Balasore district, Orissa
1980
Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
554
OEMI1222
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Thanjavur
1844
?
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
1893
?
?
618
OEMI1265
Mani Madhava Chakyar
Eminent Kootiyaattam performer
1898
?
Palakkad district,Kerala
1990
0615
Kerala
Vasu Nambeesan,Sankaran Nambootiri(Panisseri),and Parikshit Rama Varma Tampuran
639
OEMI1279
Manohar Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1794
?
?
1874
?
?
643
OEMI1417
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1921
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
1992
Chennai
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
706
OEMI1430
Nagabhushanachar,V.
1932
?
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
714715
OEMI1433
Nagaswami Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1894
?
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
1952
?
?
715
P06047
OEMI1502
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1924
1220
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
733
OEMI1504
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1921
0512
Alwar,Rajasthan
1966
0524
?
his father Nasiruddin Khan and other elders in the family network
733
OEMI1634
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
1882
1106
Valsad district, South Gujarat
1943
0125
Dharampur, South Gujarat
822823
OEMI1674
Radhika Mohan Moitra
sarod player
1917
0213
Kolkata
1981
1015
Kolkata
843844
OEMI1734
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
1926
Karnataka
871
OEMI1783
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Delhi region
1897
Mumbai
Lal Khan
885
OEMI1810
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
1900
Mumbai
Mumbai
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
894
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI0321
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
1935
Bellari
1985
Bangalore
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
135
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI1052
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1892
0106
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
540
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu （Loka）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.） and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0112
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1847
?
Gwalior
0.1915
?
Gwalior
50
OEMI0128
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
1877
0822
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1947
0909
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
56
OEMI0238
Bade Munne （Tabla）
0.1845
?
0.1905
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
97
OEMI0281
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
114
OEMI0287
Balwantrao Ketkar
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
khayaal
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Antu-bua Apte
115116
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
P01145
OEMI0366
Bhubaneswar Mishra
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
1927
?
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
1993
0507
?
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
183
OEMI0413
Bulakilal Yadav
tabla player
Tabla player
0.1923
?
?
2000
0408
Allahabad
Lalji Shrivastav
204
P00138
OEMI0422
Chakradhar Mahanta
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
1902
0818
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1982
0409
Saudkuchi Sattra
210
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0616
Irode Viswanatha lyer
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
1905
?
?
1988
0914
New Delhi
311
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar （Vishalur）
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI0705
Gokalram （Bhagat）
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
OEMI0754
Gulab Khan （Seni）
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
dhrupad
0.17
Delhi
0.1768
Jaipur, Rajasthan
his father Hassan Khan Seni
386