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
OEMI1974
Shrimatibai Narvekar
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1903
1121
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
1988
1223
Mumbai
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
974
OEMI1972
Shrikant Bakre
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1930
0825
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
974
OEMI1971
Shridhar Parsekar
violinist
Noted violinist
1920
Parse, Goa
1964
0911
?
Gajananrao Joshi
974
P00223
OEMI1973
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
974
OEMI1975
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
1871
?
1934
?
974
OEMI1979
Shyamamani Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
975
OEMI1980
Shyamdas Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1948
0713
Mungher district, Bihar
Omkarnath Thakur and Balwantrai Bhatt
975
P05890
OEMI1976
Shubha Mudgal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
1959
Allahabad
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
975
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI1978
Shyam Sundar Dhir
vocalist
Vocalist
1897
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
1988
0116
?
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
975
OEMI1981
Shyamlal Kshetri
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Kolkata
1858
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1927
Kolkata
975
OEMI1982
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
976
OEMI1983
Siddharam Jadhav
Reputed player of sundri, a wind instrument of the blowin type
1927
0815
Mangalwedha, Solapur district, Maharashtra
his elder brother Baburao
976
OEMI1986
Siddiqi Manganiar
singer
Folk singer
folk
1939
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
family elders
976
OEMI1984
Siddheshwar Sen
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Malwa, Rajasthan
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Radha Kishan Guru
976
P02594
OEMI1985
Siddheshwari Devi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
1908
Benares
1977
0318
Delhi
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
976
OEMI1988
Simha Bhopala
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
?
?
977
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI1990
Singhanadeva
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
?
?
982
P00224
OEMI1993
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
1937
Shillong, Meghalaya
V.G. Jog
982
OEMI1992
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1994
Sitab Khan
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
982
OEMI1991
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
1908
0304
Puri, Orissa
1975
0316
?
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
982
OEMI1998
Sitaram-bua Phatarphekar
vocalist
Vocalist
0.191
near Phatarphe, Goa
the Agra gharaanaa
Parshuram-bua Parsekar, Yashwantrao Lolekar, and Vilayat Hussain Khan
986
P03003
OEMI1995
Sitara Devi
Well-known Kathak danseuse
Mumbai
1920
Kolkata
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
986
OEMI1996
Sitaram Mundale
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1891
?
1947
1205
Mumbai
986
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI2000
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
987
OEMI2001
Sivaraman （Kottakkal）
Kathakali artiste
1936
Palakkad district, Kerala
2010
0719
Karalmanna, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
988
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
OEMI2003
Sivaramayya
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer of the Mysore durbar
1886
Mysore
1946
?
his father Veena Padmanabhayya, Veena Seshanna
988
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI2005
Siyaram Tiwari
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1921
0121
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
989
OEMI2007
Sohirobanath Ambiye
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
?
1792
Goa
990
P01595
OEMI2006
Sohan Singh
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
1918
0422
Ludhiana district, Punjab
1987
0203
Punjab
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan （Baroda）,
990
OEMI2009
Sohrab Hossain
vocalist
Vocalist
1925
Nadia district, West Bengal
Abbasuddin Ahmed （Bengali folk songs）
991
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
991
OEMI2013
Somapala, P.L.A.
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
1921
0913
Colombo
1991
0326
Colombo
T.S. Sandarasekara
992
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI2015
Someswara
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
?
?
992
OEMI2012
Somadasa, Elvitigala
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
1925
1001
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
1990
0827
Colombo
992
OEMI2017
Somnath Das
vocalist,
Vocalist of Odissi music
1906
Puri, Orissa
?
993
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
P00225
OEMI2019
Sonal Mansingh
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
1944
?
Mumbai
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
993
P00226
OEMI2020
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
1928
0103
Sikkim
993
OEMI2016
Someswara Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
1891
?
1943
?
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
993
OEMI2022
Sopandev
Poet of Marathi abhangs
1277
?
?
1296
?
?
994
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
P00227
OEMI2023
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
1913
?
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
995
OEMI2024
Sosale Ramadas
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
1890
?
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
1950
?
