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
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
Kanchi Namati
OEMI1014
514
190010
1970
20
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
Nagaon district
singer
folk singer
folk
Keshavrao Apte
OEMI1056
540
1862
1945
19-20
Ujjain
Indore
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
P00048
Kishori Amonkar
0410
OEMI1084
559
Mumbai
1931
20
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Kovana Samayya
OEMI1093
568
18
?
?
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Kshirod Prasad
OEMI1123
575
Bengal
19-20
?
?
playwright
Kuvarpal Swami
OEMI1145
582
?
?
composer
composer
Lakshman Swami
OEMI1157
588
1898
1973
19-20
?
?
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
Lebdev,G.S.
?
OEMI1201
606
?
?
?
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
Madhava Swami
?
OEMI1216
613
Allahabad
?
?
?
Pakhaawaj player
Mahmudunnabi
1216
OEMI1242
622
1941
1990
1220
20
Burdwan region,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesh
singer
Manasvi
OEMI1258
635
1904
1969
0703
20
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
?
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Mansingh Tomar
?
OEMI1286
645
1450
1517
?
15-16
?
?
?
Marris,W.S.
?
OEMI1290
652
?
20
?
?
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
Mirza Ghalib
OEMI1328
672
19
?
?
poet
Mithas Joshi
OEMI1333
673
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
Mohan Upreti
OEMI1363
682
1925
1997
0606
20
?
New Delhi
singer
Moropant
OEMI1369
686687
1729
1794
18
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
?
poet,keertan singer
Namdev
OEMI1439
718719
1270
1350
13-14
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
?
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
Nanhaku Maharaj
OEMI1446
722
1920
1995
1014
20
?
Benares
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
Benares
Narsinh Mehta
?
OEMI1498
732
1415
1481
?
15
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
?
Saint-poet of Gujarat
Nathmal Joshi
?
OEMI1512
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pahadi Sanyal
0222
OEMI1572
782
1906
1974
20
Darjeeling
Bengal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Paramanandadas
OEMI1597
797
1497
1587
15-16
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
Pingalshi Gadhvi
0727
OEMI1623
811
1914
1998
0531
20
Chhatvawa village, Junagadh district, Gujarat
Jamnagar, Gujarat
singer, author
Folk-singer and author of Gujarati folk literature of many genres
Gujarati folk
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Raghavan,V.
0822
OEMI1677
855856
1908
1979
0405
20
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
Rajkumari
OEMI1715
866
0.1925
2000
0317
20
Benares
Mumbai
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
Ramnidhi Gupta
OEMI1774
882
1741
1838
18-19
Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
Rasol Beg
OEMI1805
892
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Roshan Jamil
0508
OEMI1819
902
1931
2002
0314
20-21
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dhaka
dancer-actress,teacher
Roshan Kumari
OEMI1820
902
20
?
kathak danseuse
Roy, R.N.
OEMI1822
903
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Santidev Ghosh
0507
OEMI1876
942943
1910
1999
1201
20
Bangladesh []the part of India
Kolkata
exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
Sarasdev
OEMI1884
946
?
?
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Shanta Apte
1123
OEMI1948
967968
1923
1964
02??
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
Sheikh Gulab
OEMI1960
971
1914
20
Lakho village, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh
He represented Madhya Pradesh from 1954 to 1985 in presenting folk dances at the Republic Day parades and at All India folk dance festivals
Sheikh Munna
OEMI1962
971
Lucknow
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Shyam Kumbhar
OEMI1977
975
0.1466
15
?
?
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
Sivakalundo
OEMI1999
987
Chennai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Sopandev
?
OEMI2022
994
1277
1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Srinivas Pandit
?
OEMI2030
1009
?
?
?
Author
Srinivasan,M.B.
?
OEMI2031
1009
1925
20
Chittoor,Andhra
Music director of south Indian films
Srinivasulu
?
OEMI2032
1009
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Sukthankar,B.S.
0612
OEMI2056
1028
1891
1940
0406
19-20
?
Mumbai
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
Vaikunta Sastri
OEMI2159
1108
18-19
?
?
composer
composer
Venkatasubbayya
OEMI2191
1123
Mysore
1792
1838
18-19
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Victor Paranjoti
OEMI2197
1126
1906
1967
0201
20
Bangalore
Mumbai
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
Visvavasu
OEMI2218
1138
?
?
?
ancient author
Vitthal Vipuldev
OEMI2223
1139
16
17
16-17
?
?
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Vyas,D.G.
?
OEMI2229
1142
1966
?
20
?
Mumbai
Scholar
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Brajaranjana Deva
?
OEMI0405
201
1732
1787
?
18
Assam
Assam
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
P00080
Chaitanya Deva,B.
?
OEMI0420
208
1981
0528
20
Bangalore,Karnataka
New Delhi
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
Chandrasena, R.A.
0827
OEMI0442
221
1924
1980
0301
20
Kandy, Sri Lanka
?
Music director and teacher
Chinnayya Swami
OEMI0490
241
Kolhapur
?
?
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Dwijendralal Roy
OEMI0608
307
1863
1913
0517
19-20
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
Kolkata
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
Harmasji Ardeshir
OEMI0819
416
Mumbai
?
?
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
0812
OEMI0887
446
1891
1960
1207
19-20
Groningen,Netherlands
Amsterdam
Ethnomusicologist
Jivan Shah(Seni)
OEMI0934
473
1732
1810
18-19
Lucknow
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
Jibeswar Goswami
10??
OEMI0938
479
1904
1982
0408
20
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
Kesava Pillai,K.C
OEMI1048
539540
1868
1913
0904
19-20
Kollam,Kerala
?
composer
composer,poet,scholar
Krishnarao Gore
OEMI1113
572
1880
1940
0608
19-20
?
Wai Maharashtra
singer-actor
P00175
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
OEMI1137
579580
1881
1974
19-20
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
?
Kathakali performer and teacher
Lakshmandas Seth
OEMI1161
589
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
patron,
Patron of the arts
Lakshmiram Barua
OEMI1169
591
20
?
?
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
Lalit Kishori Dev
OEMI1183
594595
1680
1770
17-18
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
Mirasi Rimju Ali
OEMI1326
672
19
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Nongthon Singh,N.
0215
OEMI1552
766
1935
20
Imphal,Manipur
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
Ramdas （Swami）
OEMI1761
878
1608
1681
17
Jamba, Maharashtra
?
Saint-poet of Maharashtra
Ramsingh Thakur
OEMI1780
884
1909
2002
0418
20-21
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow
singer
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Samina Choudhuri
0824
OEMI1860
923
1966
20
Khulna, Bangladesh
singer
Balwantrao Vaidya
?
OEMI0291
116
1823
1895
?
19
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player
Haridas Mukherji
OEMI0812
412
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
OEMI0948
482
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
Kavasji Jamshedji
OEMI1039
532
?
?
Singer-actor
Manohar-bua Joshi
?
OEMI1281
644
1888
?
19
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
Aundh region,Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
Ramchandra Vaidya
OEMI1759
877
1871
19
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
?
OEMI0636
321
1859
1948
?
19-20
Norwich,England
Salisbury,England
Author of The Music of Hindostan
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Kulatillake,C.de S.
1214
OEMI1126
577578
1926
20
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
musicologist
musicologist
Marcellene Jayakody
0603
OEMI1288
650
1902
1998
0115
20
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Bose,R.N.
?
OEMI0403
198
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Chaggan(Master)
?
OEMI0419
208
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Debo
?
OEMI0543
262
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances

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