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
Shyamamani Devi
OEMI1979
975
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
Shyam Sundar Dhir
OEMI1978
975
1897
1988
0116
19-20
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
Shyam Kumbhar
OEMI1977
975
0.1466
15
?
?
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
Shubha Mudgal
OEMI1976
975
1959
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Shrimatibai Narvekar
1121
OEMI1974
974
Mumbai
1903
1988
1223
20
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
P00223
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
OEMI1973
974
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Shrikant Bakre
0825
OEMI1972
974
Kolkata
1930
20
Nagpur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
Shridhar Parsekar
OEMI1971
974
1920
1964
0911
20
Parse, Goa
?
violinist
Noted violinist
Gajananrao Joshi
Shridhar Nazrekar
OEMI1970
974
1658
1729
17-18
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
?
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
Shovana Narayan
OEMI1969
973974
1950
20
Kolkata
Kathak dancer
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
Shori-miya （Ghulam Nabi）
OEMI1968
973
0.174
1803
18-19
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
Shobha Gurtu
OEMI1967
973
Mumbai
1927
2004
0927
20-21
Belgaum, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
P00094
Shivkumar Sharma
0113
OEMI1966
972973
Mumbai
1938
20
Jammu
Eminent santoor player
Kashmir Valley
Shiv Sevak Mishra
OEMI1965
972
1884
1933
19-20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Shiv Kumar Bai
OEMI1964
972
Benares
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Sher Khan
OEMI1963
971
0.1792
0.1862
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his paternal uncle Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
khayaal
Sheikh Munna
OEMI1962
971
Lucknow
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
OEMI1961
971
Cuttack, Orissa
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Sheikh Gulab
OEMI1960
971
1914
20
Lakho village, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh
He represented Madhya Pradesh from 1954 to 1985 in presenting folk dances at the Republic Day parades and at All India folk dance festivals
Sheikh Dawod
1216
OEMI1959
971
1916
1992
0321
20
Solapur, Maharashtra
Hyderabad
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
Sheikh Bahauddin Burnawa
OEMI1958
970971
0.158
0.168
16-17
musician
Ascetic musician
Sheik Chinna Moula
0512
OEMI1957
971
1924
1999
0413
20
Karavadi, Andhra Pradesh
?
Well-known naagaswaram player
his uncle Madar-sahib, Sheik Adam-sahib, and Duraikkannu Pillai
Shital Chandra Mukherji
0507
OEMI1956
969
1880
1945
0914
19-20
Kirtibasa [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
Esraaj player
Abdullah Khan
Shaukat Ara Islam
1227
OEMI1955
969
1939
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
Shaukat Ali Khan
OEMI1954
969
1911
20
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
P00090
Sharatchandra Arolkar
1202
OEMI1953
968
1912
1994
0604
20
Karachi
Mumbai
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
Sharan Rani
0409
OEMI1952
968
1929
20
Delhi
Reputed sarod player
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
P00221
Sharafat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1951
968
1930
1985
07??
20
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Gwaalior
his father Liyaqut Hussain Khan, Faiyaz Khan, his maternal uncle Ata Hussain and father-in-law Vilayat Hussain Khan
P00222
Sharada Sinha
OEMI1950
968
1953
20
Hulas, Bihar
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
Shanti Vardhan
OEMI1949
968
1916
1954
0903
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
?
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
Shanta Apte
1123
OEMI1948
967968
1923
1964
02??
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
Shanmuga Sundaram Pillai （Valangaiman）
0402
OEMI1947
967
1914
20
Valangaiman, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Performer of the drum, tavil
his father Arumugam Pillai and his elder brother, and also by a guru, Raghava Pillai
Shankarrao Vyas
0123
OEMI1946
966
1898
1956
1218
19-20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
films
Shankarrao Gaikwad
OEMI1945
966
Pune
1971
0517
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Shehnai player
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
OEMI1943
966
1911
2004
0109
20-21
Apegaon, Maharashtra
Latur, Maharashtra
Pakhaawaj player
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Shankar Bodas
0423
OEMI1940
966
1900
1986
0710
20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veteran educationist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
Shamsuddin Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1938
965
1890
1968
19-20
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Munir Khan, and Abdul Karim Khan
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
OEMI1937
965
Mumbai
19
1920
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
his father Amir Khan
P00220
Shamim Ahmad Khan
OEMI1936
965
1938
20
Baroda
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
the Agra sharaanaa
maestro Ravi Shankar
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
OEMI1933
964
1885
19-20
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Noted pakhaawaj player
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
P00219
Shambhu Maharaj
OEMI1932
964
0.1907
1970
1104
20
?
