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.
 

Advanced Search
to
to

2277 / 2277

Toggle column: 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
OEMI0403
Bose,R.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
198
OEMI0419
Chaggan(Master)
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
208
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
OEMI0641
Gaisberg,F.W.
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
1872
?
?
?
?
324
OEMI0802
Hargovind Swami
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
411
OEMI0888
Jacome Gonsalvez
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
1676
1742
447
P00074
OEMI0922
Jasraj(Pandit)
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
1930
0120
Hissar,Haryana
463
OEMI0972
Kachchi Sastri
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist (19th cent.)
?
?
493
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI1209
Londhe,G.M.
Noted singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1902
0718
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1944
1027
Mumbai
608
OEMI1264
Mani Embrantiri
Singer of Kathakali music
1885
?
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
1954
?
Aluva
639
OEMI1278
Manohar Chimote
Well-known harmonium player
Mumbai
1929
03??
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
643
OEMI1587
Pankaj Mullick
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
1905
0510
Kolkata
1978
0219
Kolkata
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
793
OEMI1608
Parvin Mushtari
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
1954
1213
Bangladesh
801
OEMI1858
Sambamorthy, P.
musicologist
musicologist, teacher
1901
0214
Bitragunta, now in Andhra Pradesh
1973
1023
Chennai
922
OEMI1893
Sastry, B.V.K.
Noted author and columnist
Bangalore
1916
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
2003
0922
Bangalore
952
OEMI1931
Shambhu (Master)
Singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays of the 1900s
?
?
964
OEMI2029
Srikrishna Dalvi
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
1926
?
?
2004
01??
Mumbai
1008
OEMI2071
Sundaram, V.P.K.
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1915
Tamil Nadu
2003
0309
?
Ramanathapuram Sivam (basic lessons in music)
10301031
P00235
OEMI2094
Swapan Chaudhuri
tabla player
tabla exponent
1947
Kolkata
1044
OEMI2208
Vincent Somapala
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
1906
0517
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
1989
0607
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
1131
P06554
OEMI0012
Abdul Karim Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1872
1111
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
1937
1027
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
3
P05932
OEMI0111
Amir Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of exceptional merit.
1912
04??
Akola,Maharashtra
1974
0213
Kolkata
Bhendi Bazaar
his father Shah Mir Khan(d.1937)
4950
P00345
OEMI0215
Azmat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1911
0305
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
1975
0726
Mumbai
Altaf Hussain Khan
9091
P01173
OEMI0293
Bande Ali Khan
udra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
0.183
?
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1896
?
Pune,Maharashtra
Seni
116117
P06115
OEMI0093
Altaf Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
?
0.1878
?
Khurja, near Delhi
1964
?
Delhi
Khurjaa
44
P06664
OEMI0232
Badal Khan
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Paanipat gharaanaa
0.1834
?
0.1937
Agra
Paanipat
95
P00352
OEMI0247
Bahadur Khan
sarod player
Noted sarod player
?
1989
10??
Kolkata
101
P06562
OEMI0306
Barkat Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Patiala, Punjab
1950
Lahore, Pakistan
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
123
P00645
OEMI0617
Faiyaz Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1881
0208
Agra
1950
1105
Baroda
Agra
315316
P06425
OEMI0767
Habibuddin Khan
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
1899
Meerut
1972
0720
?
the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
his father Shammu Khan, Munir Khan
396
P05786
OEMI0769
Hafiz Ali Khan
Sarod maestro of the lineage of Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
1888
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
1972
1228
Delhi
Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Nanhe Khan, uncle Murad Ali Khan,
397398
P01269
OEMI0219
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1880
Hyderabad
1944
Delhi
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
92
P06740
OEMI0581
Dhyanesh Khan
Sarod player
1942
0506
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
1991
1011
Kolkata
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
293
P06081
OEMI0028
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
1908
?
Jaipur
1979
1210
Indore
Jaipur
his father
14
P02120
OEMI0447
Chathunni Panikkar (Kavungal)
Kathakali artiste
1922
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
224
P02054
OEMI0122
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
1917
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
1998
0114
?
52
P06155
OEMI0171
Arjun Sejwal
Pakhaawaj player
1934
0425
?
1992
1029
Mumbai
Paanse
74
P01797
OEMI0173
Arun Kumar Sen
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
1928
0606
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
2001
1214
Mumbai
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
76
P02179
OEMI0756
Gulab-bai
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
1920
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
1996
0713
?
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
386387
P02135
OEMI0125
Amubi Singh (Maisnam)
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Manipur
1881
1121
Imphal, Manipur
1972
0629
Imphal
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
53
P06309
OEMI0285
Balwantrai Bhatt
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1921
?
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Omkarnath Thakur
115
P00377
OEMI0189
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
1920
1216
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
Vishnupur
82
P01070
OEMI0148
Anjanibai Lolekar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mumbai
1928
Goa
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
62
P01099
OEMI0149
Anjanibai Malpekar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1883
0422
Malpe, Goa
1974
0807
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua
