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
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur （r.1763-87）
Durlabh Chandra Bhattacharya
OEMI0604
306
1872
1938
19-20
?
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Murari Mohan Gupta
Krishnan Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1106
571
Tripunithura
1914
1990
0816
20
Cheruthazham, Kannur distict, Kerala
Tripunithura, near Kochi, Kerala
Well-known Kathakali performer and guru
Chandu Panikker
Nissar Hussain Khan （Gwalior）
OEMI1541
763764
0.1844
0.1916
19
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
his foster-father Natthu Khan
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0139
58
0.1832
0.1896
19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Vishnupur
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
?
OEMI0207
89
1831
1880
0531
19
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
Haidar Bakhsh （Chhaprauli）
OEMI0774
399
1930
19-20
?
Kolhapur
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
family and Bande Ali Khan
Muthayya Pillai （Pazhani）
OEMI1410
704
1950
20
?
?
Mridangam player
Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
OEMI1438
718
Srirangam
1836
1924
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Venkatasubba Iyer
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
OEMI1549
766
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
0201
OEMI0001
1
1886
1973
0912
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
OEMI0137
58
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Anna-saheb Gharpure
OEMI0152
65
0.185
1920
19-20
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
Pune
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
Vinayakrao Limaye
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
0303
OEMI0153
65
1843
1885
1102
19
?
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
?
OEMI0586
296
?
?
?
Poet
Haidar Bakhsh （Jaipur）
OEMI0775
399
Jaipur
0.1777
0.1833
18-19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of Jaipur
Dulhe Khan, Masit Khan
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
OEMI0960
488
18751900
19-20
Awas, near Mumbai
?
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
Kader Bakhsh （Tabla）
OEMI0975
494
1902
20
Lahore
?
tabla player
Tabla player
his father Fakir Bakhsh
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
Mrinalini Sarabhai
0507
OEMI1370
689
1928
20
Chennai
dancer,choreographer
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
?
OEMI1376
691
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gwalior
P00197
Pratima Barua Pandey
OEMI1644
827
1934
20
Gauripur, Assam
singer
Assamese folk singer
P00079
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
OEMI1692
858
1901
1975
1120
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Delhi
vocalist
vocalist
P00229
Sudharani Raghupathy
0321
OEMI2048
1021
Chennai
1944
20
Pollachi,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
V.S.Kaushik,U.S.Krishna Rao,Chandrabhaga Devi,and Kittappa Pillai
Sumar Suleman Jumani
OEMI2063
1029
1919
1999
04??
20
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
Mundra
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
Suleman Juma Jumani
Thakur Lakshman Singh
?
OEMI2119
1072
1936
?
19-20
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
Mahant Gopal Das
Ali Hussain Khan (Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0078
38
Mumbai
185055
0.193
?
19
Lucknow
?
Veteran of the Sahaswan gharaanaa
Sahaswan
Ali Mohammad Khan (Badku-miya)
?
OEMI0079
38
?
0.1824
0.1885
?
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player
Well-known sursingaar player, descendant of Taansen
P00134
Behere-bua （Ganesh Ramchandra）
OEMI0319
134
1890
1968
09??
19-20
Khurda, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
Khurda
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Ganapati-bua Bhilawadikar, Abdul Karim Khan
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0675
360
19
?
?
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
Vaidyanatha Iyer (Thanjavur)
OEMI2158
1108
1895
1947
0413
19-20
Vaiyacheri, near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Doss Swamigal, Kannuswami Nattuvanar, K.Ponnayya Pillai, Subbayya Bhagavatar
Achyutappa Nayak
?
OEMI0036
17
Tamil Nadu
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Anjanibai Lolekar
OEMI0148
62
Mumbai
1928
20
Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
OEMI0387
193
1866
1940
19-20
Barisal
Barisal
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Ghulam Mohammad （Sarangi）
OEMI0682
361
?
