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
Muthukumara Pillai
1027
OEMI1412
704
1874
1960
0822
19-20
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Kattumannar Koil
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
?
OEMI1514
741
0.176
0.1837
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
khayaal
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1526
755
1920
?
19-20
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
OEMI1529
756
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
Palghat Mani Iyer
OEMI1576
784
1912
1981
0530
20
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
Kochi
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
Parshuram Shahir
OEMI1601
798799
1754
1844
18-19
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Pratibha Prahlad
OEMI1643
826827
1963
20
Mysore
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
OEMI1669
842843
?
?
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
Ramachandra Ata
OEMI1732
871
1687
1752
17-18
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
?
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
Ramachandra Chakravarti
OEMI1733
871
Bengal
1803
1861
19
Kolkata
Kolkata
pakhaawaj player
A pioneer of pakhaawaj in Bengal
Lala Keval Kishan
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
1118
OEMI1735
871
1906
20
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
Ramanathan, M.D.
0520
OEMI1744
873
1923
1984
0427
20
Manjapara, Palakkad, Kerala
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Devesa Bhagavatar and Tiger Varadachariar
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1749
874
1872
19
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
?
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
his father Gangabishnu
Rameshwar Pathak
OEMI1765
879
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
OEMI1789
886
1930
20
Chennai
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
Sant Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1875
942
1966
1116
20
?
singer
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
OEMI1895
953
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Godavaribai Punekar
Shovana Narayan
OEMI1969
973974
1950
20
Kolkata
Kathak dancer
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
Shridhar Parsekar
OEMI1971
974
1920
1964
0911
20
Parse, Goa
?
violinist
Noted violinist
Gajananrao Joshi
Shyam Sundar Dhir
OEMI1978
975
1897
1988
0116
19-20
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
Shyamlal Kshetri
OEMI1981
975
Kolkata
1858
1927
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
OEMI2011
992
1836
1908
19-20
Mumbai
?
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
1227
OEMI2035
1010
1894
1961
0617
19-20
Palghat district,Kerala
?
Mridangam player and teacher
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
?
OEMI2039
1011
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Sudarshan Shastri
?
OEMI2045
1013
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player and author
Tanibai Ghorpade
?
OEMI2103
1058
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
1931
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
khayaal
Tarun Kumar Singh
?
OEMI2111
1068
1912
20
Imphal,Manipur
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
?
OEMI2130
1085
1798
1904
?
18-20
?
Chennai
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
Tyaagaraaja
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
OEMI2206
1130
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Vishnupant Chhatre
OEMI2213
1136
1840
1905
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
Haddu Khan （vocalist）
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI2232
11431144
Indore
?
19
Agra
Indore
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Bande Ali Khan
Wahid Khan（Sitar）
?
OEMI2233
1144
1895
?
19-20
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar and surbahaar player
his father Imdad Khan
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
0218
OEMI2235
1144
1781
1874
?
18-19
probably Ayyampettai,former kingdom of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Walajapet,near Chennai
composer
Illustrious disciple of composer Tyaagaraaja
his father Nalluswaamy
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
?
OEMI2247
1153
?
19
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
Zinnat Barkatullah
1003
OEMI2266
1160
1951
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Noted danseuse
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
Nilakantan Nambisan （Kalamandalam）
1101
OEMI1528
756
1919
1980
20
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
Kathakali
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
?
OEMI0279
113
1849
1926
?
19-20
Bedag,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
khayaal
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
0912
OEMI2190
1123
1901
1972
0317
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
?
OEMI0195
83
Pune
0.1825
0.1875
?
19
?
Pune
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Babu Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI0223
93
0.1892
1941
1125
19-20
Narwar, Madhhya Pradesh
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Noted performer and teacher
Murad Khan
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
?
OEMI0623
317318
1827
1898
?
19
?
?
Maker of musical instruments
Ganapati-bua Bhilavadikar
OEMI0649
328329
0.1861
1927
0823
19-20
Vathar village, near Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Sangli, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, reputed teacher, and an early musical guide of V.N. Bhatkhande
Vasudev-bua Joshi
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
OEMI0662
349350
1890
19-20
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
Nityananda
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
OEMI0670
354355
1880
0.1915
19-20
Rajasthan
?
