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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0705
Gokalram （Bhagat）
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI0829
Helmholtz, Hermann
Eminent German scientist
1821
0831
Postdam, Germany
1894
0908
Berlin
421
OEMI1000
Kamakoti Sastri
composer
Composer of kritis
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
?
507
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
OEMI1058
Keshavrao Bhosale
singer-actor
Eminent singer-actor of the Marathi satge
Marathi satge
1890
0809
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1921
1004
?
541
P00169
OEMI1086
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
0513
Kerala
560
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI1166
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
?
?
591
OEMI1171
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
0.1562
?
0.165
?
591
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
OEMI1260
Mangeshrao Telang
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
1856
08??
Baad,near Karwar,Karnataka
1949
08??
Karwar
639
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1367
Morgaumkar Bhave
composer
composer
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
686
OEMI1412
Muthukumara Pillai
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1874
1027
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1960
0822
Kattumannar Koil
704
OEMI1529
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
?
?
756
OEMI1601
Parshuram Shahir
composer
composer
1754
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
1844
?
798799
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
OEMI1765
Rameshwar Pathak
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
?
?
879
OEMI1789
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
1930
Chennai
886
OEMI1875
Sant Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1966
1116
942
OEMI1981
Shyamlal Kshetri
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Kolkata
1858
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1927
Kolkata
975
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI2035
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
Mridangam player and teacher
1894
1227
Palghat district,Kerala
1961
0617
?
1010
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
OEMI2206
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Mumbai
?
?
1130
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
OEMI1049
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
?
?
540
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
OEMI1392
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1663
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
1737
Delhi
?
834
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI0426
Chamman Khan-saheb
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
1878
Rampur
1922
Rampur
213
OEMI0437
Chandrabhaga Devi
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
?
1997
0414
Bangalore
218
OEMI0484
Chinnaswami Dasar
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
0.1828
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
0.1881
?
240
OEMI0607
Dwarkanath Ghosh
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
1847
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
1938
Kolkata
307
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI0806
Hari Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1802
?
1868
?
Benares
411
OEMI0823
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
?
?
418
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI0939
Jigar Moradabadi
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
1890
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
1960
0909
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
479
OEMI0943
Jiwanlal Maharaj
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
1828
Morvi,Gujarat
1888
?
480481
OEMI0987
Kale Khan （Lahore）
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
OEMI1108
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
1924
0530
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
1992
1012
?
571
OEMI1115
Krishnarao Sangle
writer
writer
?
?
573
OEMI1172
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
?
?
591
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1254
Mallikarjun Mansur
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1910
1231
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
1992
0912
?
631632
OEMI1282
Manoharlal Sharma
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
?
?
1970
?
?
644
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1324
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
qavvaali singer
?
?
671
OEMI1368
Moroba Waghulikar
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
?
1908
0120
?
686
OEMI1408
Muthaiah Bhagavatar （Harikesanallur）
vocalist, composer
Well-known vocalist, Harikathaa exponent, and composer
Harikathaa
1877
1115
Punalveli village, near Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
1945
0630
Mysore
704
OEMI1524
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
755
OEMI1694
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1850
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
1922
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
858859
P00210
OEMI1710
Rajiv Taranath
sarod player
Noted sarod player
1932
1017
Bangalore, Karnataka
865
OEMI1718
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1885
0526
Navsari, Gujarat
1919
0123
Mumbai
868
OEMI1918
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
?
?
963
OEMI1482
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1612
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
0.1863
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
805
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
OEMI1463
Narayan Chandra Goswami
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
1942
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
726
OEMI1914
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
1524
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
1557
Vrindavan
962
OEMI1702
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
863
OEMI0211
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Lucknow
Kalpi
?
90
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
OEMI0362
Bhishmadev Chatterji
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
1909
1108
Hooghly district,Bengal
1977
0808
Kolkata
179
OEMI0367
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0396
Bishnuprasad Rabha
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
1909
0131
Dhaka
1969
0620
Tezpur, Assam
195
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI0514
Dakshina Charan Sen
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Bengal
1860
?
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
1925
?
Kolkata
251252
OEMI0666
Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
vocalist
Founder of the Agra khayaal tradition
khayaal
0.179
Agra
0.188
Agra
the Agra khayaal
353
OEMI0728
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
Music critic
1921
0806
Nerul, Goa
1968
0213
?
375
OEMI0779
Haidar Khan （Jaipur）
sitar player
Sitar player
1898
Jaipur
Delhi
400
OEMI0832
Himendra Mohan Bose
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
1864
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
1916
0828
Kolkata
424
OEMI1020
Kannappa Thambiran
Performer of Theru Koothu
1915
Purisai,Tamli Nadu
516
OEMI1103
Krishnadas Kaviraj
Devotional poet
1521
Vardhaman district, Bengal
1586
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
570571
OEMI1411
Muthukkumara Pulavar
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
?
?
704
OEMI1488
Narayan-bua Gogate
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI1497
Narottamdas Thakur
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
0.1533
?
Kheturi,Bengal
?
?
731
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1639
Pransukhlal Nayak
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
1910
04??
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
825
OEMI1648
Pulin Behari Mitter
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
828
OEMI1693
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
sitar player
sitar player
?
1985
03??
?
858
OEMI1739
Ramalinga Swamigal
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
1823
1005
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
1874
0130
?[as per some documents]
872
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971