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
OEMI0279
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
khayaal
1849
?
Bedag,Maharashtra
1926
?
Miraj,Maharashtra
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
113
OEMI2190
Venkataramaiah, K.S. （'Papa'）
violinist
Violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
his father Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswami Pillai
1123
OEMI0223
Babu Khan （Rudra Vina）
Noted performer and teacher
0.1892
Narwar, Madhhya Pradesh
1941
1125
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Murad Khan
93
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
OEMI0649
Ganapati-bua Bhilavadikar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, reputed teacher, and an early musical guide of V.N. Bhatkhande
0.1861
Vathar village, near Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1927
0823
Sangli, Maharashtra
Vasudev-bua Joshi
328329
OEMI0662
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
1890
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Nityananda
349350
OEMI0670
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
Pakhaawaj player
1880
Rajasthan
0.1915
?
his father Shankarlal
354355
OEMI1049
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
?
?
540
OEMI1184
Lalit Mohan Mukhopadhya
vocalist
Talented dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1898
Kolkata
1944
Kolkata
his father Mahindra Nath
595
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
OEMI1365
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
Kathak dancer and teacher
1913
0812
?
1985
1201
Hubli,Karnataka
Sunder Prasad,Achhan Maharaj,Shambhu Maharaj
683
OEMI1396
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
1864
?
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
1927
?
?
Mughlu Khan
696697
OEMI1441
Nana-saheb Chaphekhar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1896
0120
?
1969
0115
Pune, Maharashtra
Ramkrishna-bua Vase
720
OEMI1450
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Agra）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
1899
Mysore
0.1945
Agra
Agra gharaanaa?
Kallan Khan
723
OEMI1472
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
0.1905
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
1959
0111
Bangalore
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
727
OEMI1663
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
1737
Delhi
?
834
OEMI2092
Swaminatha Pillai, T.N.
performer of the flute
1900
Tirupamburam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1961
Chennai
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai
1042
OEMI2166
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
1795
Thanjavur
1869
Thanjavur
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
1114
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
OEMI2177
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
1923
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
1119
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
P00057
OEMI0141
Anantharaman, M.S.
violinist
Violinist
1924
Chennai
Parur A. Sundaram Iyer
5859
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0224
Babu Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tablaa player?
Delhi
1899
Kolkata
his mother
93
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI0383
Bindadin Maharaj
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
0.1838
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1918
Lucknow
Thakur Prasad
192
OEMI0426
Chamman Khan-saheb
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
1878
Rampur
1922
Rampur
213
OEMI0430
Chand Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of years
1888
1980
1220
Delhi
Delhi saarangi gharaanaa
Mamman Khan, Sangi Khan
214
OEMI0437
Chandrabhaga Devi
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
?
1997
0414
Bangalore
218
OEMI0484
Chinnaswami Dasar
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
0.1828
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
0.1881
?
240
OEMI0522
Damodarlal Kabra
Sarod player
1926
0317
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
1979
0804
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
253
OEMI0536
Dattu-bua Inamdar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
1908
?
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
1986
0927
?
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
260
P00143
OEMI0555
Devendra Murdeshwar
Maestro of Hindustani flute
1923
0919
North Kanara district,Karnataka
2000
0129
Mumbai
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
275
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI0607
Dwarkanath Ghosh
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
1847
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
1938
Kolkata
307
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI0674
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
dhrupad
0.18
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
0.188
Fatehpur Sikri
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
356
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI0806
Hari Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1802
?
1868
?
Benares
411
OEMI0815
Haripada Chowdhari
Flute player and teacher
1911
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1989
0114
Mumbai
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
415
OEMI0823
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
?
?
418
P05928
OEMI0838
Hirabai Barodekar
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
1905
0529
Miraj, Maharashtra
1989
1120
Pune, Maharashtra
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
431432
OEMI0850
Hussainuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
?
?
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
437
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI0939
Jigar Moradabadi
poet
Urdu poet,known for his ghazals
ghazals
1890
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
1960
0909
Gonda,Uttar Pradesh
479
OEMI0943
Jiwanlal Maharaj
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
1828
Morvi,Gujarat
1888
?
480481
OEMI0987
Kale Khan （Lahore）
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
P00097
OEMI1003
Kamala Murthy,T.R.
Harikathaa performer
1932
?
Lakshmikudi,Tamil Nadu
Annasami Bhagavatar,Embar Vijaya Raghavachariar,and Venkatasubramania Sastrigal
508
OEMI1090
Kolar Nagaratnam
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
?
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
563
OEMI1108
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
1924
0530
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
1992
1012
?
