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
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)
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
P00191
Padma Subrahmanyam
OEMI1564
780
Chennai
20
?
dancer,scholar
B.V.Lakshmanan,Ramayya Pillai,Gowri Amma
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
OEMI1482
728
20
?
?
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI2148
1102
0.1788
0.184
18-19
?
probably Rewa
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
Pulin Behari Mitter
OEMI1648
828
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
OEMI2269
319
0.17
0.1768
18
probably Delhi
Delhi
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
Jyotindranath Tagore
OEMI0966
490
1849
1925
19-20
Kolkata
Ranchi, Bihar
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
P00073
Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
0704
OEMI1545
764765
1912
1994
0216
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
his uncle Shankarrao Sarnaik
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
1103
OEMI2125
1078
1946
20-
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri danseuse
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
?
OEMI0568
284
?
?
?
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
OEMI1478
728
1806
1868
19
?
?
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
P00227
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
?
OEMI2023
995
1913
20
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Gopalrao Joshi
OEMI0729
376
1897
1953
19-20
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
Nashik town
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
P00174
Kumudini Lakhia
OEMI1134
579
1935
20
Maharashtra
Kathak danseuse
Manarang
?
OEMI1257
634
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
Manarang
khayaal
Mohammad Bakhsh
OEMI1345
679
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Ramanna
OEMI1748
874
0.1855
1918
19-20
Hullahalli village, Andhra
Hullahalli
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
Raza Hussain
OEMI1814
897
Baroda
1891
19-20
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Pyar Khan
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Sukhsen
?
OEMI2055
1027
0.175
0.18
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Mutthu Thandavar
OEMI1419
706
16
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Shankarrao Vyas
0123
OEMI1946
966
1898
1956
1218
19-20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
films
Krishnaswamy lyengar,N.S.
0131
OEMI1118
573
1914
1998
0603
20
Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Narsimhachariar,Tiger Varadachariar,Naina Pillai
Dhanapandian,D.A.
?
OEMI0565
281
1921
1997
1110
20
?
?
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
Mahapurush Mishra
OEMI1230
620
1934
1987
0215
20
Vaishali town,Bihar
Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player
Narayan Mishra
Somapala, P.L.A.
0913
OEMI2013
992
1921
1991
0326
20
Colombo
Colombo
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
T.S. Sandarasekara
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
OEMI1770
881
1871
1945
0505
19-20
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
P00163
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
?
OEMI0998
506
1932
20
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
P00049
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
OEMI2194
1123
1910
1982
0823
20
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
?
Mridangam player
Palghat Mani
Dag Dehalvi
0525
OEMI0513
250251
1831
1905
0214
19-20
Delhi
Hyderabad
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
Govindrao Apte
OEMI0746
382
1958
1008
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
Lakshman Swami
OEMI1157
588
1898
1973
19-20
?
?
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
P00011
Rajam Iyer, B.
07??
OEMI1703
863
1922
20
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Ganapathy Iyer
Shanta Apte
1123
OEMI1948
967968
1923
1964
02??
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Kesava Pillai,K.C
OEMI1048
539540
1868
1913
0904
19-20
Kollam,Kerala
?
composer
composer,poet,scholar
Sukhendu Goswami
?
OEMI2054
1026
1911
1983
0716
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Parvin Mushtari
1213
OEMI1608
801
1954
20
Bangladesh
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
Asadullah Khan
?
OEMI0182
7879
1858
1915
?
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed sarod player
Ashiq Ali Khan
?
OEMI0190
82
1948
?
20
?
Patiala
vocalist
Vocalist
P00345
Azmat Hussain Khan
0305
OEMI0215
9091
Mumbai
1911
1975
0726
No
20
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Altaf Hussain Khan
Gul Bardhan
OEMI0752
386
1928
20
Mumbai
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
Musharraf Khan
?
OEMI1401
699
Jaipur Rajasthan
?
19
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player(19th cent.)
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
Bahadur Hussain Khan
OEMI0246
101
0.1808
0.187
19
?
?
sursingaar player
Sursingaar maestro of the Rampur royal durbar
Rampur royal durbar
Bande Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0294
117
Baroda
1906
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
khayaal
Bashir Khan
OEMI0313
129
Jaipur
1938
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa and harmonium player
Jaipur-Atraauli
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Hassu Khan
OEMI0825
419
Gwalior
0.179
0.1855
18-19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
Miyajan Khan
OEMI1336
675
1880
1919
19-20
Patiala,Punjab
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Kalu Khan
Shabbu Khan
OEMI1915
962
Hyderabad
0.1936
20
?
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi
his family
Raja Hussain Khan
OEMI1696
861
1938
1989
0306
20
Bramhabaria
Dhaka,Bangladesh
violinist
violinist
Nayeb Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan,Khadim Hussain Khan,Akbar Khan
Inayat Hussain Khan
OEMI0869
441
1849
1919
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and founder of a prominent branch of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
his father , Bahadur Hussain
Fida Hussain Khan(Sarod)
?
OEMI0632
319320
1855
1927
?
19-20
?
Rampur
His distinguished career
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Kiwal Kishan
OEMI1061
542
18
?
?
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
?
OEMI0061
29
?
17
?
Saraguri
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
Khan Khanan Bairam Khan
OEMI1068
546547
?
?
singer,patron,
Afghan nobleman of Delhi who was very fond of music and patronized a singer called Raamdaas
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Poluri Govinda Kavi
OEMI1629
813
?
?
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
OEMI2261
1159
1927
?-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
within family
Ali Bakhsh I
?
OEMI0074
37
Hyderabad
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Annu Akhtar
OEMI0156
66
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Bhanumathi, K.
12??
OEMI0342
157
1922
20
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Papanasam Vadivelu Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma
Ghulam Ali
OEMI0677
360
Pakistan
1940
20
Kaleke village, Sialkot district
Well-known ghazal singer
his father, Ghulam Ali Khan, his brothers Barqat Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer
Nabani Das
?
OEMI1426
711
1964
?
20
?
?
Singer of baaul
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
OEMI1717
867868
1893
1979
19-20
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Mysore
musician
Musician and literary scholar
Yatindra Swamy
Tulsidas
OEMI2139
10951096
0.1532
1623
16-17
?
?
Saint-poet, celebrated author of Raama Charita Maanas, the story of Sri Raama, in Avadhi, a dialect of the Hindi-speaking region of India
Naraharidaas
Nizamuddin Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1548
766
1932
2000
0623
20
Jawra, Madhya Pradesh
Mumai
tabla player
Tabla performer of the Lucknow tradition
Lucknow
his father Azim Bakhsh Jewerwale and Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Rajab Ali Khan (Bade)
OEMI1700
862863
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Sahaji-saheb
Ramsahai Pande
OEMI1778
884
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
Contemporary performer of folk dances
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Radharani Mohapatra
0406
OEMI1671
843
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
vocalist
Odissi vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar,Balakrishna Dash,Dhiren Das,Khitish Maitra
Odissi
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34

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