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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Sanand Bapu
OEMI1866
925
1904
1980
0617
20
?
Sanand, Gujarat
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
Samwal Khan
OEMI1865
925
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Samta Prasad Mishra
0719
OEMI1864
924925
1921
1994
0531
20
Benares
Pune, Maharashtra
tabla player
tabla exponent
Bikku Maharaj
Samraj
OEMI1863
924
1613
1700
17
?
?
composer
singer, composer
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
OEMI1862
923924
1925
20
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
OEMI1861
923
1495
1556
15-16
?
?
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
Samina Choudhuri
0824
OEMI1860
923
1966
20
Khulna, Bangladesh
singer
Sambayya
OEMI1859
922
18-19
?
?
veena player
veena performer
Sambamorthy, P.
0214
OEMI1858
922
1901
1973
1023
20
Bitragunta, now in Andhra Pradesh
Chennai
musicologist
musicologist, teacher
P02854
Samanduram Tondon Devi
OEMI1857
921
20
Imphal, Manipur
exponent of Manipuri dance
Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Amudon Sharma
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
OEMI1856
918
1863
1957
No
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
Salil Chowdhury
0914
OEMI1855
917918
1925
1995
0905
20
West Bengal
Kolkata
music director of films, mainly Hindi
Salem Khan
OEMI1854
917
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Agra gharaanaa
Sakhawat Hussain Khan
OEMI1853
916
1877
1955
07??
19-20
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Safayet Hussain Khan, Asadullah Khan, Karamatullah Khan
Sakharama Rao
OEMI1851
915916
1881
1930
19-20
Tiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
goottuvaadyam maestro
Srinivasa Rao
Sakharam-pant Agale
OEMI1852
916
1858
1918
No
19-20
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
Satara, Maharashtra
pakhaawaj player
Nana Panse
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Sakharam Mridangacharya
1025
OEMI1849
915
1879
1967
0119
19-20
Indore
?
pakhaawaj player, teacher
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
Sajjad Mohammad Khan
OEMI1848
915
19
?
?
surbahaar exponent
Sailabai
?
OEMI2226
915
?
20
?
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
Saigal, K.L.
0411
OEMI1847
914915
1904
1947
0118
20
Nawashehr, Jammu
Jullundar, Punjab
singer, actor
Sai Ilyas
OEMI1846
914
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sahir Sable
OEMI1845
914
1923
20
Pasarani, Maharashtra
exponent of folk music and folk drama
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Sahabdad Khan
OEMI1842
911
1830
1880
19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
vocalist and sitar player
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
OEMI1841
911
20
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
vocalist
vocalist
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
Sagara Daivajna
OEMI1840
910
19
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
?
singer
Saganbhau
OEMI1839
910
1778
1849
18-19
Jejuri, Pune region, Maharashtra
?
composer
poet, composer
Sadruddin Khan
OEMI1838
910
1880
19
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
Jaipur
vocalist
vocalist
Haapur gharaanaa
Sadiq Ali Khan (Seni)
OEMI1837
909
1805
1970
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,rabaab player
exponent of the rudra veena and rabaab
Zaffar Khan, Pyar Khan, Basat Khan
Sadiq Ali Khan (Jaipur)
OEMI1836
909
1893
1964
0717
19-20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Sadiq Ali Khan
OEMI1835
909
1910
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
Raje Khan
Sadashiv Narayan Thosar
OEMI1834
908
1882
1952
0317
19-20
?
?
writer
writer
Sadarang (Niyamat Khan)
OEMI1833
908
1670
1747
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
pioneer of khayaal?
khayaal
P00215
Sachin Shankar
0924
OEMI1832
908
1924
2005
20-21
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
dancer, choreographer
P00088
Sabri Khan
0410
OEMI1831
908
1927
20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
contemporary player of the saarangi
Haji Mohammad Khan, Chhajju Khan
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
OEMI1830
907
1872
1948
0522
19-20
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
Ruth St. Denis
0120
OEMI1829
905906
1879
1968
0721
19-20
?
?
danseuse, choreographer
Rupasinha, H.W.
1124
OEMI1828
905
1895
1971
0424
19-20
Matara, Sri Lanka
?
composer
singer, composer
M.G.Perera
Ruparam
OEMI1827
905
20
?
?
actor, writer
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
P00098
Rukmini, T.
1127
OEMI1825
904905
1936
20
Shimoga, Karnataka
violinist
violinist
R.R.Keshava Murthy
P00214
Rukmini Devi Arundale
0229
OEMI1824
904
1904
1986
0224
20
Chennai
Chennai
dance exponent
Rukmani Devi
0115
OEMI1823
904
1923
1978
1028
20
Ramboda, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Colombo
singer-actress
Roy, R.N.
