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
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Vasant Amrit
0119
OEMI2167
1116
1902
1991
0119
20
Surat, Gujarat
Surat
vocalist
vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan
Venkatagiriyappa
0426
OEMI2188
1122
Mysore
1887
1951
19-20
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
Venkatasubbayya
OEMI2191
1123
Mysore
1792
1838
18-19
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Venkatesa Devaru
OEMI2192
1123
Mysore
1908
1963
20
Tirupadi Puliyar, near Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
?
Noted mridangam player of the Mysore durbar of Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1895-1940）
his well-known father Muthuswami Tewar
Victor Paranjoti
OEMI2197
1126
1906
1967
0201
20
Bangalore
Mumbai
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
Visvavasu
OEMI2218
1138
?
?
?
ancient author
Vitthal Vipuldev
OEMI2223
1139
16
17
16-17
?
?
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Vyas,C.R.
1109
OEMI2228
1142
1923
2002
1110
20-21
Barsi,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
Vyas,D.G.
?
OEMI2229
1142
1966
?
20
?
Mumbai
Scholar
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Bhachu Bhandare
OEMI0325
145
1878
1909
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
Noted harmonium player
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
Brajaranjana Deva
?
OEMI0405
201
1732
1787
?
18
Assam
Assam
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
P00080
Chaitanya Deva,B.
?
OEMI0420
208
1981
0528
20
Bangalore,Karnataka
New Delhi
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
Chandrasena, R.A.
0827
OEMI0442
221
1924
1980
0301
20
Kandy, Sri Lanka
?
Music director and teacher
Chinnayya Swami
OEMI0490
241
Kolhapur
?
?
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Dwijendralal Roy
OEMI0608
307
1863
1913
0517
19-20
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
Kolkata
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
Harmasji Ardeshir
OEMI0819
416
Mumbai
?
?
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
0812
OEMI0887
446
1891
1960
1207
19-20
Groningen,Netherlands
Amsterdam
Ethnomusicologist
Jivan Khan(Seni)
OEMI0933
472
1748
1790
18
most probably Jaipur
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father
Jivan Shah(Seni)
OEMI0934
473
1732
1810
18-19
Lucknow
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
Kesava Pillai,K.C
OEMI1048
539540
1868
1913
0904
19-20
Kollam,Kerala
?
composer
composer,poet,scholar
Krishnarao Gore
OEMI1113
572
1880
1940
0608
19-20
?
Wai Maharashtra
singer-actor
P00175
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
OEMI1137
579580
1881
1974
19-20
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
?
Kathakali performer and teacher
Lakshmandas Seth
OEMI1161
589
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
patron,
Patron of the arts
Lakshmiram Barua
OEMI1169
591
20
?
?
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
Lalit Kishori Dev
OEMI1183
594595
1680
1770
17-18
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
Mirasi Rimju Ali
OEMI1326
672
19
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Nongthon Singh,N.
0215
OEMI1552
766
1935
20
Imphal,Manipur
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
P00075
Parvin Sultana
0525
OEMI1607
800
1950
20
Nauga prava,Assam
vocalist
vocalist
Chinmay Lahiri
Ramdas （Swami）
OEMI1761
878
1608
1681
17
Jamba, Maharashtra
?
Saint-poet of Maharashtra
Ramsingh Thakur
OEMI1780
884
1909
2002
0418
20-21
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow
singer
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Samina Choudhuri
0824
OEMI1860
923
1966
20
Khulna, Bangladesh
singer
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
?
OEMI2041
1012
1919
20
Bangalore
Noted veena player
T.Venkatarao
Sukhendu Goswami
?
OEMI2054
1026
1911
1983
0716
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
Victor Perera, B.
0223
OEMI2198
1126
1931
1998
0326
20
Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
?
violinist
Violinist, vocalist, and teacher
H. Don Vincent, J. Sadiris Silva, and Edmund Silva （of Peliyagoda）, C.R. Vyas, S.C.R. Bhat. and Chindanand Nagarkar, Shridhar Parsekar
Balwantrao Vaidya
?
OEMI0291
116
1823
1895
?
19
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player
Bhaskar-bua Joshi
1231
OEMI0348
163
1914
20
Karanj, Pune district, Maharastra
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Shivram-bua Vaze, Dinkar Pathak, Haribhau Ghangrekar
P00055
Chandrasekaran, M.
OEMI0440
221
1937
20
Kolkata
?
violinist
Noted violinist
his mother Charubala Mohan
Haridas Mukherji
OEMI0812
412
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
OEMI0948
482
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
Kavasji Jamshedji
OEMI1039
532
?
?
Singer-actor
Manohar-bua Joshi
?
OEMI1281
644
1888
?
19
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
Aundh region,Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
Ramchandra Vaidya
OEMI1759
877
1871
19
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
?
OEMI0636
321
1859
1948
?
19-20
Norwich,England
Salisbury,England
Author of The Music of Hindostan
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Kulatillake,C.de S.
1214
OEMI1126
577578
1926
20
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
musicologist
musicologist
P00183
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
?
OEMI1266
639340
1945
20
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Mridangam player
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
Marcellene Jayakody
0603
OEMI1288
650
1902
1998
0115
20
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Ramchandra Trivedi
OEMI1758
877
1911
1988
0322
20
?
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Kalyaan Bharati, Omkarnath Thakur
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Bose,R.N.
?
OEMI0403
198
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Chaggan(Master)
?
OEMI0419
208
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Debo
?
OEMI0543
262
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Jacome Gonsalvez
OEMI0888
447
1676
1742
17-18
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
P00074
Jasraj(Pandit)
0120
OEMI0922
463
1930
20
Hissar,Haryana
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
Kachchi Sastri
OEMI0972
493
19
?
?
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
Keshav-bua Ingle
OEMI1055
540
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
Londhe,G.M.
0718
OEMI1209
608
1902
1944
1027
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai
Noted singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mani Embrantiri
?
OEMI1264
639
1885
1954
?
19-20
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
Aluva
Singer of Kathakali music
Manohar Chimote
03??
OEMI1278
643
Mumbai
1929
20
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Well-known harmonium player
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
Pankaj Mullick
0510
OEMI1587
793
1905
1978
0219
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
Parvin Mushtari
1213
OEMI1608
801
1954
20
Bangladesh
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
Sambamorthy, P.
0214
OEMI1858
922
1901
1973
1023
20
Bitragunta, now in Andhra Pradesh
Chennai
musicologist
musicologist, teacher
Sastry, B.V.K.
OEMI1893
952
Bangalore
1916
2003
0922
20
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
Bangalore
Noted author and columnist
Shambhu （Master）
OEMI1931
964
20
?
?
Singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays of the 1900s
Srikrishna Dalvi
?
OEMI2029
1008
1926
2004
01??
20-21
?
Mumbai
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
Sundaram, V.P.K.
OEMI2071
10301031
1915
2003
0309
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author
Ramanathapuram Sivam （basic lessons in music）
P00235
Swapan Chaudhuri
OEMI2094
1044
1947
20
Kolkata
tabla player
tabla exponent
Vincent Somapala
0517
OEMI2208
1131
1906
1989
0607
20
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha

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