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
OEMI0685
362
1940
20
Srinagar, Kashmir
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
Gokulchand Pujari
OEMI0708
371
1872
0.1947
19
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Mridang player and singer
Kudau Singh
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Imdad Khan （Agra）
OEMI0864
440
0.18
0.186
19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
agra gharaanaa
his family
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
OEMI1573
782
Chennai
18
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
P00193
Pankaj Charan Das
0317
OEMI1586
792793
1925
2003
0611
20-21
Orissa
Puri,Orissa
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
Ratnaprava Mahari,
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
Ram Sarop Sharma
OEMI1727
870
?
?
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
Sadashiv Narayan Thosar
OEMI1834
908
1882
1952
0317
19-20
?
?
writer
writer
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
OEMI1982
976
16
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Siddharam Jadhav
0815
OEMI1983
976
1927
20
Mangalwedha, Solapur district, Maharashtra
Reputed player of sundri, a wind instrument of the blowin type
his elder brother Baburao
Suresh-babu Mane
OEMI2085
10361037
1902
1953
0215
20
?
Miraj, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Abdul Karim Khan, mother Tarabai Barodekar, and an uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Uttam Singh (Bhai)
OEMI2153
1104
19-20
?
?
Sabad keertan performer and teacher of Amritsar, Punjab.
Bhai Gurmukh Singh, Bhai Harsa Singh
Vasudevan （Neyyantinkara）
OEMI2173
1118
1940
20-
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
P00018
Chambai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
0830
OEMI0452
227228
1896
1974
1016
19-20
Chembai village, Palghat district, Kerala
Chembai village
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
his vocalist-father Anantha Bhagavatar, Dakshina Moorthy Pillai
P00171
Krishnan Kutty Nair （Kottakkal）
OEMI1105
571
1928
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Kathakali performer
P.S. Varrier Natyasangham
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan （Sahaswan）
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
OEMI1568
780
Mumbai
1929
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
P00237
Ramankutty Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1747
874
1925
20
Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Ravunni Menon
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
0531
OEMI0188
82
1938
20
Mumbai
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
OEMI0333
149
Amritsar, Punjab
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Charles Dias Amaratunga
OEMI0445
223
1876
1944
19-20
?
?
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
Chunnilal Hathraswale
OEMI0506
245
?
?
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
?
OEMI0639
323
1890
1949
1226
19-20
Allahabad
?
violinist
Noted violinist
P00037
Hanuman Prasad Mishra
OEMI0794
408
1914
1999
1129
20
Benares
Benares
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player and teacher
his father Sursahai Mishra, Bade Ramdasji
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
OEMI0849
437
?
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Mohammad Ali Khan(Seni)
OEMI1343
677678
1834
1927
19-20
Lucknow
Gidhaur,Uttar Pradesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
his father
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Nataraja Rama Krishna
?
OEMI1507
739
1933
20
Bali Island, Indonesia
Noted performer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam and Kuuchipuudi
Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur),Rajamma(Nayudupeta), Lakshmi Narayana Sastri(Vedantam).and Satyabhama(Pendyala)
Nissar Ali Khan （Seni）
OEMI1540
763
0.1814
0.188
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player,rabaab player
Sursingaar and rabaab exponent
his father, Zaffar Khan, his elder brother, Sadiq Ali
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
OEMI1641
826
1790
1858
18-19
?
?
patron,
Patron
P00078
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
0202
OEMI1687
857
1927
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
teacher, singer
Ramaswami Dikshitar
OEMI1752
875
1735
0.1817
18-19
Virinjiouram near Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
composer,vocalist
Well-known composer and vocalist
his father Muthuswaami Diikshitar, Melattur Veerabhadrayya, Venkata Vaidyanatha Diikshitar
Sardarbai Karadgekar
OEMI1889
949
1914
20
Karadge, Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
OEMI1933
964
1885
19-20
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Noted pakhaawaj player
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
OEMI2216
1137
1888
1964
19-20
Hupri
?
vocalist
vocalist
Dattopant Jambhekar
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
1113
OEMI0280
113114
1896
1982
0927
19-20
Belgaum
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
?
OEMI1004
508
1903
1988
1029
20
?
?
Well-known promoter of the arts

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