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
Jigar Moradabadi
OEMI0939
479
1890
1960
0909
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
Jiwanlal Maharaj
OEMI0943
480481
1828
1888
19
Morvi,Gujarat
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
P00097
Kamala Murthy,T.R.
?
OEMI1003
508
1932
20
Lakshmikudi,Tamil Nadu
Harikathaa performer
Annasami Bhagavatar,Embar Vijaya Raghavachariar,and Venkatasubramania Sastrigal
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
0530
OEMI1108
571
1924
1992
1012
20
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
?
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
Krishnarao Sangle
OEMI1115
573
?
?
writer
writer
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
OEMI1172
591
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Manoharlal Sharma
?
OEMI1282
644
1970
?
20
?
?
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
?
OEMI1285
645
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Moroba Waghulikar
OEMI1368
686
1908
0120
19-20
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Muthaiah Bhagavatar （Harikesanallur）
1115
OEMI1408
704
1877
1945
0630
19-20
Punalveli village, near Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist, composer
Well-known vocalist, Harikathaa exponent, and composer
Harikathaa
Nanhe Khan （Mumbai）
OEMI1447
722
Gujarat and Mumbai
0.1872
0.194
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
his father Hussain Bakhsh, his elder brother Ghasit Khan
P00069
Narayanrao Vyas
0404
OEMI1494
731
1902
1984
0401
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI1524
755
Jodhpur
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
P00191
Padma Subrahmanyam
OEMI1564
780
Chennai
20
?
dancer,scholar
B.V.Lakshmanan,Ramayya Pillai,Gowri Amma
Panchakshari Gawai
0202
OEMI1582
789
1892
1944
0611
19-20
Kadashettihalli,Hanagal taluk,Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher,pioneer of Hindustani music in karnataka
Harapanahali Bheemarayappa(vocal 1900-2)
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1694
858859
1850
1922
19-20
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
P00210
Rajiv Taranath
1017
OEMI1710
865
1932
20
Bangalore, Karnataka
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
0526
OEMI1718
868
1885
1919
0123
19-20
Navsari, Gujarat
Mumbai
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Rambhau Saverkar
OEMI1753
876
Indore
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Indore
Haddu Khan
khayaal
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
OEMI1830
907
1872
1948
0522
19-20
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
Sarat Chandra Sarma
OEMI1888
948949
1913
20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
singer
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
OEMI1918
963
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
Sheik Chinna Moula
0512
OEMI1957
971
1924
1999
0413
20
Karavadi, Andhra Pradesh
?
Well-known naagaswaram player
his uncle Madar-sahib, Sheik Adam-sahib, and Duraikkannu Pillai
Sripada Pinakapani
0803
OEMI2033
1009
1913
20
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
Tarini Charan Patra
?
OEMI2109
1067
1901
1979
0304
20
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
Umrao Khan （Vocal）
OEMI2149
1102
0.1845
0.192
19-20
Hyderabad
vocalist
Vocalist
his illustrious father Tanras Khan
Venugopala Krishna Sharma （Pasumarty）
OEMI2196
1123
1933
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Well-known performer of Kuuchipuudi dance-drama
Chinta Venkatarama Ayya and Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastri
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
P00059
Maharajapuram Viswanatha lyer
0915
OEMI1232
620
1896
1970
19-20
Maharajapuram,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer
Karnatik
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
OEMI1482
728
20
?
?
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
OEMI0260
303304
1782
1816
18
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
OEMI0336
153
20
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
Shankarrao Pandit
P00050
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
0708
OEMI1116
573
1893
1989
0822
19-20
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
vocalist
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
09??
OEMI1349
680
1907
1988
0927
20
Haryana
Maharashtra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kader Bakhsh
Narayan Chandra Goswami
OEMI1463
726
1942
20
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
Pachu Pillai(Champakulam)
10??
OEMI1562
779
1907
20
Champakulam,Kerala
Kathakali dancer
Paramu Pillai,Vechoor Raman Pillai
Kathakali
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
OEMI1630
813
1860
1919
19-20
?
?
