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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OEMI1437
Nala Najan
Performer
1932
0628
Pennsylvania,USA
2002
0107
New York,USA
718
OEMI1500
Nasibjan
vocalist,
Vocalist disc-record singer of the early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
732
OEMI1518
Naval Sakhi
Performer of devotional dances
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
749750
OEMI1558
Nunnijan
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
768769
OEMI1563
Padma Nath
instrumentalist
Kolkata
?
?
780
P00196
OEMI1635
Pradip Chaliha
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Assam
1919
Golaghat, Assam
824
OEMI1729
Rama Bharati (Panchanada)
Poet in the durbar of Maharaja Sahaajji II (r.1684-1712) of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
870
OEMI1803
Rasik Kavi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1920
?
1988
0211
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
891
OEMI1823
Rukmani Devi
singer-actress
1923
0115
Ramboda, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
1978
1028
Colombo
904
OEMI1836
Sadiq Ali Khan (Jaipur)
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
1893
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
0717
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
909
P00223
OEMI1973
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
974
OEMI2017
Somnath Das
vocalist,
Vocalist of Odissi music
1906
Puri, Orissa
?
993
OEMI2075
Sunil Santa
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
1915
0414
Sri Lanka
1981
0411
?
10311032
OEMI2242
Wazirjan
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Beneres
?
?
?
?
1146
OEMI2255
Zahur Khan (Khayal)
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
17805
?
?
1157
OEMI2258
Zahur Khan Kalavant
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 19th cent.
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
?
1158
OEMI0263
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
1789
?
?
1848
?
?
109
OEMI0876
Indira Devi Chowdhurani
Music educator and writer from poet Rabindranath Tagore's family
1873
1229
?
1960
0812
?
443
OEMI1042
Kedamangalam Sadanandan
performer of Kathaa prasangam
1924
Paravur,Ernakulam district,Kerala
2008
0413
Paravur
533
OEMI1372
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
689690
OEMI1632
Prabhakar Datar Sahir
composer
Composer of laavani and powaasaa in Marathi
1755
Gangapur, Nasik district, Maharashtra
1843
?
821
OEMI0180
Asad Ali Khan(Rampur)
Sursinger maestro
0.1858
?
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1918
?
Rampur
78
OEMI0250
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
1775
1024
Delhi
1862
Rangoon, Burma
102
OEMI0273
Baldev Prasad Nayak
vocalist
Vocalist
?
Rajasthan
?
?
112
OEMI1226
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
619
P00186
OEMI1360
Mohan Chandra Barman
artiste of Bhaaonaa
1900
Kaihatti village,Assam
682
OEMI1413
Muthurama Kavirayar
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
?
?
704705
OEMI1415
Muthuswami Dikshitar
vocalist, composer
Youngest of the Karnatik music trinity of vocalist-composers.
1775
0324
Tiruvarur,near Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1835
1021
Ettayapuram,Tirunelveli district,Thanjavur,TamilNadu
705706
OEMI1423
Mysore Karigiri Rao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
1853
?
?
1927
?
Mysore
709
OEMI1424
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
0.18
?
?
1885
?
Mysore
709710
OEMI1633
Prebhashankar Ramani
Noted actor-singer of Gujaratii, Hindi, and Urdu plays
1890
1122
Gujarat
1971
0121
?
821
OEMI2067
Sundarabai of Benares
vocalist
She was vocalist of sawaal-jawaab, birhaa, and kajri songs in the 20th-century
Kolkata
?
?
1030
OEMI0003
Abbasuddin Ahmed
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
Bengal
?
?
?
?
12
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0360
Bhim Kant Deka
Singer and dancer
1913
?
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
1971
?
?
174
OEMI0905
Jagdishnath Ray
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
1870
?
1922
?
451
OEMI1046
Kisarbai Kerkar
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
1892
0713
Keri,Goa
1977
0916
Mumbai
538539
OEMI1306
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
?
?
?
?
660
P06258
OEMI1522
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
1956
0428
Mumbai
753754
OEMI1650
Pundarika Vitthal
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
829
OEMI1778
Ramsahai Pande
Contemporary performer of folk dances
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
884
OEMI2138
Tulaja the Second
Maratha king of Thanjavur (r.1763-87)
?
?
1095
OEMI0139
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1832
Vishnupur
0.1896
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
58
OEMI0207
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
1831
?
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
1880
0531
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
89
OEMI1410
Muthayya Pillai (Pazhani)
Mridangam player
?
1950
?
704
OEMI1549
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
Qavvaali singer
?
?
766
OEMI1672
Radheshyam Kathavachak
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
1890
1225
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
843
OEMI0001
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
1886
0201
?
1973
0912
Pune, Maharashtra
1
P06689
OEMI0024
Abhay Narayan Mallick
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
1937
?
Amta,Bihar
9
OEMI0137
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Mysore
58
OEMI0153
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
1843
0303
?
1885
1102
Gurlhosur (his hometown), Karnataka
65
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296
OEMI0787
Hamid Ali Khan (Nawab)
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
401
OEMI0960
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
18751900
Awas, near Mumbai
?
488
OEMI1370
Mrinalini Sarabhai
dancer,choreographer
1928
0507
Chennai
689
OEMI1376
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
?
Gwalior
691
P00197
OEMI1644
Pratima Barua Pandey
singer
Assamese folk singer
1934
Gauripur, Assam
827
P00079
OEMI1692
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
vocalist
1901
Udaipur,Rajasthan
1975
1120
Delhi
858
OEMI0078
Ali Hussain Khan (Rudra Vina)
Veteran of the Sahaswan gharaanaa
Mumbai
185055
?
Lucknow
0.193
?
?
Sahaswan
38
OEMI0079
Ali Mohammad Khan (Badku-miya)
sursingaar player
Well-known sursingaar player, descendant of Taansen
?
0.1824
?
Lucknow
0.1885
?
Benares
38
OEMI0675
Ghulam Abbas Khan (Pakhawaj)
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
?
?
360
OEMI0036
Achyutappa Nayak
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
17
OEMI0129
Ananda Samarakon
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
1911
0113
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
1962
0405
?
56
OEMI0154
Annasami Sastri
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
1827
0407
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
1900
0217
?
65
OEMI0501
Chokkanatha Naik
Ruler (r.1701-31) of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
?
?
244
OEMI0682
Ghulam Mohammad (Sarangi)
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
361
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