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
OEMI0351
Bhate-bua （Ganpatrao）
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
1882
Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1943
?
Balkrishhna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
164
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI0425
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
1908
Mysore
1988
?
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
213
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0723
Gopalakrishna Bharati
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
1810
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1896
375
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI1017
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
Mridangam player
1927
?
1995
0430
Chennai
his father
515
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI1071
Khapru-mama Parvatkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1880
Parvat village, Goa
1953
0903
Parvat village
his father Raghuvir-mama
547
OEMI1073
Khitish Chandra Maitra
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
1906
1008
Balasore district, Orissa
1980
Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
554
OEMI1265
Mani Madhava Chakyar
Eminent Kootiyaattam performer
1898
?
Palakkad district,Kerala
1990
0615
Kerala
Vasu Nambeesan,Sankaran Nambootiri(Panisseri),and Parikshit Rama Varma Tampuran
639
OEMI1279
Manohar Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1794
?
?
1874
?
?
643
OEMI1417
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1921
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
1992
Chennai
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
706
OEMI1430
Nagabhushanachar,V.
1932
?
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
714715
OEMI1433
Nagaswami Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1894
?
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
1952
?
?
715
P06047
OEMI1502
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1924
1220
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
733
OEMI1504
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1921
0512
Alwar,Rajasthan
1966
0524
?
his father Nasiruddin Khan and other elders in the family network
733
OEMI1634
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
1882
1106
Valsad district, South Gujarat
1943
0125
Dharampur, South Gujarat
822823
OEMI1674
Radhika Mohan Moitra
sarod player
1917
0213
Kolkata
1981
1015
Kolkata
843844
OEMI1734
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
1926
Karnataka
871
OEMI1783
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Delhi region
1897
Mumbai
Lal Khan
885
OEMI1810
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
1900
Mumbai
Mumbai
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
894
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI2224
Vitthalrao Korgaonkar
harmonium player and connoisseur
1880
Mumbai
1974
1231
Belgaum, Karnataka
Kiraanaa
Bhagawat-bua of the troupe,and Bacchubhai Bhandare
1139
OEMI0321
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
1935
Bellari
1985
Bangalore
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
135
OEMI0780
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
?
1936
?
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
400
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI1052
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1892
0106
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
540
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu （Loka）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.） and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0112
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1847
?
Gwalior
0.1915
?
Gwalior
50
OEMI0128
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
1877
0822
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1947
0909
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
56
OEMI0238
Bade Munne （Tabla）
0.1845
?
0.1905
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
97
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
P01145
OEMI0366
Bhubaneswar Mishra
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
1927
?
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
1993
0507
?
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
183
OEMI0413
Bulakilal Yadav
tabla player
Tabla player
0.1923
?
?
2000
0408
Allahabad
Lalji Shrivastav
204
P00138
OEMI0422
Chakradhar Mahanta
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
1902
0818
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1982
0409
Saudkuchi Sattra
210
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0616
Irode Viswanatha lyer
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
1905
?
?
1988
0914
New Delhi
311
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar （Vishalur）
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI0754
Gulab Khan （Seni）
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
dhrupad
0.17
Delhi
0.1768
Jaipur, Rajasthan
his father Hassan Khan Seni
386
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI0829
Helmholtz, Hermann
Eminent German scientist
1821
0831
Postdam, Germany
1894
0908
Berlin
421
OEMI0861
Imam Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent）
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
439
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
OEMI1058
Keshavrao Bhosale
singer-actor
Eminent singer-actor of the Marathi satge
Marathi satge
1890
0809
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1921
1004
?
541
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI1166
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
?
?
591
OEMI1171
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
0.1562
?
0.165
?
591
P05977
OEMI1248
Malini Rajurkar
vocalist
vocalist
1941
Ajmer,Rajasthan
Govindrao Rajurkar
629
OEMI1260
Mangeshrao Telang
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
1856
08??
Baad,near Karwar,Karnataka
1949
08??
Karwar
639
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1367
Morgaumkar Bhave
composer
composer
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
686
OEMI1412
Muthukumara Pillai
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1874
1027
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1960
0822
Kattumannar Koil
704
OEMI1514
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
khayaal
0.176
?
Gwalior
0.1837
?
Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
741
OEMI1526
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
755
OEMI1529
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
?
?
756
P01103
OEMI1576
Palghat Mani Iyer
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
1912
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
1981
0530
Kochi
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
784
OEMI1601
Parshuram Shahir
composer
composer
1754
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
1844
?
798799
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI1643
Pratibha Prahlad
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
1963
Mysore
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
826827
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
P00211
OEMI1721
Ram Kailas Yadav
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
1928
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
868
OEMI1732
Ramachandra Ata
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1687
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
1752
?
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
871
OEMI1735
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
1906
1118
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
871
OEMI1744
Ramanathan, M.D.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1923
0520
Manjapara, Palakkad, Kerala
1984
0427
Chennai
his father Devesa Bhagavatar and Tiger Varadachariar
873
OEMI1749
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
1872
?
his father Gangabishnu
874
OEMI1765
Rameshwar Pathak
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
?
?
879
OEMI1789
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
1930
Chennai
886
OEMI1875
Sant Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1966
1116
942
OEMI1895
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Godavaribai Punekar
953
OEMI1969
Shovana Narayan
Kathak dancer
1950
Kolkata
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
973974
OEMI1971
Shridhar Parsekar
violinist
Noted violinist
1920
Parse, Goa
1964
0911
?
Gajananrao Joshi
974
OEMI1978
Shyam Sundar Dhir
vocalist
Vocalist
1897
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
1988
0116
?
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
975
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI2035
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
Mridangam player and teacher
1894
1227
Palghat district,Kerala
1961
0617
?
1010
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
P02466
OEMI2111
Tarun Kumar Singh
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
1912
?
Imphal,Manipur
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
1068
OEMI2130
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
1798
?
?
1904
?
Chennai
Tyaagaraaja
1085
OEMI2213
Vishnupant Chhatre
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
1840
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
1905
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Haddu Khan （vocalist）
1136
OEMI2233
Wahid Khan（Sitar）
sitar player
Well-known sitar and surbahaar player
1895
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
his father Imdad Khan
1144
OEMI2235
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
composer
Illustrious disciple of composer Tyaagaraaja
1781
0218
probably Ayyampettai,former kingdom of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
Walajapet,near Chennai
his father Nalluswaamy
1144
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
OEMI1528
Nilakantan Nambisan （Kalamandalam）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Kathakali
1919
1101
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
1980
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
756