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
P00090
OEMI1953
Sharatchandra Arolkar
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
1912
1202
Karachi
1994
0604
Mumbai
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
968
OEMI1974
Shrimatibai Narvekar
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1903
1121
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
1988
1223
Mumbai
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
974
OEMI2001
Sivaraman （Kottakkal）
Kathakali artiste
1936
Palakkad district, Kerala
2010
0719
Karalmanna, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
988
OEMI2007
Sohirobanath Ambiye
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
?
1792
Goa
990
OEMI2025
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
1840
?
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
1914
0605
Kolkata
998999
P00238
OEMI2124
Thingbaijam Babu Singh
Well-known Manipuri dance exponent and teacher of Imphal
1936
0208
Lairensajik village,Manipur
Laisram Apabi Singh,and in Raas dance under Maisnam Amubi Singh
1078
OEMI2126
'Tiger'Varadachariar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1876
0801
Kolathur,Tamil Nadu
1950
0131
Chennai
Appadurai Iyer and his son Ramachandran
1079
OEMI2131
Titte Krishna lyengar
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
1902
?
Mysore city
1997
0316
Mysore city
1085
OEMI0320
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1888
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
1936
?
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
135
OEMI0423
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
1905
0811
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
1947
1007
?
211
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
OEMI0800
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,musician
Patron and musician
0.1887
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
0.195
?
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
410
OEMI1478
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
1806
?
1868
?
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
728
P00100
OEMI1508
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
1896
0430
?
1994
0312
Chennai
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
739
OEMI2186
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
0.17
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
11211122
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI0941
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
Author
Kolkata
480
OEMI1088
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
1861
Tamil Nadu
1934
?
560
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
OEMI1228
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Mumbai
1917
?
?
2002
1206
?
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
619
P00099
OEMI1229
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
flute player
A master of the flute
1926
11??
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1986
0531
?
619620
OEMI1357
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
1702
0817
Ghazni,Afghanistan
1748
0406
Delhi
681
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
OEMI1442
Nana-saheb Joglekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1875
0208
?
1911
1115
?
720
OEMI1826
Rukminibai Tampuratti
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
1800
?
1838
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
905
OEMI1943
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
Pakhaawaj player
1911
Apegaon, Maharashtra
2004
0109
Latur, Maharashtra
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
966
P00227
OEMI2023
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
1913
?
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
995
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
P00104
OEMI0390
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
1903
0715
Gouripur
1975
0703
Kolkata
194
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
P00112
OEMI0064
Ajoy Chakrabarty
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Kolkata
1953
?
Kolkata
30
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
P00114
OEMI0072
Alarmel Valli
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1956
?
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
36
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
P00007
OEMI0151
Annapurna Devi
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Mumbai
1927
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
6465
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0218
Baba Farid
Poet
1200
1280
Delhi
92
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0228
Baburao Joshi
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
1908
1231
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1984
1111
Pune
94
OEMI0229
Bacha Mishra
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
1876
Benares
1926
?
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
94
OEMI0231
Bachubai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
94
OEMI0251
Bahadur Singh
tabla player
Tabla player
1903
1019
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
1967
?
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
102
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0255
Baijnath Misra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
0801
Benares region
1992
0222
?
Thakur Prasad
105
OEMI0257
Bakhshu-miya
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
0.175
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
106
OEMI0295
Baneswar Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1824
Assam
1914
Assam
118
OEMI0302
Bapurao Ketkar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
1898
?
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
1954
1129
Pune, Maharashtra
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
121
OEMI0309
Barve P.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
1918
1230
Akola, Maharashtra
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
124
OEMI0311
Basaveswara
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
0.1139
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
0.1196
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
128129
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0323
Bha Ra Tambe
Well-known Marathi poet
1873
1027
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1941
1207
?
144
OEMI0324
Bhabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
1890
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1986
Vyasapara
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
144145
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148
OEMI0335
Bhairav sahai
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Benares
0.1839
?
0.191
?
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
151
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0377
Bimal Mukherji
sitar player
Noted sitar player
1930
?
?
1997
01??
Kolkata
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
190
OEMI0378
Bimal Roy
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
1911
0113
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
1997
0411
Kolkata
191
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0434
Chandra Sakhi
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Balkrishna Swami
217
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
OEMI0436
Chandrabhaga
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
?
1889
Lucknow
Ghasit Khan
217218
OEMI0460
Chhataki
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Wazir Khan
231
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0478
Chikka Subba Rao
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
his father Dodda Subba Rao
239
OEMI0479
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
Venkatasubbayya
239
OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
P00019
OEMI0497
Chitta Babu
veena player
Well-known veena player
1936
1013
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
243
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
P00022
OEMI0544
Debu Chaudhuri
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Delhi
1935
?
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
262
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275