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
OEMI1830
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
1872
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
1948
0522
Chennai
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
907
OEMI1888
Sarat Chandra Sarma
singer
1913
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
948949
OEMI1918
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
?
?
963
OEMI1957
Sheik Chinna Moula
Well-known naagaswaram player
1924
0512
Karavadi, Andhra Pradesh
1999
0413
?
his uncle Madar-sahib, Sheik Adam-sahib, and Duraikkannu Pillai
971
OEMI2033
Sripada Pinakapani
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1913
0803
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
1009
OEMI2109
Tarini Charan Patra
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
1901
?
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
1979
0304
?
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
1067
OEMI2149
Umrao Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1845
0.192
Hyderabad
his illustrious father Tanras Khan
1102
OEMI2196
Venugopala Krishna Sharma （Pasumarty）
Well-known performer of Kuuchipuudi dance-drama
1933
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Chinta Venkatarama Ayya and Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastri
1123
OEMI2248
Yashwantrao Kerkar
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
1914
0221
Keri town, Goa
1989
1217
Mumbai
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
1153
OEMI1482
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1612
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
0.1863
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
805
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
OEMI0336
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
?
?
Shankarrao Pandit
153
P00050
OEMI1116
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
vocalist
vocalist
1893
0708
Gwalior
1989
0822
Gwalior
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
573
OEMI1349
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1907
09??
Haryana
1988
0927
Maharashtra
Kader Bakhsh
680
OEMI1463
Narayan Chandra Goswami
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
1942
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
726
OEMI1630
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
1860
?
1919
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
813
OEMI1701
Raja-bhaiyya Pochwale
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
1882
0812
Gwalior
1956
0401
?
Waman-bua, Lala-bua
863
P00084
OEMI1792
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
veena player and teacher
1932
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
887
OEMI1906
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
1993
Mysore
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
960
OEMI1914
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
1524
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
1557
Vrindavan
962
OEMI1991
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
1908
0304
Puri, Orissa
1975
0316
?
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
982
OEMI2091
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1920
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
1998
0519
?
Subramania Iyer
1042
OEMI2148
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
0.1788
?
0.184
probably Rewa
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
1102
OEMI0986
Kale Khan （Kasurwale; Patiala）
vocalist
Emiinent vocalist
Mumbai
0.187
Patiala, Punjab
0.1915
Kanpur
his uncle Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
502503
OEMI1702
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
863
OEMI0211
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Lucknow
Kalpi
?
90
OEMI0286
Balwantrao Bhaiyya
vocalist,
Vocalist of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
1925
?
?
Gwalior
his mother,the famous dancer Chandrabhaga
115
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
OEMI0362
Bhishmadev Chatterji
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
1909
1108
Hooghly district,Bengal
1977
0808
Kolkata
179
OEMI0367
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0396
Bishnuprasad Rabha
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
1909
0131
Dhaka
1969
0620
Tezpur, Assam
195
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI0514
Dakshina Charan Sen
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Bengal
1860
?
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
1925
?
Kolkata
251252
OEMI0560
Devji-bua Paranjape
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
0.1798
?
Pune,Maharashtra
1878
?
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
Gadgil-bua
279
OEMI0629
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
0.1881
?
?
1971
0826
?
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
319
OEMI0727
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
?
?
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
375
OEMI0728
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
Music critic
1921
0806
Nerul, Goa
1968
0213
?
375
OEMI0779
Haidar Khan （Jaipur）
sitar player
Sitar player
1898
Jaipur
Delhi
400
OEMI0832
Himendra Mohan Bose
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
1864
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
1916
0828
Kolkata
424
OEMI1020
Kannappa Thambiran
Performer of Theru Koothu
1915
Purisai,Tamli Nadu
516
OEMI1051
Keshab Chandra Mitra
Reputed pakhaawaj player
0.1822
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
1901
?
Ram Chakravarty
540
OEMI1103
Krishnadas Kaviraj
Devotional poet
1521
Vardhaman district, Bengal
1586
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
570571
OEMI1111
Krishnarao Chonkar
Singer-actor
1908
1225
?
1996
0912
Mumbai
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
572
OEMI1352
Mohammad Khan(vocal)
vocalist?
vocalist?
