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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0746
Govindrao Apte
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1958
1008
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
382
OEMI0749
Govindrao Tembe
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
1881
0705
Sangavade Maharashtra
1955
0529
Delhi
383
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
P00154
OEMI0818
Harishankar, G.
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
1958
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2002
0211
?
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
416
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI0833
Himangsu Dutta
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
1908
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
1944
Kolkata
424425
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI0840
Hiradevi Mishra
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Benares
0.1926
?
1983
0107
Benares
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
432
OEMI0886
Ivor Dennis
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
1932
0528
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
445
OEMI0897
Jagabandhu Sahu
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
1914
0119
Orissa
1990
?
449
OEMI0917
Janardhan Pethe
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1912
Maharashtra
1962
0328
Kolkata
462
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI0952
Jog, V.G.
Eminent exponent of the violin
Kolkata
1922
Wai, Satara region, Maharashtra
2004
0131
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
484485
OEMI0954
John Foulds
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
1880
Manchester, England
1939
Kolkata
487
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
OEMI1013
Kanan,A.
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1920
06??
Chennai
2004
0912
Kolkata
Girija Shankar Chakravarti and Amir Khan
514
OEMI1014
Kanchi Namati
singer
folk singer
folk
190010
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
1970
Nagaon district
514
P05877
OEMI1084
Kishori Amonkar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Mumbai
1931
0410
?
559
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1094
Kotiswara Iyer
composer
Composer
1869
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1938
1021
?
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
568
OEMI1095
Krishna Bhamini
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1922
Kolkata
569
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588
OEMI1201
Lebdev,G.S.
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
?
?
?
?
606
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1227
Mahadkar,S.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
?
?
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
619
OEMI1242
Mahmudunnabi
singer
1941
1216
Burdwan region,Bengal
1990
1220
Dhaka,Bangladesh
622
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI1258
Manasvi
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
1904
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
1969
0703
?
635
OEMI1263
Manhar Barve
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1910
1220
Mumbai
1972
0526
?
Ganapatrao Barve
639
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1328
Mirza Ghalib
poet
?
?
672
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1362
Mohan Nadkarni
music critic and author
1922
0922
Karwar,Karnataka
682
OEMI1363
Mohan Upreti
singer
1925
?
1997
0606
New Delhi
682
OEMI1369
Moropant
poet,keertan singer
1729
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
1794
?
686687
OEMI1380
Muktaram Barua
Singer and Deodhani dancer
1932
03??
Rainakuchi village, Darrang district,Assam
his father Kalaram
692
OEMI1429
Nadira Begum
Singer
1948
0810
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
713
OEMI1439
Namdev
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
1270
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
1350
?
718719
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1572
Pahadi Sanyal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1906
0222
Darjeeling
1974
Bengal
782
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783
OEMI1597
Paramanandadas
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
1497
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
1587
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
797
OEMI1623
Pingalshi Gadhvi
singer, author
Folk-singer and author of Gujarati folk literature of many genres
Gujarati folk
1914
0727
Chhatvawa village, Junagadh district, Gujarat
1998
0531
Jamnagar, Gujarat
811
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1677
Raghavan,V.
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
1908
0822
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1979
0405
Chennai
855856
P00011
OEMI1703
Rajam Iyer, B.
vocalist
vocalist
1922
07??
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
Ganapathy Iyer
863
OEMI1715
Rajkumari
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
0.1925
Benares
2000
0317
Mumbai
866
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1755
Ramchandra, C.
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Hindi film music
1918
0112
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
1982
0105
Mumbai
Shankarro Sapre
876877
OEMI1764
Ramesh Nadkarni
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
1921
0813
Bankikodala, Karnataka
1995
0707
Mumbai
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
879
OEMI1774
Ramnidhi Gupta
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
1741
Bihar
1838
Kolkata
882
OEMI1794
Rangnekar, M.G
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
1907
0410
?
1995
0201
?
887
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
OEMI1819
Roshan Jamil
dancer-actress,teacher
1931
0508
Dhaka Bangladesh
2002
0314
Dhaka
902
P02973
OEMI1820
Roshan Kumari
kathak danseuse
?
902
P03815
OEMI1821
Roshanara Begum
vocalist
vocalist
1920
Kolkata
1982
1205
Pakistan
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
902903
OEMI1822
Roy, R.N.
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
903
OEMI1828
Rupasinha, H.W.
composer
singer, composer
1895
1124
Matara, Sri Lanka
1971
0424
?
M.G.Perera
905
OEMI1876
Santidev Ghosh
exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
1910
0507
Bangladesh []the part of India
1999
1201
Kolkata
942943
OEMI1878
Sarabha Sasti
flautist
1872
Kumbhakonam
1904
Chennai
Natesa Pillai, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Ayyar
944
OEMI1884
Sarasdev
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
?
?
946
OEMI1948
Shanta Apte
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
1923
1123
?
1964
02??
Mumbai
967968
OEMI1959
Sheikh Dawod
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1916
1216
Solapur, Maharashtra
1992
0321
Hyderabad
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
971
P02951
OEMI1960
Sheikh Gulab
He represented Madhya Pradesh from 1954 to 1985 in presenting folk dances at the Republic Day parades and at All India folk dance festivals
1914
Lakho village, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh
971
OEMI1962
Sheikh Munna
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
971
P06735
OEMI1967
Shobha Gurtu
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Mumbai
1927
Belgaum, Karnataka
2004
0927
Mumbai
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
973
OEMI1972
Shrikant Bakre
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1930
0825
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
974
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI2005
Siyaram Tiwari
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1921
0121
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
989
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI2026
Srichand Misra
tabla player
Tabla player
0.19
?
Benares
0.197
?
?
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj
1008
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2031
Srinivasan,M.B.
Music director of south Indian films
1925
?
Chittoor,Andhra
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI2056
Sukthankar,B.S.
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
1891
0612
?
1940
0406
Mumbai
1028
P00233
OEMI2083
Suresh Awasthi
Author, administrator, and teacher
1918
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
1036
OEMI2087
Suryaboro Singh
Noted exponent of nata sankeertana music and dance of Manipur
0.189
Imphal, Manipur
1939
Imphal
his maternal uncle Chingsubam Ibeton Singh
1039
OEMI2098
Syama Sastri
composer
composer
1762
0426
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1827
Thanjavur
his maternal uncle
1048
OEMI2112
Tasadduk Hussain
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1879
?
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1946
?
?
Kallan Khan
1068
OEMI2113
Tatachar,T.S.
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
1917
05??
Pavgada,Tumkur district,Karnataka
2001
1208
Bangalore
his father T.Srinivasachar,uncle T.Seshachar,Krishnamachar(veena),and Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
1068
OEMI2120
Thakur Prasad
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
?
?
1856
?
Lucknow
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
1072
OEMI2159
Vaikunta Sastri
composer
composer
?
?
1108