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
OEMI1599
Parashuram-bua Barve
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
?
?
Vishnupant Chhatre
798
OEMI1730
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
vocalist
Vocalist
1807
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
1867
?
870
OEMI1754
Ramchandra Agnihotri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
1982
0630
Gwalior
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
876
OEMI1769
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
?
1959
0214
?
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
880
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI2089
Suryanarayana, R.K.
composer
Noted veena player and composer
1937
0614
Mysore
2003
1225
?
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
1039
OEMI2267
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
OEMI0346
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
Dancer and choreographer
1930
Chennai
2003
0804
New York, USA
162
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
OEMI1119
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
veena player
veena player
1822
?
1866
Thanjavur
573
OEMI1470
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
?
?
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
727
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0100
Amaradeva,W.D.
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Sri Lanka
1927
1205
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0331
Bhagwat Rasikdev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
1742
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
148149
OEMI0350
Bhat, S.C.R.
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
1919
0312
Shirali, south Karnataka
2008
0214
Mumbai
164
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
OEMI0550
Deshpande,P.L.
author
Veteran Marathi author
Mumbai
1919
1108
?
2000
0612
Pune,Maharashtra
269270
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
OEMI0598
Dulichand （Seth）
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI0630
Feroze Nizami
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
1910
?
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
1975
1115
Lahore
319
OEMI0656
Gangoly, O.C.
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
1881
0801
Kolkata
1974
0209
?
332
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0711
Gomez, P.C.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
1904
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1984
1204
Dhaka
371
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI0746
Govindrao Apte
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1958
1008
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
382
OEMI0749
Govindrao Tembe
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
1881
0705
Sangavade Maharashtra
1955
0529
Delhi
383
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0759
Gundo-bua Ingle
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
0.1876
Aundh
0.1925
Sangi, Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
389
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI0833
Himangsu Dutta
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
1908
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
1944
Kolkata
424425
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI0840
Hiradevi Mishra
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Benares
0.1926
?
1983
0107
Benares
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
432
OEMI0886
Ivor Dennis
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
1932
0528
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
445
OEMI0897
Jagabandhu Sahu
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
1914
0119
Orissa
1990
?
449
OEMI0917
Janardhan Pethe
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1912
Maharashtra
1962
0328
Kolkata
462
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI0952
Jog, V.G.
Eminent exponent of the violin
Kolkata
1922
Wai, Satara region, Maharashtra
2004
0131
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
484485
OEMI0954
John Foulds
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
1880
Manchester, England
1939
Kolkata
487
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
OEMI1013
Kanan,A.
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1920
06??
Chennai
2004
0912
Kolkata
Girija Shankar Chakravarti and Amir Khan
514
OEMI1014
Kanchi Namati
singer
folk singer
folk
190010
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
1970
Nagaon district
514
OEMI1056
Keshavrao Apte
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1862
Ujjain
1945
Indore
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
540
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1094
Kotiswara Iyer
composer
Composer
1869
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1938
1021
?
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
568
OEMI1095
Krishna Bhamini
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1922
Kolkata
569
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588
OEMI1201
Lebdev,G.S.
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
?
?
?
?
606
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1227
Mahadkar,S.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
?
?
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
619
OEMI1242
Mahmudunnabi
singer
1941
1216
Burdwan region,Bengal
1990
1220
Dhaka,Bangladesh
622
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI1258
Manasvi
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
1904
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
1969
0703
?
635
OEMI1263
Manhar Barve
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1910
1220
Mumbai
1972
0526
?
Ganapatrao Barve
639
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1328
Mirza Ghalib
poet
?
?
672
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1362
Mohan Nadkarni
music critic and author
1922
0922
Karwar,Karnataka
682
OEMI1363
Mohan Upreti
singer
1925
?
1997
0606
New Delhi
682
OEMI1369
Moropant
poet,keertan singer
1729
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
1794
?
686687
OEMI1380
Muktaram Barua
Singer and Deodhani dancer
1932
03??
Rainakuchi village, Darrang district,Assam
his father Kalaram
692
OEMI1429
Nadira Begum
Singer
1948
0810
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
713
OEMI1439
Namdev
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
1270
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
1350
?
718719
OEMI1446
Nanhaku Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
1920
?
1995
1014
Benares
Benares
722
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1572
Pahadi Sanyal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1906
0222
Darjeeling
1974
Bengal
782
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783
OEMI1597
Paramanandadas
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
1497
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
1587
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
797
OEMI1623
Pingalshi Gadhvi
singer, author
Folk-singer and author of Gujarati folk literature of many genres
Gujarati folk
1914
0727
Chhatvawa village, Junagadh district, Gujarat
1998
0531
Jamnagar, Gujarat
811
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1677
Raghavan,V.
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
1908
0822
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1979
0405
Chennai
855856
OEMI1715
Rajkumari
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
0.1925
Benares
2000
0317
Mumbai
866
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1755
Ramchandra, C.
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Hindi film music
1918
0112
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
1982
0105
Mumbai
Shankarro Sapre
876877
OEMI1764
Ramesh Nadkarni
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
1921
0813
Bankikodala, Karnataka
1995
0707
Mumbai
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
879