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
Saroja, M.K.
OEMI1892
951
1931
20
Chennnai
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
Satish Bhatia
OEMI1894
952
1929
20
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
Savta Mali
OEMI1899
957
0.125
0.1295
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Sawai Gandharva
01??
OEMI1901
957958
1886
1952
0912
19-20
Kundgol, Dharwar, Karnataka
Pune, Maharashtra
singer-actor,vocalist
Eminent vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Balwantrao Kolhatkar, Abdul Karim Khan
Marathi satge
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Sena Nhavi
OEMI1908
961
15
?
?
Devotional poet
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Shahu Maharaj
OEMI1925
963
20
?
?
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Shankar Bodas
0423
OEMI1940
966
1900
1986
0710
20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veteran educationist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Shiv Kumar Bai
OEMI1964
972
Benares
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Simha Bhopala
OEMI1988
977
c.14-15
?
?
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
Singhanadeva
OEMI1990
982
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
Sitara Devi
OEMI1995
986
Mumbai
1920
20
Kolkata
Well-known Kathak danseuse
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
Sivaramayya
OEMI2003
988
1886
1946
19-20
Mysore
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer of the Mysore durbar
his father Veena Padmanabhayya, Veena Seshanna
Sohrab Hossain
OEMI2009
991
1925
20
Nadia district, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist
Abbasuddin Ahmed （Bengali folk songs）
Somaraja Deva
OEMI2014
992
13
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
Someswara
OEMI2015
992
13
?
?
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
Subba Rao,B.
?
OEMI2036
10101011
1894
1970
?
19-20
Basavapatna,Karnataka
?
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
P00095
Suchitra Mitra
?
OEMI2044
1013
1924
20
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
Sukadev Patri
?
OEMI2052
1026
1927
20
Kendrapada,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
Sundar Prasad
OEMI2065
1030
1898
1970
0530
19-20
Karvadi town, Rajasthan
?
Noted Kathak dancer
Bindadin Maharaj
P06255
Suresh Talwalkar
0720
OEMI2084
1036
Mumbai
1948
20
?
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Pandharinath Nageshkar
Sushila Mishra
OEMI2090
1039
0.192
1998
0808
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
Talim Hussain
?
OEMI2102
1055
Lucknow
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of 1900s
Tarlekar,G.H.
0507
OEMI2110
10671068
1914
2001
1211
20-21
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
Pune
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
Tijanbai
0424
OEMI2115
1070
Bhilai
1954
20
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
Performer of Paandavani
P00208
Thilagam,P.R.
?
OEMI2123
1078
1926
?
20
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
Tiwadi Tejkaran
OEMI2132
1085
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
Trimohanlal
OEMI2135
1089
about 20
?
?
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
Tukaram （Sant）
OEMI2136
10941095
1598
1650
Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra
Dehu
Saint-poet whose name is Synonymous with Marathi abhangs
Tyagaraja
0504
OEMI2140
10971098
1767
1847
0106
18-19
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist, of saintly status, often referred to as Tyaagaraaja Swaami
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
P00093
Vasantrao Rajopadhye
1228
OEMI2171
1118
1913
2008
1122
20-21
Satara district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his brothers Narayanrao and Shankarrao Vyas
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Vema Bhopala
OEMI2180
11201121
?
?
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
Venabai
OEMI2182
1121
1627
1678
17
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
Performer of Marathi keertans
saint-poet Raamdaas
Vishnu Mahajani
11??
OEMI2209
1134
1851
1923
02??
19-20
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Poet and playwright
Vishnudas Nama
OEMI2211
1135
16
?
?
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
Viswanathan, T.
0815
OEMI2220
11381139
1926
2002
0910
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
Swaminatha Pillai
Qutub-ud-Daula
?
OEMI2225
838839
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
Sailabai
?
OEMI2226
915
?
20
?
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
William Jones
0920
OEMI2243
1147
1746
1794
?
18
England
Kolkata
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
Yashtka
?
OEMI2246
1153
?
2-3
?
?
