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
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
OEMI1109
571572
18-19
?
?
patron,
royal patron of music and author
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
Kulatillake,C.de S.
1214
OEMI1126
577578
1926
20
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
musicologist
musicologist
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
P00175
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
OEMI1137
579580
1881
1974
19-20
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
?
Kathakali performer and teacher
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
0402
OEMI1153
586587
1921
20
Imphal, Manipur
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
a few teacher
Lakshmanachariar
OEMI1158
588589
1919
19-20
?
?
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
Lakshmideva
OEMI1165
590591
1780
1858
18-19
Bardowa, Assam
Bali Sattra
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
his father , Bhadradeva
Lalchand Boral
OEMI1179
592593
1870
1907
19-20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lalit Kishori Dev
OEMI1183
594595
1680
1770
17-18
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
P00107
Lata Mangeshkar
0928
OEMI1195
603604
1929
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
singer
Celebrated film singer
Dinanath Mangeshkar
film
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
Madurai Mani lyer
1025
OEMI1221
617618
1912
1968
0608
20
Madurai
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
P00183
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
?
OEMI1266
639340
1945
20
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Mridangam player
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer
Maujuddin Khan
?
OEMI1301
658659
?
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
?
OEMI1304
659660
1823
1896
?
19
?
Baroda
Reputed dhrupad singer
Minakshi Shirodkar
?
OEMI1307
661662
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Mirabai
?
OEMI1314
663664
0.1504
1546
?
16
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
?
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
Mehdi Hussain Khan
OEMI2277
666667
1884
1960
19-20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
his illustrious father, Buniyad Hussain Khan. Mitthu Khan,
P00064
Mogubai Kurdikar
0715
OEMI1338
676677
1904
2001
0210
20-21
Kurdi,a village in Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Ali Khan(Seni)
OEMI1343
677678
1834
1927
19-20
Lucknow
Gidhaur,Uttar Pradesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
his father
Mohammad Amir Khan
OEMI1344
678679
1873
1934
19-20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Murad Ali
P01175
Mohammad Rafi
1224
OEMI1354
680681
1924
1980
0830
20
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
Mumbai
singer of Hindi films
Mohammad Usman
OEMI1358
681682
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
Moropant
OEMI1369
686687
1729
1794
18
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
?
poet,keertan singer
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1372
689690
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Mukunda Das
?
OEMI1381
692693
1878
1934
?
19-20
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
?
composer
Poplar composer
Munduru Khan
?
OEMI1383
693694
0.181
0.1884
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sarod player
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI1396
696697
1864
1927
?
19-20
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
?
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
Mughlu Khan
Murai Mohan Gupta
?
OEMI1398
697698
0.1824
0.1904
?
19
Barrackpore,Bengal
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
pakhaawaj
P00017
Murugabhopathy,C.S.
0215
OEMI1400
698699
1914
1998
0321
20
Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Veteran mridangam player
Chitsabai Servai and Sankarasiva Bhagavatar
Mushtaribai
?
OEMI1404
699700
0.19
1933
?
20
most probably Fatehbad or Fatehpur,Agra region,Uttar Pradesh
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Muthurama Kavirayar
OEMI1413
704705
?
?
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
Muthuswami Dikshitar
0324
OEMI1415
705706
1775
1835
1021
18-19
Tiruvarur,near Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tirunelveli district,Thanjavur,TamilNadu
vocalist, composer
Youngest of the Karnatik music trinity of vocalist-composers.
Muzaffar Khan
OEMI1421
706707
1858
19
Delhi
?
vocalist
vocalist
Maste Khan
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
?
OEMI1424
709710
0.18
1885
?
19
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Nagabhushanachar,V.
?
OEMI1430
714715
1932
20
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
Namdev
OEMI1439
718719
1270
1350
13-14
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
?
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
Nana-saheb Panse
OEMI1440
719720
1800
1885
19
near Wai, Satara district, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Eminent pakhaawaj player
Manyaba Kuditkar, Chande-bua, Martand-bua
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
OEMI1448
722723
1868
19
?
Gwalior
Sarod player?
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
OEMI1461
725726
1790
18-19
Andhra
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Narayanrao Lakshman Gune
0406
OEMI1491
730731
1906
1987
0927
20
Lashkar, Maharashtra
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and veteran teacher
Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
0612
OEMI1506
733734
1889
1936
0612
19-20
Indore
Indore
Reputed dhrupad exponent
his father Allabande Khan and an uncle Zakiruddin Khan
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Naval Sakhi
?
