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
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
OEMI0976
494
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
Kader Bakhsh （Tabla）
OEMI0975
494
1902
20
Lahore
?
tabla player
Tabla player
his father Fakir Bakhsh
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0974
494
18
?
?
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
Kader Bakhsh
OEMI0973
494
0.188
1934
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his father Axim Bakhsh
Kachchi Sastri
OEMI0972
493
19
?
?
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
P00041
Jyotsna Bhole
0511
OEMI0969
491
Mumbai
1914
2001
0804
20-21
Bandod, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
0617
OEMI0967
490
Assam
1903
1953
20
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
Tezpur
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Jyotindranath Tagore
OEMI0966
490
1849
1925
19-20
Kolkata
Ranchi, Bihar
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
Juma Khan
OEMI0965
490
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nirmal Shah Seni
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
Joshi, D.T.
10??
OEMI0963
489
1914
1993
10??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Joseph Kaimaparamban
OEMI0961
488
1924
20
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
OEMI0960
488
18751900
19-20
Awas, near Mumbai
?
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
Joseph David Penkar
OEMI0959
488
1949
0906
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
writer
Writer of musical plays on Jewish religious themes, in Marathi, in the early 20th cent,
Jorawar Singh
OEMI0958
488
Gwalior
?
?
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
Joravar Khan
OEMI0957
488
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
Jon Higgins
0919
OEMI0956
487488
American
1939
1984
1207
20
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Muddletown, USA
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
John Foulds
OEMI0954
487
1880
1939
19-20
Manchester, England
Kolkata
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Jog, V.G.
OEMI0952
484485
Kolkata
1922
2004
0131
20-21
Wai, Satara region, Maharashtra
Kolkata
Eminent exponent of the violin
S.N. Ratanjankar
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Jodh Singh
OEMI0950
483
19
?
?
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
his father Tikaram
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
1225
OEMI0949
482
1902
1945
1029
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
OEMI0948
482
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
OEMI0947
482
1860
1915
19-20
?
Kolkata
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
OEMI0946
481
1911
1997
0218
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
OEMI0944
481
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
Jiwanlal Maharaj
OEMI0943
480481
1828
1888
19
Morvi,Gujarat
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
Jivan Shah(Seni)
OEMI0934
473
1732
1810
18-19
Lucknow
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
Jivan Khan(Seni)
OEMI0933
472
1748
1790
18
most probably Jaipur
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father
Jivan Khan
OEMI0932
472
1838
1935
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi Player
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
OEMI0941
480
Kolkata
Author
P05975
Jitendra Abhisheki
0915
OEMI0940
480
1932
1998
1107
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
Jigar Moradabadi
OEMI0939
479
1890
1960
0909
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
Jibeswar Goswami
10??
OEMI0938
479
1904
1982
0408
20
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
Jhire Khan
OEMI0937
478
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Paanipat tradition
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
P00161
Jhamman Khan
OEMI0935
475
1938
0208
19-20
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Jatan Kathak
OEMI0924
464
Benares
19
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Jatadhar
OEMI0923
464
18
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
P00074
Jasraj(Pandit)
0120
OEMI0922
463
1930
20
Hissar,Haryana
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
0812
OEMI0887
446
1891
1960
1207
19-20
Groningen,Netherlands
Amsterdam
Ethnomusicologist
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Jankibai(Allahabad)
OEMI0920
462
1875
1934
0518
19-20
Benares
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
Janardhan Pethe
OEMI0917
462
1912
1962
0328
20
Maharashtra
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
0614
OEMI0915
461
1925
20
Puridistrict,Orissa
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Jamaluddin Khan
OEMI0913
460
Baroda
1858
1928
19-20
most probably Jaipur
Baroda
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Amiruddin Khan
Jaisukhlal Shah
0413
OEMI0912
457
1907
1989
0118
20
Bharuch,Gujarat
Mumbai
scholar and teacher
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Jaishankar Sundari
0130
OEMI0910
456
1889
1975
0122
19-20
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
OEMI0908
451
Indore
1976
0511
20
Benares
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Jagu Ojha
OEMI0907
451
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
Jaggan Khan
OEMI0906
451
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Jagdishnath Ray
OEMI0905
451
1870
1922
19-20
?
?
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Jagannath-bua Purohit
0312
OEMI0904
450
1904
1968
1022
20
Hyderabad
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Jagannath Kumhar
OEMI0902
450
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
his father
folk
Jagannath Kaviraya
OEMI0901
450
1560
1660
16-17
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Jagajjyotirmalla
OEMI0900
449
17
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
Jagaddhara
OEMI0898
449
Scholar of the medieval period
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
P00159
Jaffar Hussain Khan
OEMI0896
449
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
Noted qavvaali singer
Jadunath Singh
OEMI0895
449
17
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
Jadunath Bhattacharya
OEMI0894
448
1840
1883
19
Vaidikpara,Vishnupur,Bengal
Vishnupur
musician
All-round musician,popularly known as Jadu Bhatta
Jadunandan Das
OEMI0893
448
Well-known keertan singer and teacher of Bengal
Jadumani Dasi
OEMI0892
448
Kolkata
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolkata
Jadhurama Devangan
OEMI0891
448
1926
20
Madhya Pradesh
Performer of Paandavani
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
Jadava Krishna Basu
OEMI0889
447
1848
1926
19-20
Bengal
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
Jacome Gonsalvez
OEMI0888
447
1676
1742
17-18
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Ishtiyaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0884
445
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Sahaswaan tradition
his father Mustaq Hussain Khan
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0883
445
1907
1980
1108
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
P00158
Ishitiaq Ahmad
OEMI0882
445
1919
1967
20
?
?
Sarod player
Kalidas Pal
Isak Salom Awaskar
OEMI0881
445
1856
1910
19-20
Awas village, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Irode Viswanatha lyer
?
OEMI0616
311
1905
1988
0914
20
?
New Delhi
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
Indrani Rahman
0919
OEMI0879
444
1930
1999
0207
20
Chennai
New York
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
Bharata Naatyam

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