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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OEMI0925
Jatto
vocalist
Vocalist
465
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0945
Jnan Khan Seni
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
1745
Jaipur
1812
Lucknow
Gulab Khan Seni
481
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0956
Jon Higgins
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
American
1939
0919
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1984
1207
Muddletown, USA
487488
OEMI0962
Joshi, D.K.
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
1860
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
1942
0717
?
488489
OEMI0963
Joshi, D.T.
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
1914
10??
?
1993
10??
Kolkata
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
489
OEMI0964
Joshi, G.N.
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
1909
0406
Kalyan, near Mumbai
1994
0922
Mumbai
489
P00041
OEMI0969
Jyotsna Bhole
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Mumbai
1914
0511
Bandod, Goa
2001
0804
Mumbai
491
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
OEMI0971
Kabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1864
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
1954
Saruthekerabari
Bhabiram Sarma,
493
OEMI0978
Kagalkar, V.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1902
0604
Karnataka
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
497
OEMI0980
Kaka Hathrasi
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
1906
0918
?
1995
0918
Hathras
498
OEMI0988
Kale Khan (Saras-piya)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
0.186
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
family
503
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1010
Kanailal Dhendi
Reputed esraaj exponent
0.1861
?
Gaya
1901
?
Gaya
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
513
P00165
OEMI1011
Kanak Rele
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
1937
?
Mumbai
513
P06289
OEMI1024
Kanthe Maharaj
tabla player
tabla player
1888
Benares
1968
?
Baldev Sahari
517
OEMI1038
Kasyapa
Quoted as an authority on music
?
?
525
OEMI1045
Kempegauda
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
538
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1072
Khetramohan Kar
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1902
0830
Puri, Orissa
1986
Puri
554
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1080
Khwaja Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
?
0.1836
?
Atraauli
556
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
P06009
OEMI1083
Kishan Maharaj
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
1923
0903
Benares
2008
0504
Benares
his father Hari Maharaj, paternal uncle Kanthe Maharaj
559
OEMI1085
Kittappa, S.G.
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
1906
Tamil Nadu
1933
?
Sankara Doss Swamikal
560
OEMI1089
Kohala
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
?
?
560561
OEMI1091
Kolar Rajamma
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
1910
?
1990
0404
Chennai
Chittor Subramania Pillai
563
OEMI1122
Kshitrayya
composer
composer
1600
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
1680
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
574575
P00173
OEMI1133
Kumkum Mohanty
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Cuttack,Orissa
579
P00174
OEMI1134
Kumudini Lakhia
Kathak danseuse
1935
Maharashtra
579
OEMI1148
Lachhu Maharaj
Kathak dancer
1901
0901
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
1978
0719
Lucknow
585
OEMI1151
Lahiri, S.N.
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
586
OEMI1165
Lakshmideva
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
1780
Bardowa, Assam
1858
Bali Sattra
his father , Bhadradeva
590591
OEMI1178
Lalan Prasad
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
0.1856
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
1926
?
592
OEMI1185
Lalit Mohinidev
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
0.1727
?
0.1805
?
595
OEMI1193
Lalu Rababi
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
?
?
?
?
601
OEMI1202
Lila,P.
Playback singer
1933
?
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
2005
1029
Ernakulam district
606
OEMI1217
Madhavadeva
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Assam
1490
?
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
1597
?
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
613
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
P00182
OEMI1236
Maheswar Neog
author and researcher in music and fine arts
1918
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
1995
0913
Guwahati,Assam
621
OEMI1245
Makulloluwa,W.B.
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
1922
0217
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
1984
0908
?
623
OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1261
Mangi Singh,L.
sitar player
Sitar player
1929
?
Imphal,Manipur
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
639
P00062
OEMI1267
Manik Varma
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1926
05??
Pune,Maharashtra
1996
1110
Mumbai
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
640
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1298
Mathor Shankara Murthy
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
1922
?
Muthalapura,Karnataka
1993
0705
Bangalore
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
657
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
OEMI1325
Mirashi-bua
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1883
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
1966
0105
?
671
OEMI1331
Mirza-saheb
harmonium player
1875
?
1937
?
672
OEMI1332
Misra
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
?
1890
?
672
OEMI1334
Mitradev Mahanta
composer
composer
1894
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1983
Letugram Sattra
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
673
OEMI1345
Mohammad Bakhsh
saarangi player
saarangi player
?
?
679
OEMI1347
Mohammad Ghous
music director
1910
Bangalore
1953
0321
Sri Lanka
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
679
OEMI1348
Mohammad Hussain
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
679
P01175
OEMI1354
Mohammad Rafi
singer of Hindi films
1924
1224
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
1980
0830
Mumbai
680681
OEMI1355
Mohammad Reza
author
?
?
681
OEMI1356
Mohammad Sali
harmonium player
1930
0716
Colombo,Sri Lanka
1988
0413
Colombo
681
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI1378
Mukhtar Begum
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
?
Fattu Khan
692
P00096
OEMI1379
Mukta,T.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1914
?
Chennai
Nayana Pillai
692
OEMI1414
Muthusamy, R.
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
1928
0105
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
1988
0627
Sri Lanka
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
705
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1435
Naina Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
1920
?
Bengal
1993
1101
New Delhi
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
717
OEMI1444
Nandadas
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
1545
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
1595
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
721
OEMI1452
Nanhibai
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
723
OEMI1455
Nannu-miya
Well-known performer of dholak
?
?
723
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI1490
Narayanrao Indorekar
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1907
0108
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1989
0602
?
his father Gopalrao, Jahangir Khan, Gammi Khan
730
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI1527
Nazir, V.
Poet
1735
near Agra, Uttar Pradesh
1846
?
755
P00071
OEMI1533
Nikhil Banerji
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
1931
1014
Kolkata
1986
0127
?
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
760
P00688
OEMI1534
Nikhil Ghosh
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
1918
1228
Barisal Bangladesh
1995
0303
Mumbai
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
760761
OEMI1535
Nilufar Yasmin
Singer, noted for Nazrul-geeti and some other forms of songs, presented on the Bangladesh radio, television, in films, and contests
1948
0213
Khulna, Bangkadesh
P.C. Gomes and some other
761
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI1544
Nityanandadeva
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
Assamese
16051608
Assam
1650
Assam
his elder brother Ramadeva
764
OEMI1551
Nomita Ghose
vocalist
vocalist
1959
1211
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Jashoda Ghose,P.C.Gomes,Barin Mazumdar
766
OEMI1555
Norbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
767
OEMI1571
Pahad Singh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
?
?
Jaawli
781
OEMI1579
Paluskar,D.V.
vocalist
vocalist
1921
0518
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
1955
1025
Mumbai
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
785786
OEMI1580
Paluskar,V.D.
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
1872
0818
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
1931
0821
Miraj,Maharashtra
786788
OEMI1588
Pannabai
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
?
?
793794
OEMI1590
Pannalal Ghosh
flute maestro
1911
0724
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
1960
0420
Delhi
794
OEMI1602
Parsvadeva
author
?
?
799
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
P01347
OEMI1613
Pattammal, D.K.
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Chennai
1919
0319
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
2005
0716
Chennai
Ambi Dikshitar, P.L. Venkatarama Iyer
806
OEMI1614
Patthe Bapurao
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
1868
Sangli, Maharashtra
1946
?
806
OEMI1618
Perera, M.G.
Activist and author of early music books in Sinhalese
Petah
1875
1212
Colombo
1942
0419
?
807808
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812