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
OEMI1429
Nadira Begum
Singer
1948
0810
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
713
OEMI1439
Namdev
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
1270
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
1350
?
718719
OEMI1446
Nanhaku Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
1920
?
1995
1014
Benares
Benares
722
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1572
Pahadi Sanyal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1906
0222
Darjeeling
1974
Bengal
782
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783
OEMI1597
Paramanandadas
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
1497
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
1587
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
797
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1677
Raghavan,V.
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
1908
0822
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1979
0405
Chennai
855856
P00011
OEMI1703
Rajam Iyer, B.
vocalist
vocalist
1922
07??
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
Ganapathy Iyer
863
OEMI1715
Rajkumari
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
0.1925
Benares
2000
0317
Mumbai
866
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1764
Ramesh Nadkarni
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
1921
0813
Bankikodala, Karnataka
1995
0707
Mumbai
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
879
OEMI1794
Rangnekar, M.G
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
1907
0410
?
1995
0201
?
887
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
OEMI1819
Roshan Jamil
dancer-actress,teacher
1931
0508
Dhaka Bangladesh
2002
0314
Dhaka
902
P02973
OEMI1820
Roshan Kumari
kathak danseuse
?
902
P03815
OEMI1821
Roshanara Begum
vocalist
vocalist
1920
Kolkata
1982
1205
Pakistan
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
902903
OEMI1822
Roy, R.N.
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
903
OEMI1828
Rupasinha, H.W.
composer
singer, composer
1895
1124
Matara, Sri Lanka
1971
0424
?
M.G.Perera
905
OEMI1878
Sarabha Sasti
flautist
1872
Kumbhakonam
1904
Chennai
Natesa Pillai, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Ayyar
944
OEMI1884
Sarasdev
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
?
?
946
OEMI1948
Shanta Apte
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
1923
1123
?
1964
02??
Mumbai
967968
OEMI1959
Sheikh Dawod
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1916
1216
Solapur, Maharashtra
1992
0321
Hyderabad
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
971
P02951
OEMI1960
Sheikh Gulab
He represented Madhya Pradesh from 1954 to 1985 in presenting folk dances at the Republic Day parades and at All India folk dance festivals
1914
Lakho village, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh
971
OEMI1962
Sheikh Munna
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
971
OEMI1972
Shrikant Bakre
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1930
0825
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
974
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI2026
Srichand Misra
tabla player
Tabla player
0.19
?
Benares
0.197
?
?
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj
1008
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2031
Srinivasan,M.B.
Music director of south Indian films
1925
?
Chittoor,Andhra
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI2056
Sukthankar,B.S.
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
1891
0612
?
1940
0406
Mumbai
1028
P00233
OEMI2083
Suresh Awasthi
Author, administrator, and teacher
1918
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
1036
OEMI2087
Suryaboro Singh
Noted exponent of nata sankeertana music and dance of Manipur
0.189
Imphal, Manipur
1939
Imphal
his maternal uncle Chingsubam Ibeton Singh
1039
OEMI2098
Syama Sastri
composer
composer
1762
0426
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1827
Thanjavur
his maternal uncle
1048
OEMI2112
Tasadduk Hussain
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1879
?
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1946
?
?
Kallan Khan
1068
OEMI2120
Thakur Prasad
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
?
?
1856
?
Lucknow
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
1072
OEMI2159
Vaikunta Sastri
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2167
Vasant Amrit
vocalist
vocalist
1902
0119
Surat, Gujarat
1991
0119
Surat
Abdul Karim Khan
1116
OEMI2188
Venkatagiriyappa
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1887
0426
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
1951
?
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
1122
OEMI2191
Venkatasubbayya
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Mysore
1792
?
1838
Mysore
1123
OEMI2192
Venkatesa Devaru
Noted mridangam player of the Mysore durbar of Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1895-1940）
Mysore
1908
Tirupadi Puliyar, near Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
1963
?
his well-known father Muthuswami Tewar
1123
OEMI2197
Victor Paranjoti
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
1906
Bangalore
1967
0201
Mumbai
1126
OEMI2218
Visvavasu
ancient author
?
?
1138
OEMI2223
Vitthal Vipuldev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
16
?
17
?
1139
OEMI2228
Vyas,C.R.
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
1923
1109
Barsi,Maharashtra
2002
1110
Mumbai
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
1142
OEMI2229
Vyas,D.G.
Scholar
?
?
1966
?
Mumbai
1142
OEMI2273
Mardana （Bhai）
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
1496
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
0.154
?
650651
OEMI0325
Bhachu Bhandare
Noted harmonium player
1878
Mumbai
1909
Mumbai
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
145
OEMI0405
Brajaranjana Deva
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
1732
?
Assam
1787
?
