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
OEMI1881
Sarada Subramaniam
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
1915
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur), Bhairavan Pillai
944
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI2010
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
?
?
991992
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
OEMI2050
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Marathi
?
?
1989
0612
Mumbai
1025
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2129
Tiruvarur Rajayi
vocalist
Danseuse and vocalist
1896
0106
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
1926
11??
Chennai
her granduncle,Gopalakrishna Nattuvanar
1084
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI2269
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
0.17
probably Delhi
0.1768
Delhi
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
319
OEMI0944
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
481
OEMI1713
Rajkumar Priyogopal Sana
Well-known exponent of Manipuri dance, also an expert in Manipuri martial arts
1910
Imphal, Manipur
his father Rajkumar Suryaboro Singh
866
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI1849
Sakharam Mridangacharya
pakhaawaj player, teacher
1879
1025
Indore
1967
0119
?
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
915
OEMI1907
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
1908
0725
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
2003
0131
Chennai
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
960961
OEMI2070
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
?
?
1030
OEMI2095
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Chennai
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
10441045
OEMI2221
Vithabai Narayangaokar
Laavani singer and tamaashaa artise.
1928
Solapur
2002
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Bhau Mang Narayangaokar
1139
OEMI2183
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
0.1873
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
1121
OEMI0304
Bapurao Pendharkar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1892
1210
Jamkhindi, Maharashtra
1937
0315
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
121
OEMI0334
Bhairav Prasad Misra
tabla player
Noted tabla player of the Benares gharaanaa
0.1844
Patna
1940
1221
probably Benares
Benares gharaanaa
Bhagat Maharaj
150
OEMI0358
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
1875
0425
?
1919
0717
?
169
OEMI0397
Bishweshwar Bandyopadhyaya
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1833
Balagard, Hooghly district, Bengal
1911
Kolkata
195
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI0441
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1915
0604
Mysore city,
221
OEMI0486
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
?
20
?
240
OEMI0532
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
Harmonium player
1912
0512
?
1981
0821
Baroda,Gujarat
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
259
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI0835
Hira Singh Boralia
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
1934
0612
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Ram Narayan, Harlal Makwana, Bhailal Barot, Devilal Samar
431
OEMI0843
Honavar Krishnabhat
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
0.1878
Gokarn, South Karnataka
1942
Shirali, in the same region
S.N. Ratanjankar, S.C.R. Bhat
434
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI0966
Jyotindranath Tagore
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
1849
Kolkata
1925
Ranchi, Bihar
490
OEMI1021
Kannayya Bhagavatar
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamli Nadu
1846
Travancore,Kerala
516
OEMI1110
Krishnarao Ashtewale
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
?
?
Raghumatharao
572
OEMI1117
Krishnashankar Shukla
old-timer in media music
1911
0817
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0807
?
573
OEMI1156
Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Matunga Mumbai
1915
1977
12??
588
OEMI1168
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Assamese Litterateur, also known for his patriotic songs
1868
?
1938
?
591
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1307
Minakshi Shirodkar
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
661662
OEMI1308
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1971
?
?
662
OEMI1309
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅱ
tavil player
Tavil player
1894
0903
Needamangalam,Tamil Nadu
1949
0213
?
Singaram Pillai and Govinda Pillai
662
OEMI1409
Muthayya Bhagavatar
vocalist
Vocalist
1850
?
1900
?
704
OEMI1460
Narasimha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
Rama Iyengar
725
OEMI1477
Narayanadeva Dvija
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
?
?
728
OEMI1492
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
?
1980
0613
?
731
OEMI1495
Nariswar Sarma Barua
teacher
Well-known teacher
1911
0112
Dipila,Darrang district,Assam
1986
1011
Dipila
his father Tapeswar Sarma and Chandrakantadeva Sarma
731
OEMI1640
Prasunkumar Banerji
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Kolkata
1926
0815
?
Jamini Ganguly, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Jnan Prakash Ghosh
826
OEMI1664
Pyar Khan (Seni;sursingar)
sursingaar player
Generally considered to be the co-innovator of the sursingaar along with his brother Zaffar Khan.