1870
Agra
1922
Agra
Natthan Khan
680
P00017
OEMI1400
Murugabhopathy,C.S.
mridangam player
Veteran mridangam player
1914
0215
Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu
1998
0321
?
Chitsabai Servai and Sankarasiva Bhagavatar
698699
OEMI1411
Muthukkumara Pulavar
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
?
?
704
OEMI1449
Nanhe Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla player?
1850
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
0.1915
probably Kolkata
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
723
OEMI1488
Narayan-bua Gogate
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1639
Pransukhlal Nayak
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
1910
04??
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
825
OEMI1648
Pulin Behari Mitter
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
828
OEMI1693
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
sitar player
sitar player
?
1985
03??
?
858
OEMI1739
Ramalinga Swamigal
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
1823
1005
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
1874
0130
?[as per some documents]
872
OEMI1881
Sarada Subramaniam
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
1915
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
944
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI2010
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
?
?
991992
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
OEMI2050
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Marathi
?
?
1989
0612
Mumbai
1025
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2129
Tiruvarur Rajayi
vocalist
Danseuse and vocalist
1896
0106
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
1926
11??
Chennai
her granduncle,Gopalakrishna Nattuvanar
1084
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
P00246
OEMI2265
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena （biin） player
1929
Udaipur, Rajasthan
1990
0928
Mumbai
his father Ziauddin Dagar
1160
OEMI2269
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
0.17
probably Delhi
0.1768
Delhi
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
319
P00131
OEMI0270
Balasubrahmanya Sarma,M.S.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1929
?
Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh
G.paidiswami
111
OEMI0944
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
481
P00184
OEMI1274
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
1922
?
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
643
OEMI1713
Rajkumar Priyogopal Sana
Well-known exponent of Manipuri dance, also an expert in Manipuri martial arts
1910
Imphal, Manipur
his father Rajkumar Suryaboro Singh
866
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI1849
Sakharam Mridangacharya
pakhaawaj player, teacher
1879
1025
Indore
1967
0119
?
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
915
OEMI1907
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
1908
0725
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
2003
0131
Chennai
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
960961
OEMI2070
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
?
?
1030
OEMI2095
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Chennai
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
10441045
OEMI2221
Vithabai Narayangaokar
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
1928
Solapur
2002
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
1139
P00206
OEMI2174
Vasudevan Nambodiri （Nelliyodu）
Kathakali artiste
1940
Ernakulam district, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, etc...
1118
OEMI2183
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
0.1873
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
1121
OEMI0304
Bapurao Pendharkar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1892
1210
Jamkhindi, Maharashtra
1937
0315
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
121
OEMI0334
Bhairav Prasad Misra
tabla player
Noted tabla player of the Benares gharaanaa
0.1844
Patna
1940
1221
probably Benares
Benares gharaanaa
Bhagat Maharaj
150
OEMI0358
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
1875
0425
?
1919
0717
?
169
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI0441
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1915
0604
Mysore city,
221
OEMI0486
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
?
20
?
240
OEMI0532
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
Harmonium player
1912
0512
?
1981
0821
Baroda,Gujarat
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
259
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
P00148
OEMI0663
Gaurishankar Devilal
Noted Kathak dancer
1918
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
1992
0220
Mumbai
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
350
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI0835
Hira Singh Boralia
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
1934
0612
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Ram Narayan, Harlal Makwana, Bhailal Barot, Devilal Samar
431
OEMI0843
Honavar Krishnabhat
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
0.1878
Gokarn, South Karnataka
1942
Shirali, in the same region
S.N. Ratanjankar, S.C.R. Bhat
434
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI0966
Jyotindranath Tagore
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
1849
Kolkata
1925
Ranchi, Bihar
490
OEMI1021
Kannayya Bhagavatar
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamli Nadu
1846
Travancore,Kerala
516
P00167
OEMI1054
Keshava Murthy, H.R.
Bharata Naatyam teacher
1920
Chickmaglur district, Karnataka
Guru Gundappa
540
OEMI1110
Krishnarao Ashtewale
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
?
?
Raghumatharao
572
OEMI1117
Krishnashankar Shukla
old-timer in media music
1911
0817
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0807
?
573
OEMI1156
Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Matunga Mumbai
1915
1977
12??
588
OEMI1168
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Assamese Litterateur, also known for his patriotic songs
1868
?
1938
?
591