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
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Joshi, D.T.
10??
OEMI0963
489
1914
1993
10??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
Kagalkar, V.A.
0604
OEMI0978
497
1902
20
Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Kale Khan （Saras-piya）
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family
Kamalam
?
OEMI1006
508509
?
?
?
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
Kambal
?
OEMI1008
509
?
?
?
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
Kamleshwari Devi
?
OEMI1009
510
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
Kanailal Dhendi
?
OEMI1010
513
0.1861
1901
?
19-20
Gaya
Gaya
Reputed esraaj exponent
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
P00165
Kanak Rele
?
OEMI1011
513
1937
20
Mumbai
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
P00044
Kanthe Maharaj
OEMI1024
517
1888
1968
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
tabla player
Baldev Sahari
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Keshavrao Bhole
0523
OEMI1057
541
1896
1967
19-20
Amravati, Maharashtra
Mumbai
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Khajurbai
OEMI1067
543
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Khetramohan Kar
0830
OEMI1072
554
1902
1986
20
Puri, Orissa
Puri
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
P00047
Kishan Maharaj
0903
OEMI1083
559
1923
2008
0504
20-21
Benares
Benares
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
his father Hari Maharaj, paternal uncle Kanthe Maharaj
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
Kohala
OEMI1089
560561
?
?
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
P00174
Kumudini Lakhia
OEMI1134
579
1935
20
Maharashtra
Kathak danseuse
Lachhu Maharaj
0901
OEMI1148
585
1901
1978
0719
20
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Kathak dancer
Lakshmideva
OEMI1165
590591
1780
1858
18-19
Bardowa, Assam
Bali Sattra
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
his father , Bhadradeva
Lalan Fakir
OEMI1177
592
0.1774
1891
18-19
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Lalan Prasad
OEMI1178
592
0.1856
1926
19-20
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
Lalit Mohinidev
OEMI1185
595
0.1727
0.1805
18
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Lalmohan Patra
?
OEMI1192
600
1908
1989
?
20
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
?
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
Lalu Rababi
?
OEMI1193
601
?
?
?
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
Lila,P.
?
OEMI1202
606
1933
2005
1029
20-21
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
Ernakulam district
Playback singer
Madhavi Mudgal
?
OEMI1218
613
1951
20
Delhi
Odissi danseuse
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
P00182
Maheswar Neog
OEMI1236
621
1918
1995
0913
20
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
Guwahati,Assam
author and researcher in music and fine arts
Makulloluwa,W.B.
0217
OEMI1245
623
1922
1984
0908
20
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
?
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
Malkajan Chulbulewali
OEMI1250
630
?
?
singer-dancer
Manarang
?
OEMI1257
634
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
Manarang
khayaal
Mangi Singh,L.
?
OEMI1261
639
1929
20
Imphal,Manipur
sitar player
Sitar player
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
Mangubai
?
OEMI1262
639
0.185
0.194
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
Mathor Shankara Murthy
?
OEMI1298
657
1922
1993
0705
20
Muthalapura,Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
Matrugupta
?
OEMI1300
657
?
?
?
Scholar of music and poetics
Mirabai
?
OEMI1314
663664
0.1504
1546
?
16
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
?
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
Menaka
1015
OEMI1320
669
1899
1947
0427
19-20
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
?
Kathak dancer
Mirashi-bua
OEMI1325
671
1883
1966
0105
19-20
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
?
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Mirza-saheb
OEMI1331
672
1875
1937
19-20
?
?
harmonium player
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Mitradev Mahanta
OEMI1334
673
1894
1983
19-20
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Letugram Sattra
composer
composer
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
Mohammad Bakhsh
OEMI1345
679
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Mohammad Ghous
OEMI1347
679
1910
1953
0321
20
Bangalore
Sri Lanka
music director
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
Mohammad Hussain
OEMI1348
679
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
P01175
Mohammad Rafi
1224
OEMI1354
680681
1924
1980
0830
20
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
Mumbai
singer of Hindi films
Mohammad Reza
OEMI1355
681
?
?
author
Mohammad Sali
0716
OEMI1356
681
1930
1988
0413
20
Colombo,Sri Lanka
Colombo
harmonium player
Mohanlal
OEMI1364
683
?
?
singer-actor
P00096
Mukta,T.
?
OEMI1379
692
1914
20
Chennai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Nayana Pillai
Muthusamy, R.
0105
OEMI1414
705
1928
1988
0627
20
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
Nagaridev
?
OEMI1432
715
1547
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Naina Devi
?
OEMI1435
717
1920
1993
1101
20
Bengal
New Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
Nanda Malini
0823
OEMI1443
721
1943
20
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Nandadas
OEMI1444
721
1545
1595
16
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
Nannu-miya
OEMI1455
723
?
?
Well-known performer of dholak
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Narayanrao Indorekar
0108
OEMI1490
730
1907
1989
0602
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
?
tabla player
Tabla exponent
his father Gopalrao, Jahangir Khan, Gammi Khan
Narharidevji
?
OEMI1496
731
0.1587
0.1688
?
16-17
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
Nayak Baiju
?
OEMI1520
751
0.1465
0.154
?
15
Champaner village,North Gujarat
?
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
Nayak Bakhshu
?
OEMI1521
751752
0.146
0.1535
?
15
?
?
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
Raja Maansingh Toomar
dhrupad
Nazir, V.
OEMI1527
755
1735
1846
18-19
near Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet
P00071
Nikhil Banerji
1014
OEMI1533
760
1931
1986
0127
20
Kolkata
?
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Nilufar Yasmin
0213
OEMI1535
761
1948
20
Khulna, Bangkadesh
Singer, noted for Nazrul-geeti and some other forms of songs, presented on the Bangladesh radio, television, in films, and contests
P.C. Gomes and some other
Nomita Ghose
1211
OEMI1551
766
1959
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
vocalist
vocalist
Jashoda Ghose,P.C.Gomes,Barin Mazumdar
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Pahad Singh
OEMI1571
781
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Jaawli
Paluskar,D.V.
0518
OEMI1579
785786
1921
1955
1025
20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
Paluskar,V.D.
0818
OEMI1580
786788
1872
1931
0821
19-20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Pannalal Ghosh
0724
OEMI1590
794
1911
1960
0420
20
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
Delhi
flute maestro
Parsvadeva
OEMI1602
799
?
?
author
Patthe Bapurao
OEMI1614
806
1868
1946
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
Pratibha Devi
OEMI1642
826
1856
1922
19-20
Jorasanko, Kolkata
Kolkata
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
Purandaradasa
OEMI1651
830831
0.1471
1564
0102
15-16
Purandaragad village
Hampi Karnataka
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
Putli
OEMI1659
834
20
?
?
vocalist
vovalist
Putturaj Gawai
OEMI1662
834
1914
20
Dharwar district,Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Panchakshari Gawai
Pyara-saheb
OEMI1665
835
1850
1923
19-20
Lucknow
?
vocalist
vocalist

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