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
Zakir Hussain
0309
OEMI2260
11581159
1951
20-
Mumbai
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
Zauk Dehalvi
OEMI2262
1160
1789
1854
18-19
?
Delhi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Zohrabai
OEMI2268
1161
?
?
Singer
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
Mehbobjan
OEMI2276
666
Pune, Maharashtra
0.1898
1970
?
Solapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Tupelkhan Sitariya
Sayajirao （III）, Gaekwad （Maharaja）
OEMI1904
958959
1863
1939
19-20
Kavllana, Khandesh district, Maharashtra
Baroda
patron,
Great patron of the arts; enlightened ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
OEMI1107
571
1795
1888
18-19
Udapiur,Rajasthan
probably Kolkata
Author
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
?
OEMI0290
116
1851
1914
0922
19-20
Alibag,near Mumbai
Mumbai
Pioneer activist in music education
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0488
240241
?
?
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
Govindarajan （Sirkazhi）
OEMI0742
381
1933
1988
0323
20
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Swaminatha Pillai
Tamil films
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
OEMI1120
573
19
?
?
Instrumentalist
Ramji-bhaiyya Agnihotri
0611
OEMI1766
879
1905
1982
0630
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Madhava Rao
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
OEMI2178
1120
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
18
?
?
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Balakrishna Das
0202
OEMI0265
109110
1928
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
Balwantrao Pohre
?
OEMI0289
116
?
?
?
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
Inayat Hussain Khan
khayaal
Bhatkhande, V.N.
0810
OEMI0352
167168
1860
1936
0919
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
Chhajju Khan Seni
OEMI0458
230231
1740
1806
18-19
probably Jaipur
?
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
P00140
Chhota Gandharva
0510
OEMI0463
236
1918
1997
1231
20
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
?
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
Debkantha Bagchi
?
OEMI0542
262
1860
1930
?
18-19
Nabadwip district,Bengal
probably Kolkata
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Bengal theatre
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Girin Chakraborty
OEMI0697
366
?
?
singer
Folk singer
folk
Giriraja Brahmam
OEMI0699
367
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
Govinda Dikshitar
OEMI0738
380
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
Heisnam Mangoljao
11??
OEMI0828
420
1914
1997
1016
20
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
Imamuddin Dagar
OEMI0862
439
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
P00157
Indira P.P. Bora
OEMI0877
443
1949
20
Golaghat, Assam
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
Kalyana Bharati
?
OEMI0996
506
Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Krishnarao Mulay
1223
OEMI1114
572
1864
1944
0721
19-20
Pune
Bilimora,South Gujarat
rudra veena player
performer of rudra veena
Annasaheb Gharpure,Ganesh Krishna Apte
Lauji,Viswanath
?
OEMI1198
604
?
?
?
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
Maulaviram Misir
?
OEMI1305
660
0.188
1940
?
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Biharilal
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Munneshwar Dayal
1107
OEMI1389
695
1908
1983
0510
20
Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya
Noted harmonium exponent
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Mutthu Thandavar
OEMI1419
706
16
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Narayan Behera
1214
OEMI1462
726
1917
20
Ganjam, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
Narayan Prasad
OEMI1468
726
1908
1958
0912
20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Jaipur
Kathak dancer
Narayanaswamy, K. （Umayalpuram）
0504
OEMI1485
729
1929
20
Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu
Ghatam player
his father Kothandarama Iyer
Natarajan,A.K.C.
?
OEMI1509
739
?
?
?
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
Nilamma Kadambai
OEMI1531
757
1908
1998
1214
20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
OEMI1554
766767
1870
19
Delhi
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
P00083
Pagaldas Swami
0815
OEMI1569
781
1920
20
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
Raja Nawab Ali
OEMI1697
861
1935
20
?
?
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Rajaram Shukla
0509
OEMI1708
864
1925
20
Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Bhagvatkishor Vyakul, Mohan Misra, Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale, Amir Khan
Ramananda Dvija
OEMI1743
873
17
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
his father Raamadeva Aataa
Ramchatur Mallik
1005
OEMI1760
877878
1906
1990
0111
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
Basti, near Patna
Reputed dhrupad singer
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik

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