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
Ramdas Kamat
0218
OEMI1763
878
1931
20
Goa
Well-known Marathi stage actor and singer
his father Dharma （Shantaram） Kamat
Ramkumar Basak
OEMI1771
881
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramlal Bareth
OEMI1773
881
1936
0306
20
?
?
Kathak dancer, teacher
Jailal Maharaj
P00082
Ramrao Naik
OEMI1777
883884
1909
1998
1021
20
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Ranade, G.H.
1001
OEMI1786
885
1897
1966
0310
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
musicologist
musicologist
Ranade, J.L.
0327
OEMI1787
885886
1905
1999
20
Ichalkaranji
?
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
Moroba Gondhali
Ranadhir Roy
OEMI1788
886
1944
1989
0324
20
?
Kolkata
esraaj player
Rangayya, C.
OEMI1793
887
1895
1984
19-20
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
Mysore city
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
P00242
Rani
OEMI1795
887
?
?
singer-actress
Ranjana Devi
0117
OEMI1797
887888
1949
20
?
singer, teacher
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
Rasikdev
OEMI1804
891892
17-18
?
?
poet-devotee
P00085
Rasolanbai
OEMI1806
892
1902
1974
1215
20
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
singer
Rathiram Sarma
OEMI1808
894
1875
1933
19-20
Salmara, Kamrup district, Assam
Salmara
singer
Baneswar Sarma
Raza Hussain
OEMI1814
897
Baroda
1891
19-20
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Pyar Khan
Rekibuddin Ahmed
OEMI1815
899
1940
20
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
Ramizuddin Ahmed
Rohini Bhate
OEMI1816
901
1924
20
Pune, Maharashtra
kathak danseuse
Sohan Lal , Munna Lal, Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Lachhu Maharaj
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Ruth St. Denis
0120
OEMI1829
905906
1879
1968
0721
19-20
?
?
danseuse, choreographer
P00215
Sachin Shankar
0924
OEMI1832
908
1924
2005
20-21
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
dancer, choreographer
Saganbhau
OEMI1839
910
1778
1849
18-19
Jejuri, Pune region, Maharashtra
?
composer
poet, composer
Sagara Daivajna
OEMI1840
910
19
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
?
singer
Sahir Sable
OEMI1845
914
1923
20
Pasarani, Maharashtra
exponent of folk music and folk drama
Sai Ilyas
OEMI1846
914
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Salil Chowdhury
0914
OEMI1855
917918
1925
1995
0905
20
West Bengal
Kolkata
music director of films, mainly Hindi
Sambayya
OEMI1859
922
18-19
?
?
veena player
veena performer
Samraj
OEMI1863
924
1613
1700
17
?
?
composer
singer, composer
Sanand Bapu
OEMI1866
925
1904
1980
0617
20
?
Sanand, Gujarat
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
Sankaradeva
OEMI1871
939940
1449
1568
15-16
Alipukhuri Bardowa of the present Nagaon district, Assam
Bhela Kakatkuta [near Madhupur] in the old state of Cooch-Behar, now part of Bengal
Great Vaishnava saint of Assam who laid the foundations of the Sattriiya school of devotional music and dance.
Kusumabara
Sanyal, A.N.
OEMI1877
943
?
?
author, teacher
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Sarangadeva
OEMI1882
944945
13
?
?
musicologist
musicologist, author
Sarangapani
OEMI1883
945
1680
1710
17-18
?
?
composer
composer
Sarmad
OEMI1891
950
1657
17
?
Delhi
poet
Mystic poet
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.）

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