Mysore
995
OEMI2029
Srikrishna Dalvi
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
1926
?
?
2004
01??
Mumbai
1008
OEMI2026
Srichand Misra
tabla player
Tabla player
0.19
?
Benares
0.197
?
?
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj
1008
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2033
Sripada Pinakapani
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1913
0803
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
1009
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2031
Srinivasan,M.B.
Music director of south Indian films
1925
?
Chittoor,Andhra
1009
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2035
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
Mridangam player and teacher
1894
1227
Palghat district,Kerala
1961
0617
?
1010
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI2037
Subbanna
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
1854
?
Mysore
1939
?
Mysore
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
1011
P00203
OEMI2042
Subramaniam,L
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
?
?
1012
OEMI2041
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
Noted veena player
1919
?
Bangalore
T.Venkatarao
1012
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
P00095
OEMI2044
Suchitra Mitra
vocalist
vocalist
1924
?
Kolkata
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
1013
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
P00229
OEMI2048
Sudharani Raghupathy
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Chennai
1944
0321
Pollachi,Tamil Nadu
V.S.Kaushik,U.S.Krishna Rao,Chandrabhaga Devi,and Kittappa Pillai
1021
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
OEMI2050
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Marathi
?
?
1989
0612
Mumbai
1025
P00738
OEMI2054
Sukhendu Goswami
vocalist
Vocalist
1911
?
Dhaka,Bangladesh
1983
0716
Kolkata
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
1026
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI2052
Sukadev Patri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1927
?
Kendrapada,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
1026
OEMI2055
Sukhsen
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
0.175
?
Gwalior
0.18
?
Gwalior
Seni
1027
OEMI2058
Sukumar Sahu
composer
Oriya composer
1907
0815
Balasore, Orissa
1028
OEMI2057
Sukumar Ray
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1912
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hakim Mohammad Hussain and Gul Mohammad Khan
1028
OEMI2056
Sukthankar,B.S.
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
1891
0612
?
1940
0406
Mumbai
1028
OEMI2063
Sumar Suleman Jumani
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
1919
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
1999
04??
Mundra
Suleman Juma Jumani
1029
OEMI2059
Sulaiman
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
Rajab Ali Khan
1029
P06002
OEMI2062
Sultan Khan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Mumbai
1941
Sikar, Rajasthan
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
1029
P00231
OEMI2060
Suleman Juma Jumani
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
folk music
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
Kutch
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
1029
OEMI2061
Sultan Bakhsh
sitar player
Well-known late 19th-cent. sitar player of Dhaka
?
?
Ratan Chand Das
1029
OEMI2068
Sundarabai of Charkhari
vocalist
She was vocalist of khayaal in the 20th-century
khayaal
?
?
1030
P02325
OEMI2065
Sundar Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer
1898
Karvadi town, Rajasthan
1970
0530
?
Bindadin Maharaj
1030
OEMI2067
Sundarabai of Benares
vocalist
She was vocalist of sawaal-jawaab, birhaa, and kajri songs in the 20th-century
Kolkata
?
?
1030
OEMI2066
Sundarabai of Surat
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
?
?
1030
OEMI2070
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
?
?
1030
OEMI2069
Sundarabai Jadhav
vocalist
Noted vocalist, especially of light classical varieties
0.1886
?
1953
0603
Mumbai
Thakurdas-bua, Ghulam Rasool Khan, and Gamman Khan
1030
P02103
OEMI2074
Sunil Kothari
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Kolkata
1933
1220
Mumbai
1031
OEMI2073
Sunderlal Gangani
Kathak dancer and teacher
?
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
1031
OEMI2072
Sundarlal Vaidya
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
1840
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
1031
OEMI2076
Suraj Khan
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
?
?
1034
OEMI2077
Suratsen
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1539
Rewa, Madhta Pradesh
0.1615
Agra
his father Taansen
1034
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035
OEMI2080
Surdas Madanmohan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
0.1537
?
1600
Vrindaavan, Uttar Pradesh
1035
P00233
OEMI2083
Suresh Awasthi
Author, administrator, and teacher
1918
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
1036