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
P00210
Rajiv Taranath
1017
OEMI1710
865
1932
20
Bangalore, Karnataka
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
0526
OEMI1718
868
1885
1919
0123
19-20
Navsari, Gujarat
Mumbai
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
OEMI1918
963
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
OEMI1482
728
20
?
?
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
OEMI0260
303304
1782
1816
18
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Narayan Chandra Goswami
OEMI1463
726
1942
20
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
OEMI1914
962
1524
1557
16
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
OEMI1702
863
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0211
90
Lucknow
19
Kalpi
?
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
0304
OEMI0356
168169
1863
1901
0213
19-20
?
?
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI0367
183
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bishnuprasad Rabha
0131
OEMI0396
195
1909
1969
0620
20
Dhaka
Tezpur, Assam
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
Chand Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0429
214
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Dakshina Charan Sen
?
OEMI0514
251252
Bengal
1860
1925
?
19-20
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
Kolkata
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
OEMI0666
353
0.179
0.188
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Founder of the Agra khayaal tradition
the Agra khayaal
khayaal
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
0806
OEMI0728
375
1921
1968
0213
20
Nerul, Goa
?
Music critic
Haidar Khan （Jaipur）
OEMI0779
400
1898
19-20
Jaipur
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar player
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Kannappa Thambiran
OEMI1020
516
1915
20
Purisai,Tamli Nadu
Performer of Theru Koothu
Krishnadas Kaviraj
OEMI1103
570571
1521
1586
16
Vardhaman district, Bengal
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
Devotional poet
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Narayan-bua Gogate
OEMI1488
729
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
Narottamdas Thakur
?
OEMI1497
731
0.1533
?
16
Kheturi,Bengal
?
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Pransukhlal Nayak
04??
OEMI1639
825
1910
20
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
Pulin Behari Mitter
OEMI1648
828
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
OEMI1693
858
1985
03??
20
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
OEMI1961
971
Cuttack, Orissa
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
OEMI2010
991992
20
?
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
Subramanya Bharathi
1211
OEMI2043
1013
1882
1921
0912
19-20
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
?
OEMI2128
1083
?
19-20?
?
?
Author
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
OEMI0944
481
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
P00184
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
?
OEMI1274
643
1922
20
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
OEMI1791
887
1612
1684
17
?
?
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
OEMI2070
1030
20
?
?
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
0425
OEMI0358
169
1875
1919
0717
19-20
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
Bishweshwar Bandyopadhyaya
OEMI0397
195
1833
1911
19-20
Balagard, Hooghly district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Brahmananda Paradesi
?
OEMI0404
199
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
0604
OEMI0441
221
1915
20
Mysore city,
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
OEMI0486
240
20
?
?
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
Dattopant Hallyalkar
0129
OEMI0534
260
1875
1916
0218
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
Gopalakrishna Sastri
OEMI0724
375
18
?
?
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Jyotindranath Tagore
OEMI0966
490
1849
1925
19-20
Kolkata
Ranchi, Bihar
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
Kannayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1021
516
1846
19
Tamli Nadu
Travancore,Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Krishnashankar Shukla
0817
OEMI1117
573
1911
1992
0807
20
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
?
old-timer in media music
Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
OEMI1156
588
Matunga Mumbai
1915
1977
12??
20
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Lakshminath Bezbarua
OEMI1168
591
1868
1938
19-20
?
?
Assamese Litterateur, also known for his patriotic songs
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
?
OEMI1299
657
?
?
?
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
Minakshi Shirodkar
?
OEMI1307
661662
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
?
OEMI1308
662
Tamil Nadu
1971
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Muthayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1409
704
1850
1900
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Narayanadeva Dvija
OEMI1477
728
17
?
?
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
OEMI1492
731
1980
0613
20
?
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
Radhamohan Sendas
OEMI1670
843
1770
1840
18-19
Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,
a pioneer musicologist,scholar
Roprasik Devacharya
OEMI1818
902
16
?
?
composer
composer
P00214
Rukmini Devi Arundale
0229
OEMI1824
904
1904
1986
0224
20
Chennai
Chennai
dance exponent
Shadi Khan （Benares）
OEMI1917
963
19
?
?
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
Shankarrao Gaikwad
OEMI1945
966
Pune
1971
0517
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Shehnai player
Somadasa, Elvitigala
1001
OEMI2012
992
1925
1990
0827
20
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
Colombo
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
Sukavi Narayanadeva
?
OEMI2053
1026
?
17
?
?
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
Venkitadri Swamigal
OEMI2195
1123
1806
1876
19
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
P00245
Zia Fariduddin Dagar
OEMI2264
1160
1933
Rajasthan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Parameswara Bhagavatar (Palakkad)
OEMI1598
798
1815
1892
19
Palakkad region,Kerala
?
vocalist
vocalist
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
OEMI1910
961
18
?
?
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
P00132
Balasubramaniyam,G.N.
01??
OEMI0271
111112
1910
1965
0501
20
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
OEMI0316
130131
1929
19-20
?
Kolhapur
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
?
OEMI0568
284
?
?
?
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
OEMI0671
355
1876
1953
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI0720
374
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Haricharan Das Swami
OEMI0811
412
Dhaka
18
?
?
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
P00155
Himant Kumar Jamatia
OEMI0830
423
1954
20
Trishabari, Tripura
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
OEMI1461
725726
1790
18-19
Andhra
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Narayanaswami Ayyar
OEMI1481
728
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
0927
OEMI1486
729
1914
1999
1209
20
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
?
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
Thavancore style
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Parvatiprasad Baruah
OEMI1606
800
1904
1964
20
Sibsagar district,Assam
?
composer
singer,composer
Sohirobanath Ambiye
OEMI2007
990
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
1792
18
?
Goa
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
?
OEMI2025
998999
1840
1914
0605
19-20
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
0811
OEMI0423
211
1905
1947
1007
20
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
?
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
OEMI0941
480
Kolkata
Author
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
OEMI1109
571572
18-19
?
?
patron,
royal patron of music and author
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
0817
OEMI1357
681
1702
1748
0406
18
Ghazni,Afghanistan
Delhi
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
Nana-saheb Joglekar
0208
OEMI1442
720
1875
1911
1115
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Natharam Sharma Gaur
?
OEMI1511
740
1874
1943
?
19-20
Dariyapur village, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays
nautanki plays

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