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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OEMI2036
Subba Rao,B.
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
1894
?
Basavapatna,Karnataka
1970
?
?
10101011
P00203
OEMI2042
Subramaniam,L
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
?
?
1012
OEMI2055
Sukhsen
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
0.175
?
Gwalior
0.18
?
Gwalior
Seni
1027
OEMI2090
Sushila Mishra
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
0.192
Thrissur district, Kerala
1998
0808
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1039
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
OEMI2110
Tarlekar,G.H.
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
1914
0507
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
2001
1211
Pune
10671068
OEMI2115
Tijanbai
Performer of Paandavani
Bhilai
1954
0424
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
1070
OEMI2132
Tiwadi Tejkaran
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh (r.1803-43), from 1830 till 1851.
?
?
1085
OEMI2135
Trimohanlal
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
?
?
1089
OEMI2136
Tukaram (Sant)
Saint-poet whose name is Synonymous with Marathi abhangs
1598
Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra
1650
Dehu
10941095
OEMI2140
Tyagaraja
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist, of saintly status, often referred to as Tyaagaraaja Swaami
1767
0504
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1847
0106
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district
10971098
OEMI2163
Vangamani
author
?
?
1113
OEMI2164
Vansiali
poet
?
?
1114
OEMI2176
Vasuki
Ancient authority
?
?
1118
OEMI2180
Vema Bhopala
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
?
?
11201121
OEMI2209
Vishnu Mahajani
Poet and playwright
1851
11??
Pune, Maharashtra
1923
02??
?
1134
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2243
William Jones
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
1746
0920
England
1794
?
Kolkata
1147
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2262
Zauk Dehalvi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1789
?
1854
Delhi
1160
OEMI1904
Sayajirao (III), Gaekwad (Maharaja)
patron,
Great patron of the arts; enlightened ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda
1863
Kavllana, Khandesh district, Maharashtra
1939
Baroda
958959
OEMI1107
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
Author
1795
Udapiur,Rajasthan
1888
probably Kolkata
571
OEMI0290
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
Pioneer activist in music education
1851
?
Alibag,near Mumbai
1914
0922
Mumbai
116
OEMI0488
Chinnayya (Tallapakam)
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
OEMI1098
Krishna Iyengar (Madurai)
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Mumbai
?
?
569
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya (Melattur)
composer
Composer (18th cent.)
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
OEMI0265
Balakrishna Das
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
1928
0202
Puri,Orissa
109110
OEMI0352
Bhatkhande, V.N.
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
1860
0810
Mumbai
1936
0919
Mumbai
167168
OEMI0458
Chhajju Khan Seni
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
1740
probably Jaipur
1806
?
230231
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0651
Ganesh Chaturvedi
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1864
?
1939
Mathura
331
OEMI0697
Girin Chakraborty
singer
Folk singer
folk
?
?
366
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI0828
Heisnam Mangoljao
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
1914
11??
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
1997
1016
Imphal, Manipur
420
OEMI0996
Kalyana Bharati
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1112
Krishnarao Date
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
?
?
Gwaalior
572
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI1359
Mohan Chand Basu
composer
composer
?
?
?
?
682
OEMI1419
Mutthu Thandavar
composer
composer
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
706
OEMI1468
Narayan Prasad
Kathak dancer
1908
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1958
0912
Jaipur
726
OEMI1554
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
vocalist
vocalist
Delhi
1870
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
766767
OEMI1809
Ratilal Bhavsar
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
1928
0617
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
2001
1024
near Pune
894
OEMI1903
Sawai Ram Singh
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur (r.1835-80)
Jaipur
?
?
958
OEMI1913
Seshanna (Vina)
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Mysore
1852
Mysore
1926
0725
?
962
OEMI1965
Shiv Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1884
?
1933
Kolkata
972
OEMI1970
Shridhar Nazrekar
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
1658
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
1729
?
974
OEMI1992
Sinnayya (Ghanam)
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1996
Sitaram Mundale
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1891
?
1947
1205
Mumbai
986
OEMI2072
Sundarlal Vaidya
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
1840
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
1031
OEMI2157
Vaidiswarankoil
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI2222
Vithaldas Joshi
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
keertan
?
?
pakhaawaj
1139
OEMI0805
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
411
OEMI1102
Krishnadas (Poet-devoti)
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
1500
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
15781585
Chilotra
570
OEMI1484
Narayanaswami Pillai (Sirkazhi)
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI2279
Narayanaswami Iyer (Pudukottai)
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI0226
Baburao Deshmukh
Benefactor and sponsor
1899
0712
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
1970
0710
?
94
OEMI0283
Baltazard, Solvyns
European painter,
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
?
115
OEMI0389
Birchandra Manikya
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
?
?
194
OEMI0518
Damodar Nevalkar
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1884
?
?
1919
?
?
253
OEMI0564
Dhanammal(Vina)
veena player
Veena celebrity
1867
?
Chennai
1938
1015
Chennai
281
OEMI0565
Dhanapandian,D.A.
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
1921
?
?
1997
1110
?
281
OEMI0602
Durgavara Kayastha
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
?
?
305
P00152
OEMI0795
Hanumandas Singh
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
0.184
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1939
Gaya
408409
OEMI0839
Hirabai Pednekar
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
1885
Nashik, Maharashtra
1951
?
432
OEMI0910
Jaishankar Sundari
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
1889
0130
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
1975
0122
456
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
P05975
OEMI0940
Jitendra Abhisheki
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
1932
0915
Mangeshi,Goa
1998
1107
Pune
480
OEMI0999
Kalyanikutty Amma
Grand veteran of Moohini Aattam
1915
?
Karingavanam,South Malabar,Kerala
1999
0512
Tripunithura,near Kochi.Kerala
507
OEMI1032
Kasambhai Master
singer-actor of Gujarati player
1906
0310
Umbari village,north Gujarat
1969
1028
?
524
OEMI1047
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
veena player
veena player
1904
0304
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
1982
1217
Basavangudi,Karnataka
539
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI1295
Master Krishnarao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer-actor of the Marathi stage
1898
0120
Alandi,near Pune,Maharashtra
1974
1020
Alandi
656
OEMI1313
Mira Khirwadkar
vocalist
Vocalist
1936
0706
Maharashtra
662
OEMI1330
Mirza Mahmod Ali
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
?
?
672
OEMI1397
Murad Khan(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
?
?
1889
?
Delhi
697
OEMI1459
Narasayya (Padala)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th cent.), noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
OEMI0264
Balakram Worlikar
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
1930
?
?
2002
0419
Mumbai
109
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi (Kalamandalam)
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
P02845
OEMI0796
Haobam Atomba Singh
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
1885
1210
Imphal, Manipur
1975
0221
Imphal
409
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI0921
Jankibai(Udaipur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
463
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI1284
Manoranjan Sastri
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
1911
03??
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
1988
0104
Guwahati,Assam
644645
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1398
Murai Mohan Gupta
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
0.1824
?
Barrackpore,Bengal
0.1904
?
Kolkata
pakhaawaj
697698
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783