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
Suryanarayana, R.K.
0614
OEMI2089
1039
1937
2003
1225
20-21
Mysore
?
composer
Noted veena player and composer
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
Sushila Mishra
OEMI2090
1039
0.192
1998
0808
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
OEMI2091
1042
1920
1998
0519
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Subramania Iyer
Swaminatha Pillai, T.N.
OEMI2092
1042
1900
1961
20
Tirupamburam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
performer of the flute
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai
Swamy Naidu, A.
OEMI2093
1042
20
?
?
actor, singer
actor, singer
P00235
Swapan Chaudhuri
OEMI2094
1044
1947
20
Kolkata
tabla player
tabla exponent
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
OEMI2095
10441045
20-21
Chennai
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
P00247
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
0721
OEMI2096
1045
1921
2002
0316
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
Swati Tirunal (Maharaja)
0416
OEMI2097
1045
1813
1846
1225
19
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
composer,patron,
composer, patron of the arts
Tanjore Subba Rao, Karamana Subrahmanya Bhagavatar, Nemom Natesa Bhagavatar
Syama Sastri
0426
OEMI2098
1048
1762
1827
18-19
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
composer
composer
his maternal uncle
Syed Abdul Hadi
0701
OEMI2099
1049
1940
20-
Comilla,Bangladesh
Singer of light forms of music
Tabakkal Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2100
1050
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist from Talwandi in Punjab
Taj Khan
?
OEMI2101
10521053
0.182
0.1904
?
19-20
?
Nepal
vocalist
Eminent singer of dhrupad and khayaal
Haidar Khan,Sadiq Ali Khan,
dhrupad,khayaal
Talim Hussain
?
OEMI2102
1055
Lucknow
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of 1900s
Tanibai Ghorpade
?
OEMI2103
1058
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
1931
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
khayaal
Tanras Khan
?
OEMI2104
10591060
0.1814
0.1885
?
19
Dasna,near Delhi
Hyderabad
Khyaal stalwart
Tarabai Shirodkar
?
OEMI2105
1065
1889
1949
0706
Shiroda,Goa
?
Noted khyaal singer
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
Tarabai Welingkar
?
OEMI2106
1065
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
Khayaal,thumrii
Taranath Rao
0306
OEMI2107
1066
1915
1991
0110
20
Mangalore,Karnataka
Pune,Maharashtra
tabla player
Noted tabla player and teacher
Subbarao Ankolekar and Shamshuddin Khan
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
Tarini Charan Patra
?
OEMI2109
1067
1901
1979
0304
20
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
Tarlekar,G.H.
0507
OEMI2110
10671068
1914
2001
1211
20-21
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
Pune
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
Tarun Kumar Singh
?
OEMI2111
1068
1912
20
Imphal,Manipur
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
Tasadduk Hussain
?
OEMI2112
1068
1879
1946
?
19-20
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Kallan Khan
Tatachar,T.S.
05??
OEMI2113
1068
1917
2001
1208
20-21
Pavgada,Tumkur district,Karnataka
Bangalore
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
his father T.Srinivasachar,uncle T.Seshachar,Krishnamachar(veena),and Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
Karnatik
Ted Shawn
1021
OEMI2114
1070
1891
1972
0109
19-20
Kansas City,USA
USA
American dancer, a pioneer among Westerners to learn Indian dance idioms
Martha Graham,Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidmen.
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
Thakur Jagdish Singh 'Din'
0113
OEMI2117
1071
1905
1982
1215
20
Raigarh Madhya Pradesh
Raigarh
tabla player
Noted pakhaawaj and tabla player
his uncle Thakur Lakshman Singh and in pakhaawaj from Baba Thakurdas and in tabla from Munir Khan,Natthu Khan,and Abid Hussain
P00109
Thakur Jaidev Singh
0919
OEMI2118
1071
1893
1986
0527
19-20
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Thakur Lakshman Singh
?
OEMI2119
1072
1936
?
19-20
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
Mahant Gopal Das
Thakur Prasad
?
OEMI2120
1072
1856
?
19
?
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
0717
OEMI2121
1072
1930
20
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri dance exponent
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
?
OEMI2122
1076
1974
?
20
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
Pithakowapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
P00208
Thilagam,P.R.
?
OEMI2123
1078
1926
?
20
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
P00238
Thingbaijam Babu Singh
0208
OEMI2124
1078
1936
20-
Lairensajik village,Manipur
Well-known Manipuri dance exponent and teacher of Imphal
Laisram Apabi Singh,and in Raas dance under Maisnam Amubi Singh
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
1103
OEMI2125
1078
1946
20-
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri danseuse
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
Tijanbai
0424
OEMI2115
1070
Bhilai
1954
20
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
Performer of Paandavani
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
0110
OEMI2127
1083
1904
1987
0329
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
?
OEMI2128
1083
?
19-20?
?
?
Author
Tiruvarur Rajayi
0106
OEMI2129
1084
1896
1926
11??
19-20
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Danseuse and vocalist
her granduncle,Gopalakrishna Nattuvanar
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
?