OEMI1518
749750
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
Performer of devotional dances
Nayak Bakhshu
?
OEMI1521
751752
0.146
0.1535
?
15
?
?
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
Raja Maansingh Toomar
dhrupad
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
1031
OEMI1523
754755
1927
20
Clifton, England
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
Nilakantha Sivan
OEMI1530
756757
1839
1900
0728
19
Nagorcoil area, now in Tamil Nadu, then part of the Travancore princely state of Kerala
?
composer
Well-known composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Nimai Harichandan
0709
OEMI1536
761762
1901
1983
0720
20
Kendrapada, Cuttack district, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nissar Hussain Khan （Gwalior）
OEMI1541
763764
0.1844
0.1916
19
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
his foster-father Natthu Khan
P00073
Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
0704
OEMI1545
764765
1912
1994
0216
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
his uncle Shankarrao Sarnaik
Niyamatullah Khan
OEMI1547
765766
0.1816
0.1902
19-20
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Sarod maestro, a pioneer
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
OEMI1554
766767
1870
19
Delhi
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
Omkarnath Thakur
0624
OEMI1560
771772
1897
1967
1229
19-20
Jahaj,Gujarat
?
vocalist
vocalist
Paluskar,D.V.
0518
OEMI1579
785786
1921
1955
1025
20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
Paluskar,V.D.
0818
OEMI1580
786788
1872
1931
0821
19-20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
P00193
Pankaj Charan Das
0317
OEMI1586
792793
1925
2003
0611
20-21
Orissa
Puri,Orissa
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
Ratnaprava Mahari,
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
Parshuram Shahir
OEMI1601
798799
1754
1844
18-19
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Parur Sundaram Iyer
OEMI1604
799800
1891
1974
19-20
Kerala
Chennai
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
Perera, M.G.
1212
OEMI1618
807808
Petah
1875
1942
0419
19-20
Colombo
?
Activist and author of early music books in Sinhalese
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
1106
OEMI1634
822823
1882
1943
0125
19-20
Valsad district, South Gujarat
Dharampur, South Gujarat
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
Pratibha Prahlad
OEMI1643
826827
1963
20
Mysore
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
Priyambada Mohanty
OEMI1647
827828
1939
20
Cuttack, Orissa
Noted odissi danseuse
Banbihari Maity, Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar, Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra, Debaprasad Das
Purandaradasa
OEMI1651
830831
0.1471
1564
0102
15-16
Purandaragad village
Hampi Karnataka
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
Purushottam Telang
OEMI1655
831832
1852
1920
19-20
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Pyar Khan (Seni;sursingar)
OEMI1664
834835
1782
1849
18-19
presumably Lucknow
Lucknow
sursingaar player
Generally considered to be the co-innovator of the sursingaar along with his brother Zaffar Khan.
Chhajju Khan
Qutub-ud-Daula
?
OEMI2225
838839
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
OEMI1669
842843
?
?
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
Radhika Mohan Moitra
0213
OEMI1674
843844
1917
1981
1015
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
sarod player
Raghavan,V.
0822
OEMI1677
855856
1908
1979
0405
20
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
Rahimanbai
OEMI1689
857858
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Babu Ram Sahai
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1694
858859
1850
1922
19-20
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
P06015
Rajab Ali Khan
0903
OEMI1699
861862
1874
1959
0108
19-20
Narsinghar,Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mughlu Khan
Rajab Ali Khan (Bade)
OEMI1700
862863
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Sahaji-saheb
P00236
Rajaratnam Pillai, T.N.
0827
OEMI1709
864865
1898
1956
1212
19-20
Thirumarugal, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
naagaswaram player
Wizard of naagaswaram
Rajyeswar Mitra
0930
OEMI1716
866867
1917
1995
0118
20
Agartala, Tripura
Kolkata
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
OEMI1717
867868
1893
1979
19-20
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Mysore
musician
Musician and literary scholar
Yatindra Swamy
Ram Mohan Roy （Raja）
0522
OEMI1723
868869
1772
1833
0927
18-19
Hooghly district, Bengal
near Bristol England
Early 19th-cent. reformer of Bengal
Ram Prasad Sen
OEMI1725
869870
0.1723
0.1783
18
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Ramachandran, V.A.
06??
OEMI1736
871872
1915
1993
1231
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Hyderabad
Mridangam player
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar

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