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
OEMI1397
Murad Khan(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
?
?
1889
?
Delhi
697
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI1459
Narasayya （Padala）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1775
Ramprasad Mishra
vocalist
vocalist
Benares region
1980
0822
Gaya, Bihar
Bade Ramdasji
882
OEMI1807
Ratanjankar, S.N.
vocalist, teacher, scholar
teacher, scholar, vocalist
1900
1231
Bhatwadi, near the Opera House area, Mumbai
1974
0214
Mumbai
Krishnaji Bhatt Honavar, Anant Manohar Joshi
893894
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
OEMI2013
Somapala, P.L.A.
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
1921
0913
Colombo
1991
0326
Colombo
T.S. Sandarasekara
992
OEMI2193
Venkatesa Iyengar
veena player
Veena player
1888
?
1973
Mysore
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
1123
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2240
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
?
?
?
his father Nizam Khan
1145
OEMI2241
Wazir Khan(Rampur)
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena exponent of his time.
1860
?
Rampur
1926
?
Ramupur
his father Amir Khan and his grandfather Bahadur Hussain Khan
11451146
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
OEMI0264
Balakram Worlikar
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
1930
?
?
2002
0419
Mumbai
109
OEMI0347
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Mumbai
1869
1017
Kathor, near Baroda
1922
0408
Pune
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
162163
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
OEMI0659
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
vocalist
Vocalist
1894
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
05??
?
family
344
OEMI0669
Ghanshyam Mukherji
violinist
Violinist
1872
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
1930
0101
Shantipur
Dakshina Charan Sen
354
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
P02845
OEMI0796
Haobam Atomba Singh
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
1885
1210
Imphal, Manipur
1975
0221
Imphal
409
OEMI0921
Jankibai(Udaipur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
463
OEMI1160
Lakshmandas Sandhu
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
?
?
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
589
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI1284
Manoranjan Sastri
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
1911
03??
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
1988
0104
Guwahati,Assam
644645
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1398
Murai Mohan Gupta
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
0.1824
?
Barrackpore,Bengal
0.1904
?
Kolkata
pakhaawaj
697698
P00188
OEMI1422
Mylapore Gowri Amma
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
0.1892
?
Chennai
1971
06??
Chennai
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
707
P01261
OEMI1479
Narayanappa, A.V.
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
1912
0621
Arakalagud, Karnataka
1994
1229
?
the family
728
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1591
Pannalal Goswami
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
?
?
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
794795
OEMI1736
Ramachandran, V.A.
Mridangam player
1915
06??
Palakkad, Kerala
1993
1231
Hyderabad
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
871872
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI1770
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1871
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
1945
0505
?
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
881
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI1850
Sakharam Sarnaik
poet, playwright
?
?
915
OEMI1897
Satyanarayana, R.
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
1927
Mysore city, Karnataka
his mother Varalakshmi
953
OEMI2078
Surchand Sharma, G.
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Manipur
1915
0210
Imphal
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
10341035
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI2175
Vasudev-bua Joshi
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
?
0.189
Gwalior
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
1118
OEMI0268
Bala-saheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
0.1846
?
Gwalior
0.192
?
Gwalior
Gwalior
110
OEMI0310
Basavaraj Rajjguru
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1920
0824
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
1991
0721
?
128
OEMI0380
Bimalindu Mukherji
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
?
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
191
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
OEMI0531
Dattaram Parvatkar
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.1898
?
Parvati town,Goa
1973
0715
Mumbai
Khaprumama Parvatkar and Balkrishna-bua and Laxmanrao
259
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI0650
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
0.1896
?
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
1978
0717
Mumbai
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
329
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
P00163
OEMI0998
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
1932
?
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
506
OEMI1136
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
performer of svarabat
?
?
579
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1583
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
1824
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
792
OEMI1603
Parthasarathy,T.S.
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
1913
0908
Chennai
2006
1013
?
799
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI1785
Ramzan Khan Rangile
vocalist
vocalist
1800
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
18751900
?
885
OEMI1868
Sangameswara Sastri
veena player
veena maestro
1879
Peethapuram, Andhra
1931
?
926
OEMI1872
Sankaran Embrantiri
vocalist
vocalist
1942
08??
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
940
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
OEMI0278
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112113
OEMI0338
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
?
1920
Mumbai
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
154
OEMI0421
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
1486
?
Nabadwip,Bengal
1533
07??
Puri,Orissa
208209
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI1050
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
540
OEMI1599
Parashuram-bua Barve
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
?
?
Vishnupant Chhatre
798
OEMI1730
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
vocalist
Vocalist
1807
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
1867
?
870
OEMI1754
Ramchandra Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
Gwalior
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
876
OEMI1769
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
?
1959
0214
?
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
880
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI2089
Suryanarayana, R.K.
composer
Noted veena player and composer
1937
0614
Mysore
2003
1225
?
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
1039
OEMI2267
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
OEMI0346
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
Dancer and choreographer
1930
Chennai
2003
0804
New York, USA
162
P00023
OEMI1471
Narayana Iyengar, A.
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
1905
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
1987
?
Sakharama Rao
727
P00110
OEMI1474
Narayana Menon, V.K.
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
191011
Thrissur, Kerala
1997
0726
Delhi
727
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
OEMI1119
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
veena player
veena player
1822
?
1866
Thanjavur
573
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
OEMI1470
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
?
?
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
727
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0100
Amaradeva,W.D.
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Sri Lanka
1927
1205
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0331
Bhagwat Rasikdev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
1742
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
148149
OEMI0350
Bhat, S.C.R.
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
1919
0312
Shirali, south Karnataka
2008
0214
Mumbai
164
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
P00013
OEMI0361
Bhimsen Joshi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1922
0204
Ron,Karnataka
177178
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261