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
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI0941
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
Author
Kolkata
480
OEMI0967
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Assam
1903
0617
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
1953
Tezpur
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
490
OEMI1088
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
1861
Tamil Nadu
1934
?
560
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
OEMI1228
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Mumbai
1917
?
?
2002
1206
?
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
619
OEMI1357
Mohammad Shah 'Rangile'
patron,
Mughal Emperor,a great patron of the performing arts
1702
0817
Ghazni,Afghanistan
1748
0406
Delhi
681
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
OEMI1442
Nana-saheb Joglekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1875
0208
?
1911
1115
?
720
OEMI1511
Natharam Sharma Gaur
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays
nautanki plays
1874
?
Dariyapur village, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
1943
?
Hathras
740
OEMI1826
Rukminibai Tampuratti
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
1800
?
1838
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
905
OEMI1943
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
Pakhaawaj player
1911
Apegaon, Maharashtra
2004
0109
Latur, Maharashtra
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
966
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0218
Baba Farid
Poet
1200
1280
Delhi
92
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0228
Baburao Joshi
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
1908
1231
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1984
1111
Pune
94
OEMI0229
Bacha Mishra
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
1876
Benares
1926
?
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
94
OEMI0231
Bachubai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
94
OEMI0251
Bahadur Singh
tabla player
Tabla player
1903
1019
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
1967
?
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
102
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0255
Baijnath Misra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
0801
Benares region
1992
0222
?
Thakur Prasad
105
OEMI0257
Bakhshu-miya
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
0.175
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
106
OEMI0274
Baldevji
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
112
OEMI0295
Baneswar Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1824
Assam
1914
Assam
118
OEMI0302
Bapurao Ketkar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
1898
?
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
1954
1129
Pune, Maharashtra
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
121
OEMI0309
Barve P.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
1918
1230
Akola, Maharashtra
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
124
OEMI0311
Basaveswara
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
0.1139
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
0.1196
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
128129
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0323
Bha Ra Tambe
Well-known Marathi poet
1873
1027
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1941
1207
?
144
OEMI0324
Bhabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
1890
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1986
Vyasapara
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
144145
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148
OEMI0335
Bhairav sahai
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Benares
0.1839
?
0.191
?
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
151
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0377
Bimal Mukherji
sitar player
Noted sitar player
1930
?
?
1997
01??
Kolkata
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
190
OEMI0378
Bimal Roy
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
1911
0113
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
1997
0411
Kolkata
191
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0431
Chandan Chaube
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Vaishnava devotional music
1870
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1955
?
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
215
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0434
Chandra Sakhi
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Balkrishna Swami
217
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
OEMI0436
Chandrabhaga
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
?
1889
Lucknow
Ghasit Khan
217218
OEMI0460
Chhataki
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Wazir Khan
231
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0478
Chikka Subba Rao
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
his father Dodda Subba Rao
239
OEMI0479
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
Venkatasubbayya
239
OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0523
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
1908
0827
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
1972
0626
?
254
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0566
Dhannabai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Pannaabaai
283
OEMI0577
Dholekar,A.S.
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
1895
?
Mumbai
1969
05??
Mumbai
289
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
OEMI0612
Eknath Pandit
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1866
?
Gwalior
1950
0430
?
310311
OEMI0618
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
0213
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
1984
1120
Lahore,Pakistan
316
OEMI0620
Fakruddin
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Rahasthan
?
?
?
?
316317
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0642
Gajanan Varma
writer, performer
writer and performer
1926
?
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
325
OEMI0643
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
Satara
1905
1029
Satara
1996
0115
Pune
V.D. Paluskar
325
OEMI0647
Gama Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla player
1911
?
Benares
1974
0116
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
326
OEMI0660
Gauri
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
?
?
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
346
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355