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
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
0812
OEMI1365
683
1913
1985
1201
20
?
Hubli,Karnataka
Kathak dancer and teacher
Sunder Prasad,Achhan Maharaj,Shambhu Maharaj
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
?
OEMI1392
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI1396
696697
1864
1927
?
19-20
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
?
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
Mughlu Khan
Nana-saheb Chaphekhar
0120
OEMI1441
720
1896
1969
0115
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Ramkrishna-bua Vase
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
OEMI1472
727
0.1905
1959
0111
20
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
OEMI1663
834
1737
18
Delhi
?
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
Swaminatha Pillai, T.N.
OEMI2092
1042
1900
1961
20
Tirupamburam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
performer of the flute
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
OEMI2166
1114
1795
1869
18-19
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
OEMI2172
1118
1850
1905
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
OEMI2177
1119
1923
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
Anantadas Goswami
OEMI0138
58
1790
18-19
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
P00057
Anantharaman, M.S.
OEMI0141
5859
1924
20
Chennai
violinist
Violinist
Parur A. Sundaram Iyer
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Babu Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0224
93
1899
29
Delhi
Kolkata
tabla player
Tablaa player?
his mother
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
OEMI0337
153154
Rampur
1852
1920
19-20
Gwalior
Dhaulpur
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
Bande Ali Khan
thumrii
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Chamman Khan-saheb
OEMI0426
213
1878
1922
19-20
Rampur
Rampur
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
Chandrabhaga Devi
OEMI0437
218
1922
1997
0414
20
?
Bangalore
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Damodarlal Kabra
0317
OEMI0522
253
1926
1979
0804
20
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Sarod player
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
Dattu-bua Inamdar
?
OEMI0536
260
1908
1986
0927
20
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
P00143
Devendra Murdeshwar
0919
OEMI0555
275
1923
2000
0129
20
North Kanara district,Karnataka
Mumbai
Maestro of Hindustani flute
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
Dhirendranath Bose
?
OEMI0575
287
1878
1953
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Sarod player and teacher
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
Dwarkanath Ghosh
OEMI0607
307
1847
1938
19-20
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
Ekambara Mudaliyar
OEMI0610
309
?
?
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Hari Dikshit Pandit
OEMI0803
411
18
?
?
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
OEMI0823
418
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
P00039
Hirabai Barodekar
0529
OEMI0838
431432
1905
1989
1120
20
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Jadava Krishna Basu
OEMI0889
447
1848
1926
19-20
Bengal
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
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

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