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
Layanuram Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1200
606
1840
1933
?
19-20
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
Lebdev,G.S.
?
OEMI1201
606
?
?
?
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
P00179
Lila Samson
?
OEMI1203
606
1951
20
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Lila,P.
?
OEMI1202
606
1933
2005
1029
20-21
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
Ernakulam district
Playback singer
Lionel Algama
0324
OEMI1204
607
Sri Lank
1935
20
Sri Lanka
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Loknath Pal
0320
OEMI1208
608
1923
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Sadashiv Pal,and Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar and Khitish Maitra
Londhe,G.M.
0718
OEMI1209
608
1902
1944
1027
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai
Noted singer-actor of the Marathi stage
P00180
Lourembam Tombi Devi
0915
OEMI1210
608
1901
?
20
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
Manipuri
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Madanlal Vyas
?
OEMI1212
611
Mumbai
1922
20
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Madavor Vasudevan Nair
?
OEMI1213
611
1929
20
Kerala
Kathakali artiste and teacher
Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai,Kurichi Panicker,and Chengannur Raman Pillai
P00181
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
?
OEMI1214
612
Imphal
1926
20
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Madhav Patankar
?
OEMI1215
612
1862
1916
0203
19-20
?
Maharashtra
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Madhava Swami
?
OEMI1216
613
Allahabad
?
?
?
Pakhaawaj player
Madhavadeva
?
OEMI1217
613
Assam
1490
1597
?
15-16
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Madhavi Mudgal
?
OEMI1218
613
1951
20
Delhi
Odissi danseuse
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
Madhusudan Kan
?
OEMI1220
616
Bengal
?
19
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
Madurai Mani lyer
1025
OEMI1221
617618
1912
1968
0608
20
Madurai
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
?
OEMI1222
618
Thanjavur
1844
1893
?
19
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
?
OEMI1226
619
?
19
?
?
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
Mahadkar,S.A.
?
OEMI1227
619
1915
20
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Mahapurush Mishra
OEMI1230
620
1934
1987
0215
20
Vaishali town,Bihar
Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player
Narayan Mishra
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
P00059
Maharajapuram Viswanatha lyer
0915
OEMI1232
620
1896
1970
19-20
Maharajapuram,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer
Karnatik
Mahendra Bhatt
01??
OEMI1233
621
1989
20
Rajasthan
violinist
violinist
Manmohan Bhatt
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Mahesh Chandra Sarkar
OEMI1235
621
1818
1887
19
Benares
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
P00182
Maheswar Neog
OEMI1236
621
1918
1995
0913
20
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
Guwahati,Assam
author and researcher in music and fine arts
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Mahindranath Mukhopadhyaya
OEMI1238
622
1873
1918
19-20
?
?
vocalist
dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
OEMI1239
622
1715
1790
18
?
?
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
Mahmod Khan
OEMI1240
622
1920
19-20
?
probably Bhadvar,Rajasthan
vocalist
vocalist
Mahmuda Jan
OEMI1241
622
?
?
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
Mahmudunnabi
1216
OEMI1242
622
1941
1990
1220
20
Burdwan region,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesh
singer
Majhiram Urav
OEMI2271
623
20?
Tilanga, Kohpani village, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
His grandmother. His Paternal uncles, Magraram, Thilleram, and Bunduram
Majru Khan
OEMI1243
623
1810
1884
19
?
?
Sarod player
Pyar Khan
Makhanji Pakhawaji
OEMI1244
623
1876
1951
19-20
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
Mathura
pakhaawaj player
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
Makulloluwa,W.B.
0217
OEMI1245
623
1922
1984
0908
20
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
?
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
Malati Pande
0419
OEMI1246
625
1930
20
Wardha,North Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Malbarao Sardesai
1231
OEMI1247
627
1911
20
Panaji,Goa
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
P00060
Malini Rajurkar
OEMI1248
629
1941
20
Ajmer,Rajasthan
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Rajurkar
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Malkajan Chulbulewali
OEMI1250
630
?
