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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI2267
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
P00246
OEMI2265
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena （biin） player
1929
Udaipur, Rajasthan
1990
0928
Mumbai
his father Ziauddin Dagar
1160
P00245
OEMI2264
Zia Fariduddin Dagar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
1933
Rajasthan
1160
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI2262
Zauk Dehalvi
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1789
?
1854
Delhi
1160
OEMI2261
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
?
1927
?
within family
1159
P02274
OEMI2260
Zakir Hussain
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
1951
0309
Mumbai
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
11581159
OEMI2259
Zainul Abedin
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
18
in or around Lucknow
0.1887
Hyderabad
1158
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
OEMI2258
Zahur Khan Kalavant
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 19th cent.
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
?
1158
OEMI2257
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
1158
OEMI2256
Zahur Khan （Khurja）
vocalist,composer
Noted vocalist （dhrupad, hoori, and khayaal） and composer
kdhrupad, hoori,,hayaal
0.185
?
20
?
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
11571158
OEMI2255
Zahur Khan （Khayal）
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
17805
?
?
1157
OEMI2253
Zahur Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpu
?
Atrauli
0.19
?
Jodhapur
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
1157
OEMI2252
Zaffar Khan
rabaab player
Eminent rabaab player
0.1776
?
?
0.184
?
Benares
Seni
his father Chhajju Khan
1157
OEMI2251
Yusuf Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Haapur
1156
P00244
OEMI2250
Yusuf Ali Khan
sitar player
Reputed sitar exponent
0.1887
?
Lucknow
1962
1014
?
Azam Khan Kalpiwale and Abdul Ghani Khan
11551156
P01760
OEMI2249
Yunus Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1938
?
?
1991
0926
Delhi
Agra
his famous father,Vilayat Hussain Khan
1155
OEMI2248
Yashwantrao Kerkar
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
1914
0221
Keri town, Goa
1989
1217
Mumbai
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
1153
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2245
Yashin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1935
?
Dhaka,Bangladesh
his father Gul Mohammad Khan
1153
OEMI2244
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
Surbahaar player
Bengal
1864
?
?
1930
?
?
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
1148
OEMI2243
William Jones
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
1746
0920
England
1794
?
Kolkata
1147
OEMI2242
Wazirjan
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Beneres
?
?
?
?
1146
OEMI2241
Wazir Khan(Rampur)
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena exponent of his time.
1860
?
Rampur
1926
?
Ramupur
his father Amir Khan and his grandfather Bahadur Hussain Khan
11451146
OEMI2240
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
?
?
?
his father Nizam Khan
1145
OEMI2239
Wazir Chand
sitar player
Sitar player.
?
?
?
?
Master Ratan of Punjab
1145
OEMI2238
Wamanrao Sadolikar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1907
0916
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1991
0326
Mumbai
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
1145
OEMI2237
Walter Kaufmann
composer
Composer,conductor,pianist,scholar,and author from Europe
1907
0401
Karlsbad,Germany
1984
0908
Bloomington,USA
in music from his uncle Moritz Kaufmann,and in composing from Fidelio F.Finke.
11441145
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI2235
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
composer
Illustrious disciple of composer Tyaagaraaja
1781
0218
probably Ayyampettai,former kingdom of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
Walajapet,near Chennai
his father Nalluswaamy
1144
P06273
OEMI2234
Wajid Hussain Khan
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
1918
?
Lucknow
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
1144
OEMI2233
Wahid Khan（Sitar）
sitar player
Well-known sitar and surbahaar player
1895
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
his father Imdad Khan
1144
OEMI2232
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Indore
?
Agra
?
Indore
Bande Ali Khan
11431144
OEMI2231
Wahid Hussain Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
1985
1103
Karachi,Pakistan
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
1143
OEMI2230
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
1882
?
Gujarat
1947
?
?
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
1143
OEMI2229
Vyas,D.G.
Scholar
?
?
1966
?
Mumbai
1142
OEMI2228
Vyas,C.R.
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
1923
1109
Barsi,Maharashtra
2002
1110
Mumbai
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
1142
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI2224
Vitthalrao Korgaonkar
harmonium player and connoisseur
1880
Mumbai
1974
1231
Belgaum, Karnataka
Kiraanaa
Bhagawat-bua of the troupe,and Bacchubhai Bhandare
1139
OEMI2223
Vitthal Vipuldev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
16
?
17
?
1139
OEMI2222
Vithaldas Joshi
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
keertan
?
?
pakhaawaj
1139
OEMI2221
Vithabai Narayangaokar
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
1928
Solapur
2002
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
1139
OEMI2220
Viswanathan, T.
flute player
1926
0815
Tamil Nadu
2002
0910
?
Swaminatha Pillai
11381139
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI2218
Visvavasu
ancient author
?
?
1138
OEMI2217
Vissa Appa Rao
musicologist
teacher, musicologist
physics of music
1884
04??
Peddapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra
1966
0130
Hyderabad
11371138
OEMI2216
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
vocalist
vocalist
1888
Hupri
1964
?
Dattopant Jambhekar
1137
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2213
Vishnupant Chhatre
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
1840
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
1905
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Haddu Khan （vocalist）
1136
P00102
OEMI2212
Vishnudass Shirali
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
0516
Hubli, Karnataka
1984
0226
Mumbai
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar （vocal）
1135
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI2210
Vishnudas Bhave
Father of the Marathi musical play
Marathi musical play
18191823
Sangli, Maharashtra
1901
0809
Sangli
1135
OEMI2209
Vishnu Mahajani
Poet and playwright
1851
11??
