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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OEMI0643
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
Satara
1905
1029
Satara
1996
0115
Pune
V.D. Paluskar
325
OEMI0647
Gama Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla player
1911
?
Benares
1974
0116
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Gama Maharaj (real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra)
326
P05991
OEMI0657
Gangubai Hangal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
1913
?
Dharwar, Karnataka
2009
0719
Dharwar
her mother, Ambabai
332
OEMI0660
Gauri
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
?
?
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
346
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
P00042
OEMI0693
Ginde, K.G.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
1925
1226
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
1994
0713
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
365
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
OEMI0706
Gokhibai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
0.182
Punjab
187580
?
Bairam Khan
370371
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0726
Gopalasambayya
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
?
?
375
OEMI0729
Gopalrao Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1897
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
1953
Nashik town
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
376
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
P00740
OEMI0737
Govind Ram
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
380
OEMI0741
Govindamatya
Author
?
?
381
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
P00151
OEMI0751
Gubbi Viranna
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
1891
0124
Gubbi village, Mysore region
1972
1018
Bangalore
384
OEMI0758
Gunadasa Kapuge
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
Sri Lanka
1945
0807
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
2003
0402
?
387
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0765
Gwaria Baba
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
1843
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1938
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
his father and Dandi Swaami
395
OEMI0783
Haidar Khan Seni
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
dhrupad,dhamaar
0.177
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
0.184
?
his father Jeevan Khan,
400
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
OEMI0786
Hali
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
ghazals
1837
?
1914
0930
Panipat, Haryana
Mirza Ghalib
401
OEMI0790
Hamidanbai
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
?
?
401
OEMI0791
Hamirji
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
404
OEMI0799
Haren Ghosh
Impressario
1895
Bengal
1947
07??
Kolkata
410
OEMI0809
Hari Vallabh II
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
?
?
411
OEMI0817
Hariram Vyas
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
1492
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
0.1598
?
415416
OEMI0822
Hassan Imam
Dancer and teacher
1958
0701
Dhaka, Bangladesh
G.A. Mannan
418
OEMI0826
Haure Gosai
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
1795
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
420
OEMI0858
Imam Badi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Benares
?
?
Shadi Khan
439
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI0911
Jaisukhbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
456
OEMI0914
Janabai
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
1350
461
OEMI0925
Jatto
vocalist
Vocalist
465
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0945
Jnan Khan Seni
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
1745
Jaipur
1812
Lucknow
Gulab Khan Seni
481
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0956
Jon Higgins
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
American
1939
0919
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1984
1207
Muddletown, USA
487488
OEMI0962
Joshi, D.K.
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
1860
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
1942
0717
?
488489
OEMI0963
Joshi, D.T.
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
1914
10??
?
1993
10??
Kolkata
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
489
OEMI0964
Joshi, G.N.
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
1909
0406
Kalyan, near Mumbai
1994
0922
Mumbai
489
P00041
OEMI0969
Jyotsna Bhole
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Mumbai
1914
0511
Bandod, Goa
2001
0804
Mumbai
491
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
OEMI0971
Kabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1864
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
1954
Saruthekerabari
Bhabiram Sarma,
493
OEMI0978
Kagalkar, V.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1902
0604
Karnataka
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
497
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI0980
Kaka Hathrasi
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
1906
0918
?
1995
0918
Hathras
498
OEMI0988
Kale Khan (Saras-piya)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
0.186
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
family
503
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1009
Kamleshwari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
?
?
?
?
510
P00165
OEMI1011
Kanak Rele
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
1937
?
Mumbai
513
P06289
OEMI1024
Kanthe Maharaj
tabla player
tabla player
1888
Benares
1968
?
Baldev Sahari
517
OEMI1038
Kasyapa
Quoted as an authority on music
?
?
525
OEMI1045
Kempegauda
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
538
OEMI1057
Keshavrao Bhole
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
1896
0523
Amravati, Maharashtra
1967
Mumbai
541
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1067
Khajurbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
543
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1072
Khetramohan Kar
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1902
0830
Puri, Orissa
1986
Puri
554
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
P06009
OEMI1083
Kishan Maharaj
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
1923
0903
Benares
2008
0504
Benares
his father Hari Maharaj, paternal uncle Kanthe Maharaj
559
OEMI1085
Kittappa, S.G.
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
1906
Tamil Nadu
1933
?
Sankara Doss Swamikal
560
OEMI1089
Kohala
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
?
?
560561
OEMI1091
Kolar Rajamma
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
1910
?
1990
0404
Chennai
Chittor Subramania Pillai
563
OEMI1122
Kshitrayya
composer
composer
1600
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
1680
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
574575
P00173
OEMI1133
Kumkum Mohanty
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Cuttack,Orissa
579
P00174
OEMI1134
Kumudini Lakhia
Kathak danseuse
1935
Maharashtra
579
OEMI1148
Lachhu Maharaj
Kathak dancer
1901
0901
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
1978
0719
Lucknow
585
OEMI1151
Lahiri, S.N.
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
586
OEMI1165
Lakshmideva
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
1780
Bardowa, Assam
1858
Bali Sattra
his father , Bhadradeva
590591
OEMI1177
Lalan Fakir
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
0.1774
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
1891
?
592
OEMI1178
Lalan Prasad
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
0.1856
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
1926
?
592
OEMI1185
Lalit Mohinidev
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
0.1727
?
0.1805
?
595
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
OEMI1193
Lalu Rababi
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
?
?
?
?
601
OEMI1202
Lila,P.
Playback singer
1933
?
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
2005
1029
Ernakulam district
606
OEMI1204
Lionel Algama
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sri Lank
1935
0324
Sri Lanka
607
OEMI1217
Madhavadeva
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Assam
1490
?
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
1597
?
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
613
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
P00182
OEMI1236
Maheswar Neog
author and researcher in music and fine arts
1918
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
1995
0913
Guwahati,Assam
621
OEMI1245
Makulloluwa,W.B.
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
1922
0217
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
1984
0908
?
623
OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1261
Mangi Singh,L.
sitar player
Sitar player
1929
?
Imphal,Manipur
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
639
OEMI1262
Mangubai
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
dhrupad
0.185
?
?
0.194
?
?
Haddu and Hassu Khan
639
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1298
Mathor Shankara Murthy
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
1922
?
Muthalapura,Karnataka
1993
0705
Bangalore
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
657
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
OEMI1325
Mirashi-bua
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1883
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
1966
0105
?
671