Assam
201
P00080
OEMI0420
Chaitanya Deva,B.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
?
Bangalore,Karnataka
1981
0528
New Delhi
208
OEMI0442
Chandrasena, R.A.
Music director and teacher
1924
0827
Kandy, Sri Lanka
1980
0301
?
221
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI0608
Dwijendralal Roy
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
1863
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
1913
0517
Kolkata
307
P06726
OEMI0644
Gajananrao Joshi
violinist
Reputed violinist
1911
0630
Mumbai
1987
0628
?
325
OEMI0819
Harmasji Ardeshir
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Mumbai
?
?
416
OEMI0887
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
Ethnomusicologist
1891
0812
Groningen,Netherlands
1960
1207
Amsterdam
446
OEMI0933
Jivan Khan(Seni)
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
1748
most probably Jaipur
1790
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
his father
472
OEMI0934
Jivan Shah(Seni)
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
1732
1810
Lucknow
473
OEMI1048
Kesava Pillai,K.C
composer
composer,poet,scholar
1868
Kollam,Kerala
1913
0904
?
539540
OEMI1113
Krishnarao Gore
singer-actor
1880
?
1940
0608
Wai Maharashtra
572
P00175
OEMI1137
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
Kathakali performer and teacher
1881
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
1974
?
579580
OEMI1161
Lakshmandas Seth
patron,
Patron of the arts
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
589
OEMI1169
Lakshmiram Barua
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
?
?
591
OEMI1183
Lalit Kishori Dev
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
1680
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
1770
Vrindavan
594595
OEMI1225
Mahadeva Annavi
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI1326
Mirasi Rimju Ali
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
672
OEMI1552
Nongthon Singh,N.
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
1935
0215
Imphal,Manipur
766
P04692
OEMI1607
Parvin Sultana
vocalist
vocalist
1950
0525
Nauga prava,Assam
Chinmay Lahiri
800
OEMI1761
Ramdas （Swami）
Saint-poet of Maharashtra
1608
Jamba, Maharashtra
1681
?
878
OEMI1780
Ramsingh Thakur
singer
1909
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
2002
0418
Lucknow
884
OEMI1812
Ravji-bua Gogate
vocalist
vocalist
Maharashtra
?
897
OEMI1860
Samina Choudhuri
singer
1966
0824
Khulna, Bangladesh
923
OEMI1939
Shankar Abhyankar
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Mumbai
1934
0519
Satara, Maharashtra
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
965966
OEMI2041
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
Noted veena player
1919
?
Bangalore
T.Venkatarao
1012
P00738
OEMI2054
Sukhendu Goswami
vocalist
Vocalist
1911
?
Dhaka,Bangladesh
1983
0716
Kolkata
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
1026
OEMI2198
Victor Perera, B.
violinist
Violinist, vocalist, and teacher
1931
0223
Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
1998
0326
?
H. Don Vincent, J. Sadiris Silva, and Edmund Silva （of Peliyagoda）, C.R. Vyas, S.C.R. Bhat. and Chindanand Nagarkar, Shridhar Parsekar
1126
OEMI0291
Balwantrao Vaidya
Pakhaawaj player
1823
?
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
1895
?
?
116
OEMI0348
Bhaskar-bua Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
1914
1231
Karanj, Pune district, Maharastra
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Shivram-bua Vaze, Dinkar Pathak, Haribhau Ghangrekar
163
P00055
OEMI0440
Chandrasekaran, M.
violinist
Noted violinist
1937
Kolkata
?
his mother Charubala Mohan
221
OEMI0812
Haridas Mukherji
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
Kolkata
?
?
412
P00087
OEMI0916
Janakiraman,S.R.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1928
0712
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
461
OEMI0948
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
482
OEMI1039
Kavasji Jamshedji
Singer-actor
?
?
532
OEMI1281
Manohar-bua Joshi
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
?
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
1888
?
Aundh region,Maharashtra
644
OEMI1759
Ramchandra Vaidya
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
1871
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
877
OEMI0636
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
Author of The Music of Hindostan
1859
?
Norwich,England
1948
?
Salisbury,England
321
OEMI0930
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
1894
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
470
OEMI1126
Kulatillake,C.de S.
musicologist
musicologist
1926
1214
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
577578
P00183
OEMI1266
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
Mridangam player
1945
?
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
639340
OEMI1288
Marcellene Jayakody
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
1902
0603
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
1998
0115
?
650
OEMI1660
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
mridangam player
1906
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
1982
Tagadur
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
834
OEMI1758
Ramchandra Trivedi
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
1911
?
1988
0322
Mumbai
Kalyaan Bharati, Omkarnath Thakur
877
OEMI0455
Chennakesavayya, N.
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1895
1105
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
1986
?
229