Pune, Maharashtra
1923
02??
?
1134
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
OEMI2208
Vincent Somapala
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
1906
0517
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
1989
0607
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
1131
P00248
OEMI2207
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1898
0722
Miraj, a princely state of Maharashtra
1975
0823
Pune
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
his uncle, vocalist Keshavrao Patwardhan, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
11301131
OEMI2206
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Mumbai
?
?
1130
P05656
OEMI2205
Vilayat Khan
sitar player
Highly acclaimed sitar maestro of the 20th cent.
1927
0820
Gouripur, Mymensingh district [now in Bangladesh]
2004
0312
Mumbai
his father Inayat Khan, his mother Bashiran Bibi, maternal uncle Zinda Hassan Khan, and maternal grandfather Bande Hossan Khan, his paternal uncle Wahid Khan, Dhruba Tara Joshi and Bimla Kanta Roy Choudhuri
11291130
OEMI2204
Vilayat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Mumbai
1895
Agra
1962
0524
Delhi
Ghulam Abbas and Tasadduk Hussain
11281129
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI2202
Vijay Raghava Rao
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Mumbai
1925
1103
Chennai
Chokkalingam Pillai （music and dance）
1127
OEMI2201
Vidyapati Thakur
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
0.136
?
0.1448
?
1127
OEMI2200
Vidyadhari Devi
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and thumrii singer
khayaal
Kolkata
1874
Bhadoi, near Benares
1971
0510
Delhi
1127
OEMI2199
Vidur Mallick
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
1936
Amta village, near Darbhanga, Bihar
2002
0721
?
Darbhanga Dhrupad gharaanaa
his father Sukhdev Mallick
11261127
OEMI2198
Victor Perera, B.
violinist
Violinist, vocalist, and teacher
1931
0223
Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
1998
0326
?
H. Don Vincent, J. Sadiris Silva, and Edmund Silva （of Peliyagoda）, C.R. Vyas, S.C.R. Bhat. and Chindanand Nagarkar, Shridhar Parsekar
1126
OEMI2197
Victor Paranjoti
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
1906
Bangalore
1967
0201
Mumbai
1126
OEMI2196
Venugopala Krishna Sharma （Pasumarty）
Well-known performer of Kuuchipuudi dance-drama
1933
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Chinta Venkatarama Ayya and Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastri
1123
OEMI2195
Venkitadri Swamigal
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
1806
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
1876
?
1123
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
OEMI2193
Venkatesa Iyengar
veena player
Veena player
1888
?
1973
Mysore
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
1123
OEMI2192
Venkatesa Devaru
Noted mridangam player of the Mysore durbar of Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1895-1940）
Mysore
1908
Tirupadi Puliyar, near Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
1963
?
his well-known father Muthuswami Tewar
1123
OEMI2191
Venkatasubbayya
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Mysore
1792
?
1838
Mysore
1123
OEMI2190
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
violinist
Violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
1123
OEMI2189
Venkatamakhi
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
Nothing authentic is known
11221123
OEMI2188
Venkatagiriyappa
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1887
0426
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
1951
?
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
1122
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI2186
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
0.17
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
11211122
P00016
OEMI2185
Venkata Rao （Chintalapalli）
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1875
?
1969
Mysore
his uncles Bhaskar Rao and Venkataramayya and some others
1121
OEMI2184
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
composer
Composer
1700
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
1121
OEMI2183
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
0.1873
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
1121
OEMI2182
Venabai
Performer of Marathi keertans
1627
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1678
?
saint-poet Raamdaas
1121
P00241
OEMI2181
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Well-known Kuuchipuudi dancer
1929
1025
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Tadepalli Perayya Sastri, Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry, Chandrakala and Yedavalli Rama
1121
OEMI2180
Vema Bhopala
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
?
?
11201121
OEMI2177
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
1923
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
1119
OEMI2176
Vasuki
Ancient authority
?
?
1118
P00206
OEMI2174
Vasudevan Nambodiri （Nelliyodu）
Kathakali artiste
1940
Ernakulam district, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, etc...
1118
OEMI2173
Vasudevan （Neyyantinkara）
vocalist
Vocalist
1940
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
1118
OEMI2175
Vasudev-bua Joshi
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
?
0.189
Gwalior
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
1118
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
P00093
OEMI2171
Vasantrao Rajopadhye
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1913
1228
Satara district, Maharashtra
2008
1122
Mumbai
his brothers Narayanrao and Shankarrao Vyas
1118
OEMI2170
Vasantrao Kulkarni
teacher
teacher
1917
Maharashtra
1997
0303
Mumbai
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
1118
OEMI2169
Vasantrao Deshpande
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
1920
0502
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
1983
0730
Pune, Maharashtra
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
11171118
P01704
OEMI2168
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
vocalist
vocalist
1928
0603
Chennai
1990
1031
Chennai
Ayyaswami Ayyar, Madras Lalithangi, G.N.Balasubramaniam, Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer, Vasanthakumari
11161117
OEMI2167
Vasant Amrit
vocalist
vocalist
1902
0119
Surat, Gujarat
1991
0119
Surat
Abdul Karim Khan
1116

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