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
P00035
Guruvayur Dorai
OEMI0763
392
1935
20
Guruvayur, Kerala
Mridangam player
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Inayat Hussain
OEMI0868
441
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
Indramohan Das
OEMI0878
443444
19
?
?
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
P00158
Ishitiaq Ahmad
OEMI0882
445
1919
1967
20
?
?
Sarod player
Kalidas Pal
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
Kader Bakhsh
OEMI0973
494
0.188
1934
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his father Axim Bakhsh
Kalu-miya
?
OEMI0995
506
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
P00164
Kamala
0616
OEMI1001
507
1934
20
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
Kamala Jharia
?
OEMI1002
507508
1907
1980
1220
20
Jharia,Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Khadilkar, K.P.
1123
OEMI1062
542
1872
1948
0826
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Kshitij Basu
OEMI1124
575
1914
1982
0122
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
La Meri
OEMI1146
583
?
?
American danseuse
Lachhiram
OEMI1147
585
1867
1937
19-20
Budasu,Rajasthan
?
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
Lalchand Boral
OEMI1179
592593
1870
1907
19-20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lalji-bua
OEMI1189
600
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lallu Singh
OEMI1190
600
0.1928
2000
0824
20
?
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player and teacher
Madho Singh
Lalmani Mishra
0811
OEMI1191
600
1924
1979
0717
20
Kanpur
Benares
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
Lalu Ram Sahu
?
OEMI1194
601
1920
20
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
P00107
Lata Mangeshkar
0928
OEMI1195
603604
1929
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
singer
Celebrated film singer
Dinanath Mangeshkar
film
P00179
Lila Samson
?
OEMI1203
606
1951
20
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Mahendra Bhatt
01??
OEMI1233
621
1989
20
Rajasthan
violinist
violinist
Manmohan Bhatt
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
Mehndi Hassan
OEMI1319
667
Jaipur
vocalist,composer
ghazal singer ,composer
ghazal
Meruswami
OEMI1321
669
?
?
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
P00185
Minati Mishra
OEMI1322
671
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Odissi danseuse and teacher
Mohammad Pana
OEMI1353
680
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Usman
OEMI1358
681682
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
Mohan Khokar
1230
OEMI1361
682
1924
1999
0917
20
Quetta, now in Pakistan
Chennai
historian,archive-holder of Indian dances
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Nandlal Sharma
0611
OEMI1445
722
1909
1990
1130
20
Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teadher
Rajab Ali Khan
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Nannu Sahai
OEMI1454
723
1892
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Nanu Ram
OEMI1456
724
?
?
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
Narayan Das
OEMI1464
726
1870
1934
19-20
Falaudi, Rajasthan
?
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
Navalram and Balaprasad
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
P00190
Nokot Khriam
OEMI1550
766
1944
20
Nongblai,Meghalaya
Maker of musical instruments
Omdajan
OEMI1561
772
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Padmanabhayya
OEMI1567
780
1847
1900
19
?
Mysore city
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
Paglibai
OEMI1570
781
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Pran Nath
1103
OEMI1638
825
1919
1996
0613
20
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
Berkeley, USA
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Raghunath Rath
OEMI1681
856
?
?
author
Raghunath Seth
1215
OEMI1682
856
1931
20
Gwalior
flute player
Rahimsen
OEMI1691
858
1785
1850
18-19
Gwalior
Jhajjar
sitar player
sitar player
Sukhsen
Rajanikant Sen
OEMI1705
864
1865
1910
19-20
Bhangabari, Pabna district （now Bangladesh）
?
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
Ram Marathe
1023
OEMI1722
868
1924
1989
1004
20
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
Ram Sahai
OEMI1726
870
0.1815
0.1868
19
Benares
Benares
tabla player
Outstanding tabla player, originator of the Benares tradition in tabla
Benares
Ramamatya
OEMI1740
872
16
?
?
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Rani Karna
OEMI1796
887
1939
20
Hyderabad, Sind province of Pakistan
Kathak dancer
Lalitha Sastri, Navendra Kumar Singh
Ras Baras
OEMI1801
888
17
?
?
author
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
P00098
Rukmini, T.
1127
OEMI1825
904905
1936
20
Shimoga, Karnataka
violinist
violinist
R.R.Keshava Murthy
Ruparam
OEMI1827
905
20
?
?
actor, writer
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Saigal, K.L.
0411
OEMI1847
914915
1904
1947
0118
20
Nawashehr, Jammu
Jullundar, Punjab
singer, actor
Sakharama Rao
OEMI1851
915916
1881
1930
19-20
Tiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
goottuvaadyam maestro
Srinivasa Rao
P00218
Sarada Hoffman
OEMI1880
944
1929
20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
Shanti Vardhan
OEMI1949
968
1916
1954
0903
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
?
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
P00222
Sharada Sinha
OEMI1950
968
1953
20
Hulas, Bihar
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
Sharan Rani
0409
OEMI1952
968
1929
20
Delhi
Reputed sarod player
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
Shubha Mudgal
OEMI1976
975
1959
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
Simha
OEMI1987
977
16
?
?
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
OEMI2000
987
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
P01595
Sohan Singh
0422
OEMI2006
990
1918
1987
0203
20
Ludhiana district, Punjab
Punjab
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan （Baroda）,
Sohni Singh
OEMI2008
991
1879
19-20
?
?
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
P00225
Sonal Mansingh
?
OEMI2019
993
1944
20
Mumbai
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
Sosale Ramadas
?
OEMI2024
995
1890
1950
?
19-20
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
Mysore
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
Subbanna
?
OEMI2037
1011
1854
1939
?
19-20
Mysore
Mysore
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
Sudhakalasa
?
OEMI2047
1021
?
?
?
Author
P00230
Sudhir Phadke
0725
OEMI2049
10211022
1919
2002
0729
20-21
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer,vocalist
Noted singer and music composer
Vamanrao Phadke and Baburao Gokhale
Sukumar Sahu
0815
OEMI2058
1028
1907
20
Balasore, Orissa
composer
Oriya composer
Surdas
OEMI2079
1035
0.1478
15
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
singer
Blind singer
It is not known
Syed Abdul Hadi
0701
OEMI2099
1049
1940
20-
Comilla,Bangladesh
Singer of light forms of music
Taranath Rao
0306
OEMI2107
1066
1915
1991
0110
20
Mangalore,Karnataka
Pune,Maharashtra
tabla player
Noted tabla player and teacher
Subbarao Ankolekar and Shamshuddin Khan
Tulaja the First
OEMI2137
1095
about 18
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

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