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
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
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
Vrindavan Devacharya
?
OEMI2227
11401141
?
18
?
?
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
Aga Amir
?
OEMI0045
23
Pakistan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Aga Shergul
?
OEMI0047
23
Pakistan
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Ahobal Pandit
?
OEMI0059
29
probably born near Benares
?
16
?
?
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
P00112
Ajoy Chakrabarty
?
OEMI0064
30
Kolkata
1953
20
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Akbar (Emperor)
1123
OEMI0066
3031
1542
1605
?
16
Amarkot, Rajasthan
Agra
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
P00007
Annapurna Devi
OEMI0151
6465
Mumbai
1927
20
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
P00127
Astad Debo
0713
OEMI0196
84
1947
20
Kolkata
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
0318
OEMI0221
9293
1903
20
Bari, Goa
?
Noted harmonium player
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.

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