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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OEMI0813
Haridas Swami (Vrindavan)
composer
Legendary saint-composer
0.148
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
0.1575
Vrindavan, near Agra
412413
OEMI0885
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhpu
?
?
445
OEMI0977
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
?
?
494
OEMI1005
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1770
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
1820
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
508
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1205
Lionel Edirisingha
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
1917
0113
Galle,Sri Lanka
1988
0523
?
607
OEMI1373
Muddu Venkatamakhi
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
?
?
?
?
690
OEMI1683
Raghunatha Nayak
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
?
?
857
OEMI1727
Ram Sarop Sharma
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
?
?
870
OEMI1834
Sadashiv Narayan Thosar
writer
writer
1882
?
1952
0317
?
908
OEMI1982
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
976
OEMI0140
Anantarama Bhagavatar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1867
1027
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
1919
?
58
OEMI0188
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
1938
0531
Mumbai
82
OEMI0333
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
?
149
OEMI0402
Boral. R.C. (Raichand)
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
1905
Kolkata
1981
1125
Kolkata
198
OEMI0445
Charles Dias Amaratunga
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
1876
?
1944
?
223
OEMI0639
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
violinist
Noted violinist
1890
?
Allahabad
1949
1226
?
323
OEMI0849
Hussain Sharqi (Sultan)
patron,musician
Patron and musician
?
?
437
OEMI1022
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
?
?
516
P02206
OEMI1155
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
vocalist
Vocalist
1911
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
588
P06774
OEMI1224
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1907
?
Allahabad
619
OEMI1302
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
659
OEMI1406
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
?
?
703
OEMI1416
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
Dance guru of Chennai
?
?
706
OEMI1641
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
patron,
Patron
1790
?
1858
?
826
P00078
OEMI1687
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
vocalist, teacher
teacher, singer
1927
0202
Alwar,Rajasthan
857
OEMI1004
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Well-known promoter of the arts
1903
?
?
1988
1029
?
508
OEMI0046
Aga Hashra Kashmiri
Urdu and Hindi playwright
1879
04??
Benares,Uttar Pradesh
1945
0428
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
23
OEMI0332
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
?
1977
1217
?
149
OEMI0546
Dehiram Sarma Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1839
?
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
0.1919
?
Vyasapara
264
OEMI0576
Dhirendranath Das
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
1904
0804
Kolkata
1961
1125
?
287
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh (Sant)
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI1041
Kazi Nazrul Islam
musician
poet-musician
1899
0524
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
1976
0829
Dhaka,Bangladesha
532
OEMI1135
Kundanlal Gangani
Kathak dancer
1926
Sujangarh,Rajasthan
1984
0716
Jaipur,Rajasthan
579
OEMI1234
Mahendra Deb Burman
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
1917
?
1995
?
621
OEMI1560
Omkarnath Thakur
vocalist
vocalist
1897
0624
Jahaj,Gujarat
1967
1229
?
771772
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI0060
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
?
Mumbai
1894
?
Mumbai
29
OEMI0307
Barkat Ali Khan (Sitar)
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
123
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol (Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol (Lucknow)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI0801
Harendra Krishina Shil
patron,
Patron
1880
Kolkata
1940
Kolkata
410411
OEMI0903
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
450
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
P02294
OEMI1505
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
1933
0909
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1994
0507
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
733
OEMI1585
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1840
?
?
792
OEMI1649
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Tripura
1914
?
1973
?
828
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865
OEMI1742
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
1921
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
873
OEMI1874
Sankaran Nambotirippad
Kathakali artiste and guru
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
1955
?
940
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI1434
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1857
?
Bengal
1934
?
Kolkata
717
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0201
Atmaram Pathare
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
1868
1010
Thane district,Maharashtra
1931
0905
?
86
OEMI0297
Bangalore Nagarathammal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1878
1103
Mysore
1952
0519
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
119
OEMI0373
Bidaram Krishnappa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Mysore
1866
?
Mysore
1931
?
?
Bhendi Bazaar
184185
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar (Manali)
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0512
Dadasaheb Asarkar
Flute player and flute manufacturer
1895
1215
Amravati, North Maharashtra
1965
0515
?
249
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan (Dagar)
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI0804
Hari Nagabhoshanam
violinist
Well-known violinist
1884
1224
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
1959
0907
?
411
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
P00686
OEMI0946
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
1911
Kolkata
1997
0218
Kolkata
481
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
P02813
OEMI1253
Mallika Sarabhai
Noted danseuse
1953
?
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
631
OEMI1304
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
1823
?
?
1896
?
Baroda
659660
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
OEMI1465
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
726
OEMI1467
Narayan Paithankar
Author of Marathi musical plays
1871
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
1938
?
726
OEMI1604
Parur Sundaram Iyer
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
1891
Kerala
1974
Chennai
799800
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1926
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
1900
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
1992
06??
?
963964
P00109
OEMI2118
Thakur Jaidev Singh
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1893
0919
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
1986
0527
?
1071
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
OEMI0085
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Mumbai
1855
0810
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
1946
0316
Mumbai
3941
OEMI0038
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
?
?
?
?
21
OEMI0292
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
0.1839
?
Ranaghat,Bengal
1896
?
?
116
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI1675
Radhika Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1863
Vishnupur,Bengal
1924
Kolkata
844
OEMI1975
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
1871
?
1934
?
974
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0587
Dinanath Mangeshkar
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1900
1212
Mangeshi,Goa
1942
0424
Pune
297298
OEMI0609
Edwin Samaradivakara
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
1916
0622
Katna, Sri Lanka
1959
1008
?
309
P00027
OEMI0615
Emani Sankara Sastri
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
1922
0923
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
1987
1223
?
311
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
P00029
OEMI0640
Gahan Chandra Goswami
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
1900
0404
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
1979
0118
Nikamul Sattra
324
OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0920
Jankibai(Allahabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
1875
Benares
1934
0518
Allahabad
462
P02280
OEMI0961
Joseph Kaimaparamban
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
1924
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
488
OEMI1019
Kanji Bhota Barot
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
1919
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
1990
0928
Chalala,Saurashtra
515

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