Pakhaawaj player
his father Shankarlal
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
OEMI0797
410
Kolkata
1830
1899
19
Bengal
?
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
OEMI1049
540
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
Lalit Mohan Mukhopadhya
OEMI1184
595
1898
1944
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Talented dhrupad singer
his father Mahindra Nath
dhrupad
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
OEMI1239
622
1715
1790
18
?
?
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
0812
OEMI1365
683
1913
1985
1201
20
?
Hubli,Karnataka
Kathak dancer and teacher
Sunder Prasad,Achhan Maharaj,Shambhu Maharaj
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
?
OEMI1392
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI1396
696697
1864
1927
?
19-20
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
?
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
Mughlu Khan
Nana-saheb Chaphekhar
0120
OEMI1441
720
1896
1969
0115
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Ramkrishna-bua Vase
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Agra）
OEMI1450
723
1899
0.1945
19-20
Mysore
Agra
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Agra gharaanaa?
Kallan Khan
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
OEMI1472
727
0.1905
1959
0111
20
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
OEMI1663
834
1737
18
Delhi
?
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
Swaminatha Pillai, T.N.
OEMI2092
1042
1900
1961
20
Tirupamburam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
performer of the flute
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
OEMI2166
1114
1795
1869
18-19
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
OEMI2172
1118
1850
1905
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
OEMI2177
1119
1923
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
Anantadas Goswami
OEMI0138
58
1790
18-19
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Babu Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0224
93
1899
29
Delhi
Kolkata
tabla player
Tablaa player?
his mother
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
OEMI0337
153154
Rampur
1852
1920
19-20
Gwalior
Dhaulpur
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
Bande Ali Khan
thumrii
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Chamman Khan-saheb
OEMI0426
213
1878
1922
19-20
Rampur
Rampur
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
Chand Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0430
214
1888
1980
1220
19-20
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of years
Delhi saarangi gharaanaa
Mamman Khan, Sangi Khan
Chandrabhaga Devi
OEMI0437
218
1922
1997
0414
20
?
Bangalore
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Damodarlal Kabra
0317
OEMI0522
253
1926
1979
0804
20
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Sarod player
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
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
Dhirendranath Bose
?
OEMI0575
287
1878
1953
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Sarod player and teacher
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
Dwarkanath Ghosh
OEMI0607
307
1847
1938
19-20
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
Ekambara Mudaliyar
OEMI0610
309
?
?
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Hari Dikshit Pandit
OEMI0803
411
18
?
?
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
Hari Prasad Mishra
OEMI0806
411
1802
1868
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
OEMI0823
418
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Jadava Krishna Basu
OEMI0889
447
1848
1926
19-20
Bengal
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
Jigar Moradabadi
OEMI0939
479
1890
1960
0909
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
Jiwanlal Maharaj
OEMI0943
480481
1828
1888
19
Morvi,Gujarat
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
0530
OEMI1108
571
1924
1992
1012
20
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
?
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
Krishnarao Sangle
OEMI1115
573
?
?
writer
writer
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
OEMI1172
591
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Lala Bhagwandas
OEMI1175
592
?
?
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Lala Bhavanidas
OEMI1176
592
16
?
?
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Manoharlal Sharma
?
OEMI1282
644
1970
?
20
?
?
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
?
OEMI1285
645
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Moroba Waghulikar
OEMI1368
686
1908
0120
19-20
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Muthaiah Bhagavatar （Harikesanallur）
1115
OEMI1408
704
1877
1945
0630
19-20
Punalveli village, near Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist, composer
Well-known vocalist, Harikathaa exponent, and composer
Harikathaa
Nanhe Khan （Mumbai）
OEMI1447
722
Gujarat and Mumbai
0.1872
0.194
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
his father Hussain Bakhsh, his elder brother Ghasit Khan
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI1524
755
Jodhpur
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar

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