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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OEMI0757
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
1906
1216
Mumbai
1980
0608
Mumbai
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
387
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI0881
Isak Salom Awaskar
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
1856
Awas village, near Mumbai
1910
Mumbai
445
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI0908
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Indore
Benares
1976
0511
451
OEMI0976
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
composer
Composer (19rh cent.) and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
?
?
494
OEMI0989
Kali Prasanna Banerji
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
1842
Kolkata
1900
?
Kshetra Mohan, Jyotirindranath Tagore, his brother Sourindra Mohan Tagore
503
OEMI1018
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
1924
?
2000
0405
Kolkata
515
OEMI1034
Kashinath Pajapanda
vocalist,
vocalist of Odissi music
1921
0315
Puri,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
524
OEMI1100
Krishna Kamal Goswami
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
1810
?
1888
?
569
P00051
OEMI1131
Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
violinist
Karnatik violinist
Karnatik
1898
0805
Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu
1970
Tamil Nadu
Tirukodikaval Ramaswamy Iyer,Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
578
OEMI1142
Kushaba Nana Bhide
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
?
581
OEMI1235
Mahesh Chandra Sarkar
sitar player,rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
1818
Benares
1887
?
621
OEMI1268
Manik-bua Thakurdas
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
1910
1110
Solapur,Maharashtra
2002
1001
Mumbai
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
640
OEMI1292
Masilamani Mudaliyar
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Chennnai
?
?
?
?
655
P06532
OEMI1425
Mysore Vasudevachar
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
0.1865
?
Mysore
1961
?
?
710
OEMI1578
Pallikurike Somanatha
author
Telugu author
Telugu
?
?
785
OEMI1592
Papa Venkataramayya
violinist
Veteran violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
795
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
P00201
OEMI1706
Rajaram-bhau Kadam
Doyen of the Marathi folk form, gondhal
1887
Parbhani, Maharashtra
1990
12??
?
864
P02854
OEMI1857
Samanduram Tondon Devi
exponent of Manipuri dance
Imphal, Manipur
Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Amudon Sharma
921
OEMI1864
Samta Prasad Mishra
tabla player
tabla exponent
1921
0719
Benares
1994
0531
Pune, Maharashtra
Bikku Maharaj
924925
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
P00231
OEMI2060
Suleman Juma Jumani
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
folk music
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
Kutch
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
1029
P00247
OEMI2096
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
composer
composer
1921
0721
Tamil Nadu
2002
0316
?
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
1045
OEMI0739
Govinda Marar (Shat-kala)
vocalist
Early 19th-cent. Karnatik vocalist
1798
Ramamangalam, Muvattupuzha district, Kerala
0.1842
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
Haripad Ramaswami Bhagvatar
380381
OEMI0997
Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player
1846
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
1888
?
Thiruvananthapuram
his father Venkatadri Bhagavatar
506
OEMI1238
Mahindranath Mukhopadhyaya
vocalist
dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1873
?
1918
?
622
OEMI1251
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1906
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
1990
?
631
OEMI1341
Mohammad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
singer
?
1925
Hyderabad
Khudratullah Khan
677
OEMI1685
Raghuvir-mama Ramnathkar
pioneer harmonium player
1877
0212
Ramnath,Goa
?
857
OEMI2097
Swati Tirunal (Maharaja)
composer,patron,
composer, patron of the arts
1813
0416
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1846
1225
Thiruvananthapuram
Tanjore Subba Rao, Karamana Subrahmanya Bhagavatar, Nemom Natesa Bhagavatar
1045
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