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
P00110
Narayana Menon, V.K.
OEMI1474
727
191011
1997
0726
20
Thrissur, Kerala
Delhi
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
0717
OEMI2121
1072
1930
20
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri dance exponent
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
P00049
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
OEMI2194
1123
1910
1982
0823
20
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
?
Mridangam player
Palghat Mani
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
OEMI1470
727
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
Akshay Chowdhury
?
OEMI0069
34
?
?
?
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
Bhagwat Rasikdev
OEMI0331
148149
1742
18-19
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
Bhat, S.C.R.
0312
OEMI0350
164
1919
2008
0214
20-21
Shirali, south Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
P05922
Bhimsen Joshi
0204
OEMI0361
177178
1922
20
Ron,Karnataka
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Chaturbhujdas
OEMI0449
225226
1540
1625
16-17
?
?
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Chintoba Gurav
1122
OEMI0493
241
1874
1956
0403
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Clements,E.C.
OEMI0508
247
1875
1935
19-20
England
?
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
Dag Dehalvi
0525
OEMI0513
250251
1831
1905
0214
19-20
Delhi
Hyderabad
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
Damodar Pandit
?
OEMI0519
253
?
13
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
Naagdevaachaarya
Day,C.R.
?
OEMI0539
261
?
?
?
Author
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Desikachar,V.
?
OEMI0551
271
1924
20
Mysore
Noted flute exponent and teacher
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
P00010
Devendrappa,B.
?
OEMI0557
275276
1986
?
20
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
Mysore
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Dulichand （Seth）
OEMI0598
303
0.185
1920
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
Gangoly, O.C.
0801
OEMI0656
332
1881
1974
0209
19-20
Kolkata
?
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Gomez, P.C.
OEMI0711
371
1904
1984
1204
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
Govinda Swami
OEMI0740
381
1509
1589
16
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Govindrao Apte
OEMI0746
382
1958
1008
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Govindrao Tembe
0705
OEMI0749
383
1881
1955
0529
19-20
Sangavade Maharashtra
Delhi
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
P00154
Harishankar, G.
OEMI0818
416
1958
2002
0211
20-21
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
?
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
dhrupad
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
Janardhan Pethe
OEMI0917
462
1912
1962
0328
20
Maharashtra
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
John Foulds
OEMI0954
487
1880
1939
19-20
Manchester, England
Kolkata
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
Kanan,A.
06??
OEMI1013
514
1920
2004
0912
20-21
Chennai
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti and Amir Khan
Kanchi Namati
OEMI1014
514
190010
1970
20
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
Nagaon district
singer
folk singer
folk
Keshavrao Apte
OEMI1056
540
1862
1945
19-20
Ujjain
Indore
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Kovana Samayya
OEMI1093
568
18
?
?
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
Kotiswara Iyer
OEMI1094
568
1869
1938
1021
19-20
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Kuvarpal Swami
OEMI1145
582
?
?
composer
composer
Lakshman Swami
OEMI1157
588
1898
1973
19-20
?
?
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
Lebdev,G.S.
?
OEMI1201
606
?
?
?
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
Mahadkar,S.A.
?
OEMI1227
619
1915
20
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
Mahmudunnabi
1216
OEMI1242
622
1941
1990
1220
20
Burdwan region,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesh
singer
Manasvi
OEMI1258
635
1904
1969
0703
20
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
?
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
Manhar Barve
1220
OEMI1263
639
1910
1972
0526
20
Mumbai
?
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Ganapatrao Barve
Mansingh Tomar
?
OEMI1286
645
1450
1517
?
15-16
?
?
?
Marris,W.S.
?
OEMI1290
652
?
20
?
?
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
Mirza Ghalib
OEMI1328
672
19
?
?
poet
Mithas Joshi
OEMI1333
673
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
Mohan Upreti
OEMI1363
682
1925
1997
0606
20
?
New Delhi
singer
Moropant
OEMI1369
686687
1729
1794
18
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
?
poet,keertan singer
Muktaram Barua
03??
OEMI1380
692
1932
20
Rainakuchi village, Darrang district,Assam
Singer and Deodhani dancer
his father Kalaram
Nadira Begum
0810
OEMI1429
713
1948
20
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Singer
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
Namdev
OEMI1439
718719
1270
1350
13-14
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
?
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
Nanhaku Maharaj
OEMI1446
722
1920
1995
1014
20
?
Benares
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
Benares
Narsinh Mehta
?
OEMI1498
732
1415
1481
?
15
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
?
Saint-poet of Gujarat
Nathmal Joshi
?
OEMI1512
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pahadi Sanyal
0222
OEMI1572
782
1906
1974
20
Darjeeling
Bengal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Palanivel,A.K.
OEMI1575
783
1948
20
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
Paramanandadas
OEMI1597
797
1497
1587
15-16
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
Pingalshi Gadhvi
0727
OEMI1623
811
1914
1998
0531
20
Chhatvawa village, Junagadh district, Gujarat
Jamnagar, Gujarat
singer, author
Folk-singer and author of Gujarati folk literature of many genres
Gujarati folk
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Raghavan,V.
0822
OEMI1677
855856
1908
1979
0405
20
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
P00011
Rajam Iyer, B.
07??
OEMI1703
863
1922
20
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Ganapathy Iyer
Rajkumari
OEMI1715
866
0.1925
2000
0317
20
Benares
Mumbai
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
Ramadeva Ata
OEMI1737
872
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
Ramchandra, C.
0112
OEMI1755
876877
1918
1982
0105
20
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Shankarro Sapre
Hindi film music
Ramesh Nadkarni
0813
OEMI1764
879
1921
1995
0707
20
Bankikodala, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
Ramnidhi Gupta
OEMI1774
882
1741
1838
18-19
Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
Rasol Beg
OEMI1805
892
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Roshan Jamil
0508
OEMI1819
902
1931
2002
0314
20-21
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dhaka
dancer-actress,teacher
Roshan Kumari
OEMI1820
902
20
?
kathak danseuse
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
Roy, R.N.
OEMI1822
903
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rupasinha, H.W.
1124
OEMI1828
905
1895
1971
0424
19-20
Matara, Sri Lanka
?
composer
singer, composer
M.G.Perera
Santidev Ghosh
0507
OEMI1876
942943
1910
1999
1201
20
Bangladesh []the part of India
Kolkata
exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
Sarabha Sasti
OEMI1878
944
1872
1904
19-20
Kumbhakonam
Chennai
flautist
Natesa Pillai, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Ayyar
Sarasdev
OEMI1884
946
?
?
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Shanta Apte
1123
OEMI1948
967968
1923
1964
02??
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' （Hin, 1937） and such other films
Sheikh Dawod
1216
OEMI1959
971
1916
1992
0321
20
Solapur, Maharashtra
Hyderabad
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
Sheikh Gulab
OEMI1960
971
1914
20
Lakho village, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh
He represented Madhya Pradesh from 1954 to 1985 in presenting folk dances at the Republic Day parades and at All India folk dance festivals
Shyam Kumbhar
OEMI1977
975
0.1466
15
?
?
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
Siyaram Tiwari
0121
OEMI2005
989
1921
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
dhrupad
Sopandev
?
OEMI2022
994
1277
1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Srichand Misra
?
OEMI2026
1008
0.19
0.197
?
20
Benares
?
tabla player
Tabla player
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj

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