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
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
OEMI1943
966
1911
2004
0109
20-21
Apegaon, Maharashtra
Latur, Maharashtra
Pakhaawaj player
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
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
Vrindavan Devacharya
?
OEMI2227
11401141
?
18
?
?
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
0118
OEMI0552
273
1921
20
Imphai,Manipur
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
Akbar (Emperor)
1123
OEMI0066
3031
1542
1605
?
16
Amarkot, Rajasthan
Agra
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
P00127
Astad Debo
0713
OEMI0196
84
1947
20
Kolkata
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
0318
OEMI0221
9293
1903
20
Bari, Goa
?
Noted harmonium player
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Bacha Mishra
OEMI0229
94
1876
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bahadur Singh
1019
OEMI0251
102
1903
1967
20
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Bakhshu-miya
OEMI0257
106
0.175
18
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bapurao Ketkar
?
OEMI0302
121
1898
1954
1129
19-20
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
Barve P.N.
1230
OEMI0309
124
1918
20
Akola, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Bhabiram Sarma
OEMI0324
144145
1890
1986
19-20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Bimal Mukherji
?
OEMI0377
190
1930
1997
01??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
0421
OEMI0406
201
1874
1957
10??
19-20
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
?
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
Chandidasa
OEMI0432
215216
?
?
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
P00019
Chitta Babu
1013
OEMI0497
243
1936
20
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
veena player
Well-known veena player
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
P00141
Damayanti Joshi
?
OEMI0517
253
1932
20
?
Kathak danseuse
Lucknow Kathak
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Dasganu
?
OEMI0526
258
1868
1962
?
19-20
?
?
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
Dasopant
?
OEMI0529
259
1551
1616
?
16-17
?
?
Poet
P00142
Datar,D.K.
1014
OEMI0530
259
1932
20
based in Mumbai
violinist
Noted violinist
Deval,K.B.
0506
OEMI0553
274275
1847
1931
0316
19-20
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
musicologist
Musicologist
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Dhannabai
?
OEMI0566
283
?
?
?
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
Pannaabaai
khayaal
Dholekar,A.S.
?
OEMI0577
289
1895
1969
05??
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
Dhruvadasji
?
OEMI0580
292
1565
0.17
?
16
?
?
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
Diwaliben Bhil
0602
OEMI0590
299
1943
20
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Gajanan Varma
?
OEMI0642
325
1926
20
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
writer, performer
writer and performer
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
P00031
Gangubai Hangal
?
OEMI0657
332
1913
2009
0719
20-21
Dharwar, Karnataka
Dharwar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
her mother, Ambabai
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Ghantasala
1214
OEMI0672
355
1922
1974
?
20
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
P00042
Ginde, K.G.
1226
OEMI0693
365
1925
1994
0713
20
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
S.N. Ratanjankar
Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
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
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
P00151
Gubbi Viranna
0124
OEMI0751
384
1891
1972
1018
19-20
Gubbi village, Mysore region
Bangalore
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
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
Hassan Imam
0701
OEMI0822
418
1958
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dancer and teacher
G.A. Mannan
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Jagaddhara
OEMI0898
449
Scholar of the medieval period
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani

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