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
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Chikka Subba Rao
OEMI0478
239
Mysore
?
?
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
his father Dodda Subba Rao
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chirag
OEMI0494
241
Punjjabi
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Chitrabai
OEMI0496
242
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
P00019
Chitta Babu
1013
OEMI0497
243
1936
20
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
veena player
Well-known veena player
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Dargahi Mishra
?
OEMI0524
257
Benares
1849
1926
?
19-20
Benares
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Dasganu
?
OEMI0526
258
1868
1962
?
19-20
?
?
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
Dasopant
?
OEMI0529
259
1551
1616
?
16-17
?
?
Poet
P00142
Datar,D.K.
1014
OEMI0530
259
1932
20
based in Mumbai
violinist
Noted violinist
P00022
Debu Chaudhuri
?
OEMI0544
262
Delhi
1935
20
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
Deval,K.B.
0506
OEMI0553
274275
1847
1931
0316
19-20
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
musicologist
Musicologist
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Devidas
?
OEMI0558
278
Pune,Maharashtra
?
18
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Bijaram
Dhannabai
?
OEMI0566
283
?
?
?
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
Pannaabaai
khayaal
Dholekar,A.S.
?
OEMI0577
289
1895
1969
05??
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
Dhruvadasji
?
OEMI0580
292
1565
0.17
?
16
?
?
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
Diwaliben Bhil
0602
OEMI0590
299
1943
20
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Fakruddin
?
OEMI0620
316317
Rahasthan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Gajanan Varma
?
OEMI0642
325
1926
20
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
writer, performer
writer and performer
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
P00031
Gangubai Hangal
?
OEMI0657
332
1913
2009
0719
20-21
Dharwar, Karnataka
Dharwar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
her mother, Ambabai
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Ghantasala
1214
OEMI0672
355
1922
1974
?
20
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
P00042
Ginde, K.G.
1226
OEMI0693
365
1925
1994
0713
20
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
S.N. Ratanjankar
Giribala Dasi
OEMI0694
365
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
P00032
Girija Devi
0508
OEMI0695
365366
Kolkata
1929
20
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
Gopalrao Joshi
OEMI0729
376
1897
1953
19-20
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
Nashik town
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
Gora Kumbhar
?
OEMI0733
377
Teradhoki
0.1267
0.1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
P00151
Gubbi Viranna
0124
OEMI0751
384
1891
1972
1018
19-20
Gubbi village, Mysore region
Bangalore
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
Gunadasa Kapuge
0807
OEMI0758
387
Sri Lanka
1945
2003
0402
20-21
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
?
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
Hassan Imam
0701
OEMI0822
418
1958
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dancer and teacher
G.A. Mannan
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Imam Badi
OEMI0858
439
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Shadi Khan
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Jagaddhara
OEMI0898
449
Scholar of the medieval period
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Jon Higgins
0919
OEMI0956
487488
American
1939
1984
1207
20
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Muddletown, USA
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Joshi, D.T.
10??
OEMI0963
489
1914
1993
10??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
P00041
Jyotsna Bhole
0511
OEMI0969
491
Mumbai
1914
2001
0804
20-21
Bandod, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
Kagalkar, V.A.
0604
OEMI0978
497
1902
20
Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Kale Khan （Saras-piya）
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family
Kamalam
?
OEMI1006
508509
?
?
?
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
Kambal
?
OEMI1008
509
?
?
?
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
Kamleshwari Devi
?
OEMI1009
510
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
P00165
Kanak Rele
?
OEMI1011
513
1937
20
Mumbai
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
P00044
Kanthe Maharaj
OEMI1024
517
1888
1968
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
tabla player
Baldev Sahari
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Keshavrao Bhole
0523
OEMI1057
541
1896
1967
19-20
Amravati, Maharashtra
Mumbai
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Khajurbai
OEMI1067
543
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Khetramohan Kar
0830
OEMI1072
554
1902
1986
20
Puri, Orissa
Puri
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Kiron
OEMI1081
558
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.

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