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
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI0720
374
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Haricharan Das Swami
OEMI0811
412
Dhaka
18
?
?
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
P00038
Hariprasad Chaurasia
0701
OEMI0816
415
Mumbai
1938
20
Allahabad
Eminent present-day maestro of the flute
Bholanath Prasanna, Annapurna Deviee
P00155
Himant Kumar Jamatia
OEMI0830
423
1954
20
Trishabari, Tripura
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
OEMI0872
442
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
the family
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
OEMI1059
541
1919
20
Chennai
Noted flute player
T. Brinda
Kumaraswamy lyer,K.R.
0409
OEMI1130
578
1913
20
Kettavarampalayam,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
veteran vocalist
Mecheri Sundara Sastri
Lakshminarayan Rajak
OEMI1167
591
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
his father Chhotelal Rajak
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
OEMI1461
725726
1790
18-19
Andhra
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Narayanaswami Ayyar
OEMI1481
728
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
OEMI1487
729
1923
20
Palakkad, Kerala
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Parvatiprasad Baruah
OEMI1606
800
1904
1964
20
Sibsagar district,Assam
?
composer
singer,composer
Shrimatibai Narvekar
1121
OEMI1974
974
Mumbai
1903
1988
1223
20
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
Sivaraman （Kottakkal）
OEMI2001
988
1936
2010
0719
20-21
Palakkad district, Kerala
Karalmanna, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
Sohirobanath Ambiye
OEMI2007
990
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
1792
18
?
Goa
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
?
OEMI2025
998999
1840
1914
0605
19-20
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
P00238
Thingbaijam Babu Singh
0208
OEMI2124
1078
1936
20-
Lairensajik village,Manipur
Well-known Manipuri dance exponent and teacher of Imphal
Laisram Apabi Singh,and in Raas dance under Maisnam Amubi Singh
'Tiger'Varadachariar
0801
OEMI2126
1079
1876
1950
0131
19-20
Kolathur,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Appadurai Iyer and his son Ramachandran
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
OEMI0320
135
Mysore
1888
1936
19-20
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
0811
OEMI0423
211
1905
1947
1007
20
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
?
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
OEMI0800
410
0.1887
0.195
19-20
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
OEMI1478
728
1806
1868
19
?
?
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
P00100
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
0430
OEMI1508
739
1896
1994
0312
19-20
?
Chennai
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
OEMI2186
11211122
0.17
1765
18
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
OEMI0941
480
Kolkata
Author
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
0617
OEMI0967
490
Assam
1903
1953
20
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
Tezpur
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
OEMI1109
571572
18-19
?
?
patron,
royal patron of music and author
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
0817
OEMI1357
681
1702
1748
0406
18
Ghazni,Afghanistan
Delhi
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
OEMI1420
706
1901
20
?
?
mridangam player
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
Nana-saheb Joglekar
0208
OEMI1442
720
1875
1911
1115
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Natharam Sharma Gaur
?
OEMI1511
740
1874
1943
?
19-20
Dariyapur village, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays
nautanki plays
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
OEMI1943
966
1911
2004
0109
20-21
Apegaon, Maharashtra
Latur, Maharashtra
Pakhaawaj player
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
P00227
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
?
OEMI2023
995
1913
20
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
Vrindavan Devacharya
?
OEMI2227
11401141
?
18
?
?
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
0118
OEMI0552
273
1921
20
Imphai,Manipur
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
OEMI1489
730
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Krishnarao Pandit
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
Aga Amir
?
OEMI0045
23
Pakistan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Aga Shergul
?
OEMI0047
23
Pakistan
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Ahobal Pandit
?
OEMI0059
29
probably born near Benares
?
16
?
?
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
P00112
Ajoy Chakrabarty
?
OEMI0064
30
Kolkata
1953
20
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Akbar (Emperor)
1123
OEMI0066
3031
1542
1605
?
16
Amarkot, Rajasthan
Agra
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
P00007
Annapurna Devi
OEMI0151
6465
Mumbai
1927
20
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
P00127
Astad Debo
0713
OEMI0196
84
1947
20
Kolkata
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
0318
OEMI0221
9293
1903
20
Bari, Goa
?
Noted harmonium player
Baburam Sahai
OEMI0225
9394
Allahabad
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bahadur Singh
1019
OEMI0251
102
1903
1967
20
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Baldevji
?
OEMI0274
112
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
dhrupad
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bapurao Ketkar
?
OEMI0302
121
1898
1954
1129
19-20
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
Barve P.N.
1230
OEMI0309
124
1918
20
Akola, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Bhabiram Sarma
OEMI0324
144145
1890
1986
19-20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Bimal Mukherji
?
OEMI0377
190
1930
1997
01??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
0421
OEMI0406
201
1874
1957
10??
19-20
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
?
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
Chandidasa
OEMI0432
215216
?
?
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Chandrabai
OEMI0435
217
Agra
1833
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Mansingh Vaidprakash
Chandrabhaga
OEMI0436
217218
Gujarat
1889
19
?
Lucknow
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ghasit Khan
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s

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