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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P02697
OEMI0503
Chowdiah, T.
vocalist
Violin celebrity
1895
0101
Tirumakudalu, Karnataka
1967
0119
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
244245
P02301
OEMI0504
Chunilal Pandya
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
Modasa, North Gujarat
1948
?
245
OEMI0505
Chunnabai
vocalist
Vocalist
19
?
1901
Pune, Maharashtra
Bande Ali Khan
245
OEMI0506
Chunnilal Hathraswale
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
245
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0509
Comi Wadia
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai
1933
0806
Mumbai
248
OEMI0510
Curt Sachs
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
1881
0129
Berlin
1959
0205
New York
248
P06042
OEMI0511
Dabir Khan
vocalist,rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena player and vocalist
1912
Rampur
1972
Kolkata
249
OEMI0512
Dadasaheb Asarkar
Flute player and flute manufacturer
1895
1215
Amravati, North Maharashtra
1965
0515
?
249
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0514
Dakshina Charan Sen
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Bengal
1860
?
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
1925
?
Kolkata
251252
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0518
Damodar Nevalkar
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1884
?
?
1919
?
?
253
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0522
Damodarlal Kabra
Sarod player
1926
0317
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
1979
0804
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
253
OEMI0523
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
1908
0827
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
1972
0626
?
254
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0528
Dasharathi Roy
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
1806
?
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
1857
?
?
258259
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
OEMI0531
Dattaram Parvatkar
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.1898
?
Parvati town,Goa
1973
0715
Mumbai
Khaprumama Parvatkar and Balkrishna-bua and Laxmanrao
259
OEMI0532
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
Harmonium player
1912
0512
?
1981
0821
Baroda,Gujarat
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
259
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
OEMI0536
Dattu-bua Inamdar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
1908
?
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
1986
0927
?
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
260
OEMI0537
Daulat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
1920
?
Mumbai
Natthu Khan Khandare
260
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
OEMI0540
Dayar Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
?
?
?
?
Maharaja Takhat Singh
262
P02330
OEMI0541
Deba Prasad Das
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
1932
?
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
1986
0716
?
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
262
OEMI0542
Debkantha Bagchi
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Bengal theatre
1860
?
Nabadwip district,Bengal
1930
?
probably Kolkata
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
262
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
P00022
OEMI0544
Debu Chaudhuri
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Delhi
1935
?
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
262
OEMI0546
Dehiram Sarma Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1839
?
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
0.1919
?
Vyasapara
264
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0548
Deo Kavi
Author
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
1749
?
?
266
P00103
OEMI0549
Deodhar,B.R.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
1901
0911
Miraj,Maharashtra
1990
0310
Mumbai
Paluskar
266267
OEMI0550
Deshpande,P.L.
author
Veteran Marathi author
Mumbai
1919
1108
?
2000
0612
Pune,Maharashtra
269270
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
P00143
OEMI0555
Devendra Murdeshwar
Maestro of Hindustani flute
1923
0919
North Kanara district,Karnataka
2000
0129
Mumbai
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
275
OEMI0556
Devendranath Changkatti
vocalist
Vocalist
1890
?
Guwahati,Assam
?
?
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
275
P00010
OEMI0557
Devendrappa,B.
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
1986
?
Mysore
275276
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0559
Devilal Samar
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
1911
?
Udaipur,Rajasthan
1981
1203
Mumbai
Uday Shankar
278279
OEMI0560
Devji-bua Paranjape
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
0.1798
?
Pune,Maharashtra
1878
?
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
Gadgil-bua
279
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0564
Dhanammal(Vina)
veena player
Veena celebrity
1867
?
Chennai
1938
1015
Chennai
281
OEMI0565
Dhanapandian,D.A.
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
1921
?
?
1997
1110
?
281
OEMI0566
Dhannabai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Pannaabaai
283
OEMI0567
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
1923
?
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
284
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
OEMI0571
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Assam
0.1883
?
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
1970
?
Athiyabari,Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.
285
OEMI0572
Dhir Ali-miya
Flute player and music director
1920
0101
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
1984
1214
?
his uncle Sadiq Ali
286
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI0576
Dhirendranath Das
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
1904
0804
Kolkata
1961
1125
?
287
OEMI0577
Dholekar,A.S.
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
1895
?
Mumbai
1969
05??
Mumbai
289
OEMI0578
Dhruba Charan Ratha
tabla player
Tabla player
1917
0415
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
290
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
P06740
OEMI0581
Dhyanesh Khan
Sarod player
1942
0506
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
1991
1011
Kolkata
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
293
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0583
Dilawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
khayaal
Rewa
?
?
?
?
Agra
295
OEMI0584
Dilawar Khan
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Bengal
?
?
1909
?
Delhi
Delhi
Murad Khan
295
P00106
OEMI0585
Dilip Chandra Vedi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Delhi
1901
0324
?
1991
?
Delhi
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
295
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296
OEMI0587
Dinanath Mangeshkar
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1900
1212
Mangeshi,Goa
1942
0424
Pune
297298
P00024
OEMI0588
Dinkar Kaikini
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Mumbai
1927
1002
Mumbai
2010
0123
Mumbai
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
298
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0545
Dipali Nag
vocalist
Vocalist
1922
0222
Agra
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
264
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
OEMI0591
Dodda Subba Rao
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (r.1895-1940)
Mysore
?
?
299300
P00025
OEMI0592
Domada Chittiabbayi
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
1933
0801
Andhra
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
300
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
P00026
OEMI0595
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
Mysore
1920
Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
300
P00026
OEMI0596
Doreswamy, R.N.
Noted veena player and teacher
1916
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
300301
OEMI0597
Dulha Khan
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Jaipur
0.1745
?
0.182
?
303
OEMI0598
Dulichand (Seth)
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI0599
Duliya Rana
writer, performer
Writer and performer of Shekhaawati khyaals of Rajasthan
0.1855
?
0.1935
Jaipur
303
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler (Manattattai)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler (Pallavi)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
P00130
OEMI0261
Durga Lal
Noted Kathak dancer
1948
?
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
1990
0131
Delhi
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
304