OEMI2130
1085
1798
1904
?
18-20
?
Chennai
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
Tyaagaraaja
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Tiwadi Tejkaran
OEMI2132
1085
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
P00207
Tombi Singh
OEMI2133
1088
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
1015
OEMI2134
1088
1923
Imphal, Manipur
Performer of Manipuri dance
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
Trimohanlal
OEMI2135
1089
about 20
?
?
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
Tukaram （Sant）
OEMI2136
10941095
1598
1650
Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra
Dehu
Saint-poet whose name is Synonymous with Marathi abhangs
Tulaja the First
OEMI2137
1095
about 18
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur （r.1763-87）
Tulsidas
OEMI2139
10951096
0.1532
1623
16-17
?
?
Saint-poet, celebrated author of Raama Charita Maanas, the story of Sri Raama, in Avadhi, a dialect of the Hindi-speaking region of India
Naraharidaas
Tyagaraja
0504
OEMI2140
10971098
1767
1847
0106
18-19
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist, of saintly status, often referred to as Tyaagaraaja Swaami
Tyagaraja Bhagavatar, M.K.
0301
OEMI2141
1099
1910
1959
1101
20
Mayavaram, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
singer-actor
Famous singer-actor of Tamil films of the pre-1950s
the Alathur Brothers, Papanasam Sivan, and Vaithikulam Swamigal
Tamil films
P00239
Uday Shankar
1208
OEMI2142
11001101
1900
1977
0926
20
Udaipur
Kolkata
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
Ujir Khan
OEMI2143
1101
Jaipur
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
OEMI2144
1102
19
?
?
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
Syaamaa Saastri
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
Umar Khan
OEMI2146
1102
Kolkata
1982
0222
20
?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
OEMI2147
1102
Assam
20
?
?
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI2148
1102
0.1788
0.184
18-19
?
probably Rewa
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
Umrao Khan （Vocal）
OEMI2149
1102
0.1845
0.192
19-20
Hyderabad
vocalist
Vocalist
his illustrious father Tanras Khan
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
OEMI2150
1103
Sri Lanka
18
?
?
musician
Musician-philosopher
Vaasudevendra
Urmila Singh
OEMI2151
1104
?
singer
Contemporary folk singer
Radhesharan Singh
folk
Utpala Deva
OEMI2152
1104
11
?
?
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
Uttam Singh (Bhai)
OEMI2153
1104
19-20
?
?
Sabad keertan performer and teacher of Amritsar, Punjab.
Bhai Gurmukh Singh, Bhai Harsa Singh
Vadammal
OEMI2154
11061107
18
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vadiraja
OEMI2155
1107
15-16
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
author of dance-dramas and songs
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Vaidiswarankoil
OEMI2157
1108
19
?
?
composer
composer
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
Vaikunta Sastri
OEMI2159
1108
18-19
?
?
composer
composer
Vaman-bua Chaphekar
OEMI2160
1112
1879
1964
19-20
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Balkrishna-bua
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
OEMI2165
1114
1937
20
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
Mridangam player
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
OEMI2166
1114
1795
1869
18-19
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
Vasant Amrit
0119
OEMI2167
1116
1902
1991
0119
20
Surat, Gujarat
Surat
vocalist
vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
0603
OEMI2168
11161117
1928
1990
1031
20
Chennai
Chennai
vocalist
vocalist
Ayyaswami Ayyar, Madras Lalithangi, G.N.Balasubramaniam, Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer, Vasanthakumari
Vasantrao Deshpande
0502
OEMI2169
11171118
1920
1983
0730
20
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Vasantrao Kulkarni
OEMI2170
1118
1917
1997
0303
20
Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher
teacher
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
P00093
Vasantrao Rajopadhye
1228
OEMI2171
1118
1913
2008
1122
20-21
Satara district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his brothers Narayanrao and Shankarrao Vyas
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
OEMI2172
1118
1850
1905
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Vasudev-bua Joshi
OEMI2175
1118
0.189
19
?
Gwalior
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
Vasudevan （Neyyantinkara）
OEMI2173
1118
1940
20-
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
P00206
Vasudevan Nambodiri （Nelliyodu）
OEMI2174
1118
1940
20-
Ernakulam district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, etc...
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
OEMI2177
1119
1923
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
Vema Bhopala
OEMI2180
11201121
?
?
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
P00241
Vempati Chinna Satyam
1025
OEMI2181
1121
1929
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Well-known Kuuchipuudi dancer
Tadepalli Perayya Sastri, Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry, Chandrakala and Yedavalli Rama
Venabai
OEMI2182
1121
1627
1678
17
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
Performer of Marathi keertans
saint-poet Raamdaas
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
OEMI2183
1121
0.1873
19-?
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
P00016
Venkata Rao （Chintalapalli）
OEMI2185
1121
0.1875
1969
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
his uncles Bhaskar Rao and Venkataramayya and some others
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
OEMI2186
11211122
0.17
1765
18
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
OEMI2187
1122
1814
1884
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
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
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
0912
OEMI2190
1123
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
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

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