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Raja-bhaiyya Pochwale
0812
OEMI1701
863
1882
1956
0401
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Waman-bua, Lala-bua
P00084
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
OEMI1792
887
1932
20
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
veena player and teacher
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
OEMI1914
962
1524
1557
16
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
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
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
OEMI2091
1042
1920
1998
0519
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Subramania Iyer
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
OEMI0653
331332
0.1808
0.1874
19
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
Mir Nasiram
dhrupad
Kale Khan （Kasurwale; Patiala）
OEMI0986
502503
Mumbai
0.187
0.1915
19-20
Patiala, Punjab
Kanpur
vocalist
Emiinent vocalist
his uncle Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
OEMI1702
863
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0211
90
Lucknow
19
Kalpi
?
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
0304
OEMI0356
168169
1863
1901
0213
19-20
?
?
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI0367
183
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bishnuprasad Rabha
0131
OEMI0396
195
1909
1969
0620
20
Dhaka
Tezpur, Assam
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Dakshina Charan Sen
?
OEMI0514
251252
Bengal
1860
1925
?
19-20
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
Kolkata
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Devji-bua Paranjape
?
OEMI0560
279
0.1798
1878
?
18-19
Pune,Maharashtra
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Gadgil-bua
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
0806
OEMI0728
375
1921
1968
0213
20
Nerul, Goa
?
Music critic
Haidar Khan （Jaipur）
OEMI0779
400
1898
19-20
Jaipur
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar player
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Kannappa Thambiran
OEMI1020
516
1915
20
Purisai,Tamli Nadu
Performer of Theru Koothu
Keshab Chandra Mitra
OEMI1051
540
0.1822
1901
19-20
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player
Ram Chakravarty
Krishnadas Kaviraj
OEMI1103
570571
1521
1586
16
Vardhaman district, Bengal
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
Devotional poet
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Mohammad Khan(vocal)
OEMI1352
680
1870
1922
19-20
Agra
Agra
vocalist?
vocalist?
Natthan Khan
P00017
Murugabhopathy,C.S.
0215
OEMI1400
698699
1914
1998
0321
20
Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Veteran mridangam player
Chitsabai Servai and Sankarasiva Bhagavatar
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Nanhe Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1449
723
1850
0.1915
19
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
probably Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player?
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
Narayan-bua Gogate
OEMI1488
729
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
Narottamdas Thakur
?
OEMI1497
731
0.1533
?
16
Kheturi,Bengal
?
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Pransukhlal Nayak
04??
OEMI1639
825
1910
20
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
Pulin Behari Mitter
OEMI1648
828
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
OEMI1693
858
1985
03??
20
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1784
885
?
?
vocalist
tappaa singer
Imam Badi
tappaa
Sarada Subramaniam
OEMI1881
944
1915
20
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
OEMI1961
971
Cuttack, Orissa
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
OEMI2010
991992
20
?
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
Subramanya Bharathi
1211
OEMI2043
1013
1882
1921
0912
19-20
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Tarabai Welingkar
?
OEMI2106
1065
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
Khayaal,thumrii
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
?
OEMI2128
1083
?
19-20?
?
?
Author
Tiruvarur Rajayi
0106
OEMI2129
1084
1896
1926
11??
19-20
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Danseuse and vocalist
her granduncle,Gopalakrishna Nattuvanar
P00246
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
OEMI2265
1160
1929
1990
0928
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena （biin） player
his father Ziauddin Dagar
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
OEMI2269
319
0.17
0.1768
18
probably Delhi
Delhi
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
P00131
Balasubrahmanya Sarma,M.S.
?
OEMI0270
111
1929
20
Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
G.paidiswami
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
OEMI0944
481
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
P00184
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
?
OEMI1274
643
1922
20
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
Rajkumar Priyogopal Sana
OEMI1713
866
1910
20
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known exponent of Manipuri dance, also an expert in Manipuri martial arts
his father Rajkumar Suryaboro Singh
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
OEMI1791
887
1612
1684
17
?
?
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
Sakharam Mridangacharya
1025
OEMI1849
915
1879
1967
0119
19-20
Indore
?
pakhaawaj player, teacher
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
0725
OEMI1907
960961
1908
2003
0131
20-21
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
OEMI2070
1030
20
?
?
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）

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