1782
presumably Lucknow
1849
Lucknow
Chhajju Khan
834835
OEMI1670
Radhamohan Sendas
musicologist,
a pioneer musicologist,scholar
1770
Kolkata
1840
Kolkata
843
OEMI1757
Ramchandra Mohapatra
vocalist
Vocalist
1929
0715
Balasore, Orissa
Bhagavat Mohanty, Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
877
OEMI1798
Ranjit Adhikarimayum
performer of Manipuri dance, choreographer
1957
0301
Imphal, Manipur
Tarunkumar Singh, Anganhal Singh
888
OEMI1800
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
1906
Pune
V.N. Bhatkhande
888
OEMI1818
Roprasik Devacharya
composer
composer
?
?
902
OEMI1917
Shadi Khan （Benares）
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
963
OEMI1945
Shankarrao Gaikwad
Shehnai player
Pune
?
1971
0517
Pune, Maharashtra
966
OEMI2012
Somadasa, Elvitigala
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
1925
1001
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
1990
0827
Colombo
992
OEMI2016
Someswara Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
1891
?
1943
?
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
993
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI2125
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
Manipuri danseuse
1946
1103
Imphal,Manipur
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
1078
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
OEMI2160
Vaman-bua Chaphekar
vocalist
vocalist
1879
Miraj, Maharashtra
1964
?
Balkrishna-bua
1112
OEMI2195
Venkitadri Swamigal
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
1806
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
1876
?
1123
OEMI2238
Wamanrao Sadolikar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1907
0916
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1991
0326
Mumbai
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
1145
OEMI1598
Parameswara Bhagavatar (Palakkad)
vocalist
vocalist
1815
Palakkad region,Kerala
1892
?
798
OEMI0150
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Telugu
1408
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
1503
?
64
OEMI1910
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
?
?
961
OEMI2141
Tyagaraja Bhagavatar, M.K.
singer-actor
Famous singer-actor of Tamil films of the pre-1950s
Tamil films
1910
0301
Mayavaram, Tamil Nadu
1959
1101
Chennai
the Alathur Brothers, Papanasam Sivan, and Vaithikulam Swamigal
1099
OEMI0316
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
?
1929
Kolhapur
130131
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0671
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
1876
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1953
?
355
OEMI0720
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
374
OEMI0811
Haricharan Das Swami
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Dhaka
?
?
412
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI1059
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
Noted flute player
1919
Chennai
T. Brinda
541
OEMI1130
Kumaraswamy lyer,K.R.
vocalist
veteran vocalist
1913
0409
Kettavarampalayam,Tamil Nadu
Mecheri Sundara Sastri
578
OEMI1167
Lakshminarayan Rajak
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
his father Chhotelal Rajak
591
OEMI1461
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
1790
Andhra
?
725726
OEMI1480
Narayanaswami Appa
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
0.1906
Thanjavur
728
OEMI1481
Narayanaswami Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1486
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
1914
0927
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
1999
1209
?
Thavancore style
729
OEMI1487
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1923
Palakkad, Kerala
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
729
OEMI1595
Papavinasa Mudaliar
composer
composer
?
?
795
OEMI1606
Parvatiprasad Baruah
composer
singer,composer
1904
Sibsagar district,Assam
1964
?
800
OEMI1974
Shrimatibai Narvekar
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1903
1121
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
1988
1223
Mumbai
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
974
OEMI2001
Sivaraman （Kottakkal）
Kathakali artiste
1936
Palakkad district, Kerala
2010
0719
Karalmanna, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
988
OEMI2007
Sohirobanath Ambiye
singer
Ascetic poet and singer of Marathi bhafans of the Naath sect
Paliye town, near Pedne, in Goa
1714
?
1792
Goa
990
OEMI2025
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
1840
?
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
1914
0605
Kolkata
998999
OEMI2108
Tarapada Chakravarti
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
khayaal
1909
04??
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
1975
0901
Kolkata
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
10661067
OEMI2126
'Tiger'Varadachariar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1876
0801
Kolathur,Tamil Nadu
1950
0131
Chennai
Appadurai Iyer and his son Ramachandran
1079
OEMI2131
Titte Krishna lyengar
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
1902
?
Mysore city
1997
0316
Mysore city
1085
OEMI0320
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1888
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
1936
?
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
135
OEMI0423
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
1905
0811
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
1947
1007
?
211
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
OEMI0800
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,musician
Patron and musician
0.1887
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
0.195
?
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
410
OEMI1478
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
1806
?
1868
?
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
728
OEMI2186
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
0.17
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
11211122