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
OEMI0978
Kagalkar, V.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1902
0604
Karnataka
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
497
OEMI0977
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
?
?
494
OEMI0976
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
?
?
494
OEMI0975
Kader Bakhsh （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla player
1902
Lahore
?
his father Fakir Bakhsh
494
OEMI0974
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
494
OEMI0973
Kader Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
0.188
?
1934
?
his father Axim Bakhsh
494
OEMI0972
Kachchi Sastri
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
?
?
493
OEMI0971
Kabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1864
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
1954
Saruthekerabari
Bhabiram Sarma,
493
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
P00041
OEMI0969
Jyotsna Bhole
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Mumbai
1914
0511
Bandod, Goa
2001
0804
Mumbai
491
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
OEMI0967
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Assam
1903
0617
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
1953
Tezpur
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
490
OEMI0966
Jyotindranath Tagore
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
1849
Kolkata
1925
Ranchi, Bihar
490
OEMI0965
Juma Khan
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
?
?
Nirmal Shah Seni
490
OEMI0964
Joshi, G.N.
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
1909
0406
Kalyan, near Mumbai
1994
0922
Mumbai
489
OEMI0963
Joshi, D.T.
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
1914
10??
?
1993
10??
Kolkata
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
489
OEMI0962
Joshi, D.K.
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
1860
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
1942
0717
?
488489
P02280
OEMI0961
Joseph Kaimaparamban
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
1924
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
488
OEMI0960
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
18751900
Awas, near Mumbai
?
488
OEMI0959
Joseph David Penkar
writer
Writer of musical plays on Jewish religious themes, in Marathi, in the early 20th cent,
Mumbai
1949
0906
Mumbai
488
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0957
Joravar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
?
?
488
OEMI0956
Jon Higgins
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
American
1939
0919
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1984
1207
Muddletown, USA
487488
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
OEMI0954
John Foulds
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
1880
Manchester, England
1939
Kolkata
487
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0952
Jog, V.G.
Eminent exponent of the violin
Kolkata
1922
Wai, Satara region, Maharashtra
2004
0131
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
484485
OEMI0951
Jodhe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
0.177
?
?
Khurjaa
483
OEMI0950
Jodh Singh
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
?
?
his father Tikaram
483
OEMI0949
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1902
1225
?
1945
1029
?
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
482
OEMI0948
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
482
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
P00686
OEMI0946
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
1911
Kolkata
1997
0218
Kolkata
481
OEMI0945
Jnan Khan Seni
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
1745
Jaipur
1812
Lucknow
Gulab Khan Seni
481
OEMI0944
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
481
OEMI0943
Jiwanlal Maharaj
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
1828
Morvi,Gujarat
1888
?
480481
OEMI0942
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
Bengal
1877
Ranaghat,Bengal
1956
Kolkata
his father
480
OEMI0941
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
Author
Kolkata
480
P05975
OEMI0940
Jitendra Abhisheki
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
1932
0915
Mangeshi,Goa
1998
1107
Pune
480
OEMI0939
Jigar Moradabadi
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
1890
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
1960
0909
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
479
OEMI0938
Jibeswar Goswami
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
1904
10??
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
1982
0408
Guwahati,Assam
479
OEMI0937
Jhire Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Paanipat tradition
478
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
P00161
OEMI0935
Jhamman Khan
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
1938
0208
475
OEMI0934
Jivan Shah(Seni)
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
1732
1810
Lucknow
473
OEMI0933
Jivan Khan(Seni)
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
1748
most probably Jaipur
1790
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
his father
472
OEMI0932
Jivan Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi Player
1838
?
1935
?
472
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI0930
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
1894
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
470
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0925
Jatto
vocalist
Vocalist
465
OEMI0924
Jatan Kathak
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Benares
464
OEMI0923
Jatadhar
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
464
P00074
OEMI0922
Jasraj(Pandit)
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
1930
0120
Hissar,Haryana
463
OEMI0921
Jankibai(Udaipur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
463
OEMI0920
Jankibai(Allahabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
1875
Benares
1934
0518
Allahabad
462
P00160
OEMI0919
Jani-miya
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
462
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
OEMI0917
Janardhan Pethe
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1912
Maharashtra
1962
0328
Kolkata
462
P00087
OEMI0916
Janakiraman,S.R.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1928
0712
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
461
OEMI0915
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
1925
0614
Puridistrict,Orissa
461
OEMI0914
Janabai
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
1350
461
OEMI0913
Jamaluddin Khan
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Baroda
1858
most probably Jaipur
1928
Baroda
Amiruddin Khan
460
OEMI0912
Jaisukhlal Shah
scholar and teacher
1907
0413
Bharuch,Gujarat
1989
0118
Mumbai
457
OEMI0911
Jaisukhbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
456
OEMI0910
Jaishankar Sundari
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
1889
0130
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
1975
0122
456
OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0908
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Indore
Benares
1976
0511
451
OEMI0907
Jagu Ojha
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
451
OEMI0906
Jaggan Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
?
?
451
OEMI0905
Jagdishnath Ray
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
1870
?
1922
?
451
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI0903
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
450
OEMI0902
Jagannath Kumhar
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
folk
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
his father
450
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
OEMI0900
Jagajjyotirmalla
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
449
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI0897
Jagabandhu Sahu
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
1914
0119
Orissa
1990
?
449
P00159
OEMI0896
Jaffar Hussain Khan
Noted qavvaali singer
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
449
OEMI0895
Jadunath Singh
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
449
OEMI0894
Jadunath Bhattacharya
musician
All-round musician,popularly known as Jadu Bhatta
1840
Vaidikpara,Vishnupur,Bengal
1883
Vishnupur
448
OEMI0893
Jadunandan Das
Well-known keertan singer and teacher of Bengal
448
OEMI0892
Jadumani Dasi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolkata
Kolkata
448
OEMI0891
Jadhurama Devangan
Performer of Paandavani
1926
Madhya Pradesh
448
OEMI0890
Jaddanbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
1900
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
1949
Mumbai
447
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI0888
Jacome Gonsalvez
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
1676
1742
447
OEMI0887
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
Ethnomusicologist
1891
0812
Groningen,Netherlands
1960
1207
Amsterdam
446
OEMI0886
Ivor Dennis
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
1932
0528
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
445
OEMI0885
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhpu
?
?
445
OEMI0884
Ishtiyaq Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Sahaswaan tradition
?
?
his father Mustaq Hussain Khan
445
P00811
OEMI0883
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
1907
?
1980
1108
Kolkata
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
445
P00158
OEMI0882
Ishitiaq Ahmad
Sarod player
1919
?
1967
?
Kalidas Pal
445
OEMI0881
Isak Salom Awaskar
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
1856
Awas village, near Mumbai
1910
Mumbai
445
OEMI0880
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Mumbai
Mumbai
444445
P02182
OEMI0879
Indrani Rahman
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
Bharata Naatyam
1930
0919
Chennai
1999
0207
New York
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
444