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
Kshirod Prasad
OEMI1123
575
Bengal
19-20
?
?
playwright
Kshitij Basu
OEMI1124
575
1914
1982
0122
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
P00202
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
?
OEMI2270
574
1948
20
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
Moohini Aattam
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Krishnarao Sangle
OEMI1115
573
?
?
writer
writer
Krishnashankar Shukla
0817
OEMI1117
573
1911
1992
0807
20
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
?
old-timer in media music
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
OEMI1120
573
19
?
?
Instrumentalist
P00050
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
0708
OEMI1116
573
1893
1989
0822
19-20
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
vocalist
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
Krishnaswamy lyengar,N.S.
0131
OEMI1118
573
1914
1998
0603
20
Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Narsimhachariar,Tiger Varadachariar,Naina Pillai
Krishnarao Gore
OEMI1113
572
1880
1940
0608
19-20
?
Wai Maharashtra
singer-actor
Krishnarao Ashtewale
OEMI1110
572
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
19
?
?
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Raghumatharao
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Krishnarao Date
OEMI1112
572
?
?
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Mulay
1223
OEMI1114
572
1864
1944
0721
19-20
Pune
Bilimora,South Gujarat
rudra veena player
performer of rudra veena
Annasaheb Gharpure,Ganesh Krishna Apte
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
0530
OEMI1108
571
1924
1992
1012
20
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
?
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
Krishnadasa Badajana
OEMI1104
571
16
?
?
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
Krishnan Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1106
571
Tripunithura
1914
1990
0816
20
Cheruthazham, Kannur distict, Kerala
Tripunithura, near Kochi, Kerala
Well-known Kathakali performer and guru
Chandu Panikker
P00171
Krishnan Kutty Nair （Kottakkal）
OEMI1105
571
1928
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Kathakali performer
P.S. Varrier Natyasangham
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
OEMI1107
571
1795
1888
18-19
Udapiur,Rajasthan
probably Kolkata
Author
Krishna Rao, U.S.
OEMI1101
570
?
?
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
Krishnadas （Poet-devoti）
OEMI1102
570
1500
15781585
16
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
Chilotra
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Krishna Kamal Goswami
OEMI1100
569
1810
1888
19
?
?
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Krishna Iyer （Kundrakkudi）
OEMI1099
569
1816
1889
19
Kundrakkudi, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
It is not known
Kovana Samayya
OEMI1093
568
18
?
?
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
Kotiswara Iyer
OEMI1094
568
1869
1938
1021
19-20
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
P00169
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
0513
OEMI1086
560
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
20
Kerala
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
P00048
Kishori Amonkar
0410
OEMI1084
559
Mumbai
1931
20
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00047
Kishan Maharaj
0903
OEMI1083
559
1923
2008
0504
20-21
Benares
Benares
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
his father Hari Maharaj, paternal uncle Kanthe Maharaj
Kiron
OEMI1081
558
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Khwaja Ahmad Khan
OEMI1079
556
0.187
?
Tonk, Rajasthan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
family
Khurshaidjan
OEMI1075
555
Kanpur
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Khurshed Ali Khan
OEMI1076
555
1852
1950
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Lucknow gharaanaa
the Lucknow gharaanaa
Khushal Khan
OEMI1077
555
0.16
168090
17
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
his father Laai Khan Seni
Khetramohan Kar
0830
OEMI1072
554
1902
1986
20
Puri, Orissa
Puri
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Khudratullah Khan
OEMI1074
554
Hyderabad, Andhra,
1830
1920
19-20
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Hyderabad, Andhra, during the reign of Nizam Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
0822
OEMI1070
547
Manipur
1919
1980
1022
20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Khapru-mama Parvatkar
OEMI1071
547
1880
1953
0903
19-20
Parvat village, Goa
Parvat village
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Raghuvir-mama
Khajurbai
OEMI1067
543
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Khadim Hussain Khan （Vocal）
OEMI1064
543
1905
1993
0111
20
Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of the Agra tradition
his father Altaf Hussain Khan, grandfather Inayat Khan, paternal grand-uncle Mehboob Khan, maternal great grand-uncle Kallan Khan
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
P00168
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
OEMI1066
543
1920
1990
20
Imphal
?
