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
P00152
Hanumandas Singh
OEMI0795
408409
0.184
1939
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Gaya
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
Hirabai Pednekar
OEMI0839
432
1885
1951
19-20
Nashik, Maharashtra
?
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
Jaishankar Sundari
0130
OEMI0910
456
1889
1975
0122
19-20
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
P05975
Jitendra Abhisheki
0915
OEMI0940
480
1932
1998
1107
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
Kalyanikutty Amma
?
OEMI0999
507
1915
1999
0512
20
Karingavanam,South Malabar,Kerala
Tripunithura,near Kochi.Kerala
Grand veteran of Moohini Aattam
Kasambhai Master
0310
OEMI1032
524
1906
1969
1028
20
Umbari village,north Gujarat
?
singer-actor of Gujarati player
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
0304
OEMI1047
539
1904
1982
1217
20
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
Basavangudi,Karnataka
veena player
veena player
Lakshmanachariar
OEMI1158
588589
1919
19-20
?
?
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
Master Krishnarao
0120
OEMI1295
656
1898
1974
1020
19-20
Alandi,near Pune,Maharashtra
Alandi
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mira Khirwadkar
0706
OEMI1313
662
1936
20
Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Mirza Mahmod Ali
OEMI1330
672
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
Murad Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI1397
697
1889
?
19
?
Delhi
Reputed dhrupad singer
Narasayya （Padala）
OEMI1459
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Narayana Tirtha
OEMI1476
728
?
?
Playwright
Nijaguna Sivayogi
OEMI1532
760
1500
16
?
?
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ramkishan Solanki
1225
OEMI1768
880
1938
20
Pushkar, Rajasthan
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
OEMI1862
923924
1925
20
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
P00216
Sangameshwar Gurav
1207
OEMI1867
926
1931
20
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Balakram Worlikar
?
OEMI0264
109
1930
2002
0419
20-21
?
Mumbai
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
P00150
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
OEMI0731
376
1937
20
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali exponent and guru
P02845
Haobam Atomba Singh
1210
OEMI0796
409
1885
1975
0221
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Malbarao Sardesai
1231
OEMI1247
627
1911
20
Panaji,Goa
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI1387
695
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Murai Mohan Gupta
?
OEMI1398
697698
0.1824
0.1904
?
19
Barrackpore,Bengal
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
pakhaawaj
Palakkad Raghu,R.
OEMI1574
783
1928
20
Palakkad,Kerala
mridangam player
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Bala-saheb Guruji
?
OEMI0268
110
0.1846
0.192
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Bimalindu Mukherji
?
OEMI0380
191
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
20
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Clarence Wijewardena
0802
OEMI0507
246
1943
1996
1213
20
Haputale, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
Dunstan de Silva, P.
0421
OEMI0600
303
1921
1988
1027
20
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
?
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
OEMI1136
579
?
?
performer of svarabat
Narahari Chakravarti
OEMI1458
725
?
?
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Parthasarathy,T.S.
0908
OEMI1603
799
1913
2006
1013
20-21
Chennai
?
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
OEMI1605
800
1876
1951
0718
19-20
Gwalior
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sangameswara Sastri
OEMI1868
926
1879
1931
19-20
Peethapuram, Andhra
?
veena player
veena maestro
P00091
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI1911
961962
1908
19-20
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
?
OEMI0278
112113
?
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
?
OEMI0421
208209
1486
1533
07??
15-16
Nabadwip,Bengal
Puri,Orissa
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
OEMI1050
540
20
?
?
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
0503
OEMI1159
589
1864
1950
19-20
Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
OEMI1730
870
1807
1867
19
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Sitaramayya （Todi）
OEMI1997
986
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
OEMI0346
162
1930
2003
0804
20-21
Chennai
New York, USA
Dancer and choreographer
P00110
Narayana Menon, V.K.
OEMI1474
727
191011
1997
0726
20
Thrissur, Kerala
Delhi
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
Akshay Chowdhury
?
OEMI0069
34
?
?
?
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
Amaradeva,W.D.
1205
OEMI0100
46
Sri Lanka
1927
20
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Bhat, S.C.R.
0312
OEMI0350
164
1919
2008
0214
20-21
Shirali, south Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
P05922
Bhimsen Joshi
0204
OEMI0361
177178
1922
20
Ron,Karnataka
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Chaturbhujdas
OEMI0449
225226
1540
1625
16-17
?
?
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Chintoba Gurav
1122
OEMI0493
241
1874
1956
0403
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Clements,E.C.
OEMI0508
247
1875
1935
19-20
England
?
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
Dag Dehalvi
0525
OEMI0513
250251
1831
1905
0214
19-20
Delhi
Hyderabad
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
Day,C.R.
?
OEMI0539
261
?
?
?
Author
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
P00010
Devendrappa,B.
?
OEMI0557
275276
1986
?
20
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
Mysore
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Divudu lyer
?
OEMI0561
280
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
1901
?
19-20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
Dulichand （Seth）
OEMI0598
303
0.185
1920
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
Gangoly, O.C.
0801
OEMI0656
332
1881
1974
0209
19-20
Kolkata
?
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Gomez, P.C.
OEMI0711
371
1904
1984
1204
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
Govinda Swami
OEMI0740
381
1509
1589
16
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Govindrao Tembe
0705
OEMI0749
383
1881
1955
0529
19-20
Sangavade Maharashtra
Delhi
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
Janardhan Pethe
OEMI0917
462
1912
1962
0328
20
Maharashtra
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
John Foulds
OEMI0954
487
1880
1939
19-20
Manchester, England
Kolkata
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music

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