OEMI1822
903
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
Roshan Kumari
OEMI1820
902
20
?
kathak danseuse
Roshan Jamil
0508
OEMI1819
902
1931
2002
0314
20-21
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dhaka
dancer-actress,teacher
Roprasik Devacharya
OEMI1818
902
16
?
?
composer
composer
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Rohini Bhate
OEMI1816
901
1924
20
Pune, Maharashtra
kathak danseuse
Sohan Lal , Munna Lal, Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Lachhu Maharaj
Rekibuddin Ahmed
OEMI1815
899
1940
20
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
Ramizuddin Ahmed
Raza Hussain
OEMI1814
897
Baroda
1891
19-20
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Pyar Khan
Raya Ramananda
OEMI1813
897
1467
1525
15-16
?
?
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
OEMI1810
894
1900
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Ratilal Bhavsar
0617
OEMI1809
894
1928
2001
1024
20-21
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
near Pune
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
Rathiram Sarma
OEMI1808
894
1875
1933
19-20
Salmara, Kamrup district, Assam
Salmara
singer
Baneswar Sarma
Ratanjankar, S.N.
1231
OEMI1807
893894
1900
1974
0214
20
Bhatwadi, near the Opera House area, Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, scholar
teacher, scholar, vocalist
Krishnaji Bhatt Honavar, Anant Manohar Joshi
P00085
Rasolanbai
OEMI1806
892
1902
1974
1215
20
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
singer
Rasol Beg
OEMI1805
892
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rasikdev
OEMI1804
891892
17-18
?
?
poet-devotee
Rasik Kavi
OEMI1803
891
1920
1988
0211
20
?
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Ras Rag Khan
OEMI1802
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Ras Baras
OEMI1801
888
17
?
?
author
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
OEMI1800
888
1906
19-20
?
Pune
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
V.N. Bhatkhande
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1799
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Bhai Gopal Singh
Ranjit Adhikarimayum
0301
OEMI1798
888
1957
20
Imphal, Manipur
performer of Manipuri dance, choreographer
Tarunkumar Singh, Anganhal Singh
Ranjana Devi
0117
OEMI1797
887888
1949
20
?
singer, teacher
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
Rani Karna
OEMI1796
887
1939
20
Hyderabad, Sind province of Pakistan
Kathak dancer
Lalitha Sastri, Navendra Kumar Singh
P00242
Rani
OEMI1795
887
?
?
singer-actress
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
Rangayya, C.
OEMI1793
887
1895
1984
19-20
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
Mysore city
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
P00084
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
OEMI1792
887
1932
20
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
veena player and teacher
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
OEMI1791
887
1612
1684
17
?
?
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
Ranganath Mishra
0103
OEMI1790
887
1932
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
Bikku Maharaj, Gama Maharaj
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
OEMI1789
886
1930
20
Chennai
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
Ranadhir Roy
OEMI1788
886
1944
1989
0324
20
?
Kolkata
esraaj player
Ranade, J.L.
0327
OEMI1787
885886
1905
1999
20
Ichalkaranji
?
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
Moroba Gondhali
Ranade, G.H.
1001
OEMI1786
885
1897
1966
0310
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
musicologist
musicologist
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1784
885
?
?
vocalist
tappaa singer
Imam Badi
tappaa
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
OEMI1783
885
1897
19
Delhi region
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Lal Khan
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
OEMI1782
884
?
?
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
Ramtaran Sanyal
OEMI1781
884
19
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Ramsingh Thakur
OEMI1780
884
1909
2002
0418
20-21
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow
singer
Ramshankar Bhattacharya
OEMI1779
884
1761
1853
18-19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
composer
composer
Vishnupur gharaanaa of Bengal
Gadadhar Bhattacharya
Ramsahai Pande
OEMI1778
884
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
Contemporary performer of folk dances
P00082
Ramrao Naik
OEMI1777
883884
1909
1998
1021
20
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
Ramprasad Mishra
OEMI1775
882
1980
0822
20
Benares region
Gaya, Bihar
vocalist
vocalist
Bade Ramdasji
Ramnidhi Gupta
OEMI1774
882
1741
1838
18-19
Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
Ramlal Bareth
OEMI1773
881
1936
0306
20
?
?
Kathak dancer, teacher
Jailal Maharaj
P00212
Ramkumar Chatterji
OEMI1772
881
1920
20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
Ramkumar Basak
OEMI1771
881
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
OEMI1770
881
1871
1945
0505
19-20
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
OEMI1769
880
1959
0214
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
Ramkishan Solanki
1225
OEMI1768
880
1938
20
Pushkar, Rajasthan
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa

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