Manipuri dance exponent
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
Kiwal Kishan
OEMI1061
542
18
?
?
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
Khadilkar, K.P.
1123
OEMI1062
542
1872
1948
0826
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Keshavrao Bhole
0523
OEMI1057
541
1896
1967
19-20
Amravati, Maharashtra
Mumbai
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
Keshavrao Bhosale
0809
OEMI1058
541
1890
1921
1004
19-20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
singer-actor
Eminent singer-actor of the Marathi satge
Marathi satge
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
OEMI1059
541
1919
20
Chennai
Noted flute player
T. Brinda
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
OEMI1050
540
20
?
?
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
P00166
Keshav Lakshman Badge
OEMI1053
540
1941
20
Pune, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
OEMI1049
540
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
P00167
Keshava Murthy, H.R.
OEMI1054
540
1920
20
Chickmaglur district, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam teacher
Guru Gundappa
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
0106
OEMI1052
540
1892
19-20
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
tabla player
Tabla exponent
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
Keshab Chandra Mitra
OEMI1051
540
0.1822
1901
19-20
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player
Ram Chakravarty
Keshavrao Apte
OEMI1056
540
1862
1945
19-20
Ujjain
Indore
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Keshav-bua Ingle
OEMI1055
540
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
0304
OEMI1047
539
1904
1982
1217
20
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
Basavangudi,Karnataka
veena player
veena player
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Kitijan
OEMI1043
537
?
?
vocalist
ghazal singer
ghazal
Kedamangalam Sadanandan
OEMI1042
533
1924
2008
0413
20-21
Paravur,Ernakulam district,Kerala
Paravur
performer of Kathaa prasangam
Kavasji Jamshedji
OEMI1039
532
?
?
Singer-actor
Kayam Khan
OEMI1040
532
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Kazi Nazrul Islam
0524
OEMI1041
532
1899
1976
0829
19-20
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesha
musician
poet-musician
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kashinath Panda
OEMI1035
524
1929
20
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
Kashinath Pajapanda
0315
OEMI1034
524
1921
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist,
vocalist of Odissi music
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
Kasambhai Master
0310
OEMI1032
524
1906
1969
1028
20
Umbari village,north Gujarat
?
singer-actor of Gujarati player
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Kashinath Chatterji
0901
OEMI1033
524
1904
1970
1119
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
vocalist and teacher
Amulyadhan Dutta
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
OEMI1031
523
1724
1798
18
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
P00117
Kartik Ram
OEMI1030
523
1910
1980
20
Rajasthan
?
Kathak dancer
Shivnarayan,Jaylalji Maharaj,Achan Maharaj,Shival,Mohanlal
P00045
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
OEMI1028
519
1917
1977
1202
20
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
Masidullah Khan
Karim Khan
OEMI1029
519
1857
1919
19-20
Jaipur
?
sitar player
sitar Player
Karamatullah Khan(Sarod)
OEMI1027
518
1848
1933
19-20
Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Niyamatullah Khan
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
P00044
Kanthe Maharaj
OEMI1024
517
1888
1968
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
tabla player
Baldev Sahari
Kannuswami Rao
OEMI1023
517
1855
1936
19-20
?
?
Performer of svarabat, a small harp
Kannayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1021
516
1846
19
Tamli Nadu
Travancore,Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Kannappa Thambiran
OEMI1020
516
1915
20
Purisai,Tamli Nadu
Performer of Theru Koothu
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Kandappa Nattuvanar
OEMI1016
515
1899
1941
02??
19-20
?
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Kannuswami Pillai, Nellaiyappa
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1018
515
1924
2000
0405
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
OEMI1017
515
1927
1995
0430
20
?
Chennai
Mridangam player
his father
Kanji Bhota Barot
OEMI1019
515
1919
1990
0928
20
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
Chalala,Saurashtra
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music

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