Delhi
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
Kathak
Shambhu （Master）
OEMI1931
964
20
?
?
Singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays of the 1900s
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
OEMI1929
964
0.1803
19
?
?
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
OEMI1928
964
Mumbai, region
?
Author of the musical play
P06724
Shakor Khan
OEMI1927
964
1916
1975
1006
20
?
New Delhi
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Abdul Gafoor Khan and uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
OEMI1926
963964
1900
1992
06??
20
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
?
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Shahu Maharaj
OEMI1925
963
20
?
?
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
Shahadat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1924
963
1958
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Abid Hussain Khan and uncle Bahadur Hussain Khan
Shahab Khan
OEMI1923
963
Aurangabad town, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
his father （name not known）
Shah Mir Khan
OEMI1922
963
Indore
?
?
rudra veena player
Performer of the saarangi and rudra veena in the durbar of Indore
Shah Latif
OEMI1921
963
1689
1752
17-18
Sind, Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
OEMI1920
963
1690
1757
17-18
Sind [now in Pakistan]
?
Sindhi devotional poet
Shafikul Hassan
OEMI1919
963
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
OEMI1918
963
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
Shadi Khan （Benares）
OEMI1917
963
19
?
?
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
Shad Khan
OEMI1916
962963
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
Shabbu Khan
OEMI1915
962
Hyderabad
0.1936
20
?
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi
his family
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
OEMI1914
962
1524
1557
16
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Seshanna （Vina）
OEMI1913
962
Mysore
1852
1926
0725
19-20
Mysore
?
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Seshadri Gawai, R.V.
OEMI1912
962
1924
20
Davangere, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
vocalist, harmonium player
Vocalist and harmonium player
Kalkote Channabasavayya, Panchakshari Gawai, Puttaraji Gawai
P00091
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI1911
961962
1908
19-20
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
OEMI1910
961
18
?
?
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Sena Nhavi
OEMI1908
961
15
?
?
Devotional poet
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
0725
OEMI1907
960961
1908
2003
0131
20-21
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Sayajirao （III）, Gaekwad （Maharaja）
OEMI1904
958959
1863
1939
19-20
Kavllana, Khandesh district, Maharashtra
Baroda
patron,
Great patron of the arts; enlightened ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda
Sawai Ram Singh
OEMI1903
958
Jaipur
19
?
?
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Sawai Pratap Singh
OEMI1902
958
?
?
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
Chand Khan
Sawai Gandharva
01??
OEMI1901
957958
1886
1952
0912
19-20
Kundgol, Dharwar, Karnataka
Pune, Maharashtra
singer-actor,vocalist
Eminent vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Balwantrao Kolhatkar, Abdul Karim Khan
Marathi satge
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Savta Mali
OEMI1899
957
0.125
0.1295
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Savaliya Khan
OEMI1898
954
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Pyar Khan
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Satyanarayana Murthy （Ariparala）
OEMI1896
953
1904
1993
0512
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist, teacher, and composer of Karnatik music
Varanasi Brahmayya Sastri
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
OEMI1895
953
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Godavaribai Punekar
Satish Bhatia
OEMI1894
952
1929
20
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
Sastry, B.V.K.
OEMI1893
952
Bangalore
1916
2003
0922
20
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
Bangalore
Noted author and columnist
Saroja, M.K.
OEMI1892
951
1931
20
Chennnai
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
Sarmad
OEMI1891
950
1657
17
?
Delhi
poet
Mystic poet
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1890
950
1965
06??
20
?
?
singer
Sardarbai Karadgekar
OEMI1889
949
1914
20
Karadge, Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
Sarat Chandra Sarma
OEMI1888
948949
1913
20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
singer
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
Saraswatibai
OEMI1887
948
1850
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sakharam
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
Saraswati (Anis Khaton)
OEMI1885
947
1545
1620
16-17
Rewa
Delhi
vocalist
Talented daughter of Taansen
Sarasdev
OEMI1884
946
?
?
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Sarangapani
OEMI1883
945
1680
1710
17-18
?
?
composer
composer
Sarangadeva
OEMI1882
944945
13
?
?
musicologist
musicologist, author
Sarada Subramaniam
OEMI1881
944
1915
20
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
P00218
Sarada Hoffman
OEMI1880
944
1929
20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker

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