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
Devji-bua Paranjape
?
OEMI0560
279
0.1798
1878
?
18-19
Pune,Maharashtra
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Gadgil-bua
Devidas
?
OEMI0558
278
Pune,Maharashtra
?
18
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Bijaram
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Devendranath Changkatti
?
OEMI0556
275
1890
?
19-20
Guwahati,Assam
?
vocalist
Vocalist
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
P00143
Devendra Murdeshwar
0919
OEMI0555
275
1923
2000
0129
20
North Kanara district,Karnataka
Mumbai
Maestro of Hindustani flute
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
0118
OEMI0552
273
1921
20
Imphai,Manipur
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
Desikachar,V.
?
OEMI0551
271
1924
20
Mysore
Noted flute exponent and teacher
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Dejendranath Bagchi
?
OEMI0547
264
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Dehiram Sarma Oja
?
OEMI0546
264
0.1839
0.1919
?
19
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Dipali Nag
0222
OEMI0545
264
1922
20
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
P00022
Debu Chaudhuri
?
OEMI0544
262
Delhi
1935
20
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
Debo
?
OEMI0543
262
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Dayar Khan
?
OEMI0540
262
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
Maharaja Takhat Singh
Deba Prasad Das
?
OEMI0541
262
1932
1986
0716
20
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
?
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
Debkantha Bagchi
?
OEMI0542
262
1860
1930
?
18-19
Nabadwip district,Bengal
probably Kolkata
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Bengal theatre
Day,C.R.
?
OEMI0539
261
?
?
?
Author
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
Daulat Khan
?
OEMI0537
260
Kolkata
1920
?
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
Natthu Khan Khandare
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
Dattopant Hallyalkar
0129
OEMI0534
260
1875
1916
0218
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Inamdar
?
OEMI0536
260
1908
1986
0927
20
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
Dasopant
?
OEMI0529
259
1551
1616
?
16-17
?
?
Poet
P00142
Datar,D.K.
1014
OEMI0530
259
1932
20
based in Mumbai
violinist
Noted violinist
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
0512
OEMI0532
259
1912
1981
0821
20
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Harmonium player
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Dattaram Parvatkar
?
OEMI0531
259
0.1898
1973
0715
19-20
Parvati town,Goa
Mumbai
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Khaprumama Parvatkar and Balkrishna-bua and Laxmanrao
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Dasganu
?
OEMI0526
258
1868
1962
?
19-20
?
?
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
Dargahi Mishra
?
OEMI0524
257
Benares
1849
1926
?
19-20
Benares
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
P00141
Damayanti Joshi
?
OEMI0517
253
1932
20
?
Kathak danseuse
Lucknow Kathak
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Damodarlal Kabra
0317
OEMI0522
253
1926
1979
0804
20
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Sarod player
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
Damodar Nevalkar
?
OEMI0518
253
1884
1919
?
19-20
?
?
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Damodar Pandit
?
OEMI0519
253
?
13
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
Naagdevaachaarya
Dakshinamorti Sastri
?
OEMI0515
252
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
Dakshinamorti Pillai
?
OEMI0516
252
1876
1937
?
19-20
?
?
Distinguished mridangam player
Dadasaheb Asarkar
1215
OEMI0512
249
1895
1965
0515
19-20
Amravati, North Maharashtra
?
Flute player and flute manufacturer
Dabir Khan
OEMI0511
249
1912
1972
20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist,rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena player and vocalist
Curt Sachs
0129
OEMI0510
248
1881
1959
0205
19-20
Berlin
New York
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Clements,E.C.
OEMI0508
247
1875
1935
19-20
England
?
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
Clarence Wijewardena
0802
OEMI0507
246
1943
1996
1213
20
Haputale, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
Chunnilal Hathraswale
OEMI0506
245
?
?
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
P02301
Chunilal Pandya
OEMI0504
245
1948
No
20
Modasa, North Gujarat
?
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0502
244
19
?
?
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
OEMI0498
243
?
?
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
P00019
Chitta Babu
1013
OEMI0497
243
1936
20
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
veena player
Well-known veena player
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
P00020
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
0622
OEMI0499
243
1898
1975
1018
19-20
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
Chitrabai
OEMI0496
242
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Chirag
OEMI0494
241
Punjjabi
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Chintamani Mishra
OEMI0492
241
19
?
?
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
no raliable information
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Chinnayya Swami
OEMI0490
241
Kolhapur
?
?
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Chintoba Gurav
1122
OEMI0493
241
1874
1956
0403
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
OEMI0486
240
20
?
?
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Chinnaswami Dikshitar
OEMI0485
240
1778
1823
18-19
tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, veena player
Vocalist and veena player
Chikka Subba Rao
OEMI0478
239
Mysore
?
?
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
his father Dodda Subba Rao
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
Chimman Khan
OEMI0481
239
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
P02765
Chimanlal Nayak
0414
OEMI0480
239
1916
1977
1023
No
20
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
OEMI0476
238
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
P01225
Chidanand Nagarkar
1120
OEMI0475
238
1919
1971
0526
No
20
Malleswaram, Bangalore
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Chidambara Bhagavatar
OEMI0474
238
20
?
?
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
Chhote Kale Khan
OEMI0467
237
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
Chhote Khan
OEMI0468
237
1827
1912
19-20
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Kudau Singh
Chhote Munne Khan
OEMI0470
237
Lucknow
1927
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Chhote Mohammad Khan
OEMI0469
237
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
Haddu Khan
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
P00140
Chhota Gandharva
0510
OEMI0463
236
1918
1997
1231
20
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
?
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Chhange Khan
OEMI0459
231
0.1857
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
P00139
Chengannur Raman Pillai
?
OEMI0454
229
1884
1980
1128
19-20
Chengannur, Kerala
?
Well-known Kathakali actor
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
Chengalvaraya Sastri
?
OEMI0453
229
1810
1900
0228
19
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
OEMI0451
227
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Chaturlal
OEMI0450
226
0.1925
1965
1014
20
Udaipur
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
P02120
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
OEMI0447
224
1922
No
20
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
Kathakali artiste
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
P03011
Charu Sija Mathur
OEMI0446
224
1940
No
20
Delhi
Performer of Manipuri dance
R. K. Singhajit Singh
Charles Dias Amaratunga
OEMI0445
223
1876
1944
19-20
?
?
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
Chandrika Prasad Dube
OEMI0443
222
1875
19-20
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
Kanailal Dhendi

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