571
OEMI1115
Krishnarao Sangle
writer
writer
?
?
573
OEMI1172
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
?
?
591
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1254
Mallikarjun Mansur
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1910
1231
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
1992
0912
?
631632
OEMI1282
Manoharlal Sharma
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
?
?
1970
?
?
644
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1324
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
qavvaali singer
?
?
671
OEMI1368
Moroba Waghulikar
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
?
1908
0120
?
686
OEMI1408
Muthaiah Bhagavatar （Harikesanallur）
vocalist, composer
Well-known vocalist, Harikathaa exponent, and composer
Harikathaa
1877
1115
Punalveli village, near Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
1945
0630
Mysore
704
P00069
OEMI1494
Narayanrao Vyas
vocalist
vocalist
1902
0404
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1984
0401
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
731
OEMI1582
Panchakshari Gawai
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher,pioneer of Hindustani music in karnataka
1892
0202
Kadashettihalli,Hanagal taluk,Karnataka
1944
0611
?
Harapanahali Bheemarayappa(vocal 1900-2)
789
OEMI1694
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1850
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
1922
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
858859
P00210
OEMI1710
Rajiv Taranath
sarod player
Noted sarod player
1932
1017
Bangalore, Karnataka
865
OEMI1718
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1885
0526
Navsari, Gujarat
1919
0123
Mumbai
868
OEMI1830
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
1872
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
1948
0522
Chennai
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
907
OEMI1888
Sarat Chandra Sarma
singer
1913
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
948949
OEMI1918
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
?
?
963
OEMI1957
Sheik Chinna Moula
Well-known naagaswaram player
1924
0512
Karavadi, Andhra Pradesh
1999
0413
?
his uncle Madar-sahib, Sheik Adam-sahib, and Duraikkannu Pillai
971
OEMI2033
Sripada Pinakapani
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1913
0803
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
1009
OEMI2109
Tarini Charan Patra
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
1901
?
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
1979
0304
?
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
1067
OEMI2149
Umrao Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1845
0.192
Hyderabad
his illustrious father Tanras Khan
1102
OEMI2196
Venugopala Krishna Sharma （Pasumarty）
Well-known performer of Kuuchipuudi dance-drama
1933
Kuchipudi village, Andhra Pradesh
Chinta Venkatarama Ayya and Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastri
1123
OEMI2248
Yashwantrao Kerkar
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
1914
0221
Keri town, Goa
1989
1217
Mumbai
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
1153
P00059
OEMI1232
Maharajapuram Viswanatha lyer
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Karnatik
1896
0915
Maharajapuram,Tamil Nadu
1970
Chennai
Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer
620
OEMI1482
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1612
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
0.1863
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
805
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
OEMI0336
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
?
?
Shankarrao Pandit
153
P00050
OEMI1116
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
vocalist
vocalist
1893
0708
Gwalior
1989
0822
Gwalior
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
573
OEMI1349
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1907
09??
Haryana
1988
0927
Maharashtra
Kader Bakhsh
680
OEMI1463
Narayan Chandra Goswami
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
1942
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
726
OEMI1562
Pachu Pillai(Champakulam)
Kathakali dancer
Kathakali
1907
10??
Champakulam,Kerala
Paramu Pillai,Vechoor Raman Pillai
779
OEMI1630
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
1860
?
1919
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
813
OEMI1701
Raja-bhaiyya Pochwale
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
1882
0812
Gwalior
1956
0401
?
Waman-bua, Lala-bua
863
P00084
OEMI1792
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
veena player and teacher
1932
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
887
OEMI1906
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
1993
Mysore
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
960
OEMI1914
Sevakji （Damodar Swami）
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
1524
Ghadha, Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh
1557
Vrindavan
962
OEMI1991
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
1908
0304
Puri, Orissa
1975
0316
?
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
982
OEMI2091
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1920
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
1998
0519
?
Subramania Iyer
1042
OEMI2148
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
0.1788
?
0.184
probably Rewa
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
1102
OEMI0653
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
dhrupad
0.1808
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
0.1874
Kolkata
Mir Nasiram
331332
OEMI1702
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
863
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
OEMI0362
Bhishmadev Chatterji
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
1909
1108
Hooghly district,Bengal
1977
0808
Kolkata
179
OEMI0396
Bishnuprasad Rabha
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
1909
0131
Dhaka
1969
0620
Tezpur, Assam
195
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI0560
Devji-bua Paranjape
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
0.1798
?
Pune,Maharashtra
1878
?
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
Gadgil-bua
279
OEMI0629
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
0.1881
?
?
1971
0826
?
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
319