?
singer-dancer
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
OEMI1251
631
1906
1990
20
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
?
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
Mallika Pukhraj
OEMI1252
631
1910
2004
0204
20-21
Akhnur town,Kashmir
Lahore,Pakistan
vocalist
ghazal singer
Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale,Akhtar Hussain
ghazal
Mallika Sarabhai
?
OEMI1253
631
1953
20
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Noted danseuse
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
P00204
Maman Khan
OEMI2272
633
1945
20
Hissar, Haryana
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
folk music of Haryana
P00204
Mamman Khan
?
OEMI1255
633
0.1859
1940
0602
19-20
Delhi
Delhi
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player
Sangi Khan and Ghulam Hussain Khan
Manada Sundari
?
OEMI1256
634
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishwanath Rao
Manarang
?
OEMI1257
634
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
Manarang
khayaal
Manasvi
OEMI1258
635
1904
1969
0703
20
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
?
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
Mangal Khan
?
OEMI1259
638
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Mangeshrao Telang
08??
OEMI1260
639
1856
1949
08??
19-20
Baad,near Karwar,Karnataka
Karwar
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Mangi Singh,L.
?
OEMI1261
639
1929
20
Imphal,Manipur
sitar player
Sitar player
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
Mangubai
?
OEMI1262
639
0.185
0.194
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad
Manhar Barve
1220
OEMI1263
639
1910
1972
0526
20
Mumbai
?
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Ganapatrao Barve
Mani Embrantiri
?
OEMI1264
639
1885
1954
?
19-20
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
Aluva
Singer of Kathakali music
Mani Madhava Chakyar
?
OEMI1265
639
1898
1990
0615
19-20
Palakkad district,Kerala
Kerala
Eminent Kootiyaattam performer
Vasu Nambeesan,Sankaran Nambootiri(Panisseri),and Parikshit Rama Varma Tampuran
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
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
P00063
Manilal Nag
?
OEMI1269
640
1939
20
Bankura,West Bengal
sitar player
Sitar player
Gokul Nag
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
?
OEMI1271
640
1879
1966
?
19-20
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
Manji Khan
?
OEMI1272
642
1888
1937
?
19-20
Atrauli,Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Talented vocalist
Haidar Khan
Mankar
?
OEMI1273
643
Assam
?
16
?
?
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
P00184
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
?
OEMI1274
643
1922
20
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
Mankuverbai
?
OEMI1275
643
Gujarat
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Kallan Khan
Manmathnath Ray
?
OEMI1276
643
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Mannabai
?
OEMI1277
643
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Manohar Chimote
03??
OEMI1278
643
Mumbai
1929
20
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Well-known harmonium player
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
Manohar Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1279
643
1794
1874
?
18-19
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Manohar-bua Joshi
?
OEMI1281
644
1888
?
19
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
Aundh region,Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Manoharlal Sharma
?
OEMI1282
644
1970
?
20
?
?
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
?
OEMI1285
645
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
Mansingh Tomar
?
OEMI1286
645
1450
1517
?
15-16
?
?
?
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Marcellene Jayakody
0603
OEMI1288
650
1902
1998
0115
20
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
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
Markandeya Mohapatra Sharma
0718
OEMI1289
652
1915
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Narayan Mohapatra Sharma and Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar.
Marris,W.S.
?
OEMI1290
652
?
20
?
?
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
Masidullah Khan
?
OEMI1291
655
0.189
1974
1216
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla exponent and teacher
Farukhaabaad
Nanne Khan
Masilamani Mudaliyar
?
OEMI1292
655
Chennnai
?
19
?
?
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
P02009
Masit Khan
?
OEMI1293
655
0.173
0.18
?
18
?
?
Innovator of the Mastikhaani gat
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
Master Krishnarao
0120
OEMI1295
656
1898
1974
1020
19-20
Alandi,near Pune,Maharashtra
Alandi
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer-actor of the Marathi stage
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer

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