63
P02305
OEMI0170
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
1890
0519
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
1967
0123
?
Poochi Iyengae
7374
P01413
OEMI0748
Govindrao Rajurkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
?
1983
0517
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
382
P02378
OEMI0048
Agat A. Sangma
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1945
?
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
23
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
P05978
OEMI0282
Balram Pathak
sitar player
sitar player
1930
?
Ishwarpur village,Bihar
1991
0216
?
115
P05853
OEMI0664
Gautam, M.R.
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
1924
0319
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
350
P01280
OEMI0735
Govind Narayan Natu
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
1905
0514
?
?
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
380
P06662
OEMI0157
Anokhelal Mishra
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1914
Benares
1958
0310
?
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
66
P02049
OEMI0747
Govindrao Burhanpurkar
Distinguished pakhaawaj exponent
1880
Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh
1957
?
382
OEMI1856
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
1863
Mumbai
1957
Mumbai
918
P03011
OEMI0446
Charu Sija Mathur
Performer of Manipuri dance
1940
Delhi
R. K. Singhajit Singh
224
P06130
OEMI0736
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1944
1110
?
1988
0212
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
380
P01441
OEMI0155
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
1926
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
65
P00325
OEMI0158
Antonio de Figueiredo
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
1981
1105
?
67
P01948
OEMI0262
Balabhau Umadekar(Kundal Guruji)
vocalist, teacher, composer
Vocalist,teacher,and composer
?
?
1968
0604
?
Gwalior
109
P02426
OEMI0266
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
Harikathaa performer
1918
0818
Chennnai
110
OEMI1852
Sakharam-pant Agale
pakhaawaj player
1858
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
1918
Satara, Maharashtra
Nana Panse
916
P01069
OEMI0159
Antsher Lobo
Well-known exponent of comparative music and musicology
1905
0305
Calangute, Goa
1986
0616
Mumbai
A. Scrinzi, O. Savini, Alladiya Khan
6768
P01721
OEMI0296
Bangalore K. Venkataram
Eminent ghatam player
1934
0110
?
2003
1018
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
119
P02697
OEMI0503
Chowdiah, T.
vocalist
Violin celebrity
1895
0101
Tirumakudalu, Karnataka
1967
0119
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
244245
P02765
OEMI0480
Chimanlal Nayak
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
1916
0414
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
1977
1023
?
239
P02301
OEMI0504
Chunilal Pandya
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
Modasa, North Gujarat
1948
?
245
P01225
OEMI0475
Chidanand Nagarkar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1919
1120
Malleswaram, Bangalore
1971
0526
Mumbai
238
P00152
OEMI0798
Hare Krishna Behera
Exponent of dance and dance music
1938
Balasore area, Orissa
410
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
P02937
OEMI0031
Acharyalu,C.R.
Kuchipudi dance guru
?
?
1998
0322
Ahmedabad
16
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
P00364
OEMI0269
Balasaraswati,T.
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
1918
0513
Chennai
1984
0209
?
110111
P06356
OEMI0730
Gopeshwar Banerji
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
1880
Vishnupur, Bengal
1967
0729
Vishnupur
Vishnupur gharaanaa
his father Anantlal, his elder brother Ram Prasanna, Guru Prasad Mishra
376
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
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0826
Haure Gosai
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
1795
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
420
OEMI1177
Lalan Fakir
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
0.1774
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
1891
?
592
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI0123
Amrital Datta
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Bengal
1858
Kolkata
1912
Kolkata
52
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
OEMI0542
Debkantha Bagchi
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Bengal theatre
1860
?
Nabadwip district,Bengal
1930
?
probably Kolkata
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
262
OEMI0991
Kalipada Pathak
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
0.189
Howrah, Kolkata
?
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
505
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
P00164
OEMI1001
Kamala
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
1934
0616
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
507
OEMI1412
Muthukumara Pillai
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1874
1027
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1960
0822
Kattumannar Koil
704
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
OEMI0614
Ellappa Mudaliar
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Bharata Naatyam
1908
?
Kanchipuram
1974
?
?
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
311
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
OEMI1204
Lionel Algama
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sri Lank
1935
0324
Sri Lanka
607
OEMI1443
Nanda Malini
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
1943
0823
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
721
OEMI0488
Chinnayya (Tallapakam)
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
OEMI1530
Nilakantha Sivan
composer
Well-known composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1839
Nagorcoil area, now in Tamil Nadu, then part of the Travancore princely state of Kerala
1900
0728
?
756757
OEMI1005
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1770
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
1820
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
508
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI1461
Narasimha Dasa (Tumu)
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
1790
Andhra
?
725726
OEMI0002
Abban Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Dhrupad
?
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
1922
Saharanpur
Behnam Khan Dagar(c.1800-1887)
1
OEMI0081
Alimulla Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
39