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
Muthurama Kavirayar
OEMI1413
704705
?
?
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
Muthuswami Dikshitar
0324
OEMI1415
705706
1775
1835
1021
18-19
Tiruvarur,near Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tirunelveli district,Thanjavur,TamilNadu
vocalist, composer
Youngest of the Karnatik music trinity of vocalist-composers.
Mysore Karigiri Rao
?
OEMI1423
709
1853
1927
?
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
?
OEMI1424
709710
0.18
1885
?
19
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Prebhashankar Ramani
1122
OEMI1633
821
1890
1971
0121
19-20
Gujarat
?
Noted actor-singer of Gujaratii, Hindi, and Urdu plays
Rajab Ali Khan (Bade)
OEMI1700
862863
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Sahaji-saheb
Seshadri Gawai, R.V.
OEMI1912
962
1924
20
Davangere, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
vocalist, harmonium player
Vocalist and harmonium player
Kalkote Channabasavayya, Panchakshari Gawai, Puttaraji Gawai
Ambalal Sitari
0222
OEMI0104
4748
1922
1987
0310
20
Bilimora,Valsad district,Gujarat
Mumbai
sitar player, rudra veena player,
Sitar and rudra veena player,who later took to instrument designing
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya of the royal family of Dharampur state,South Gujarat.
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
Bhim Kant Deka
?
OEMI0360
174
1913
1971
?
20
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
?
Singer and dancer
Biswanath Sahai
OEMI0400
197
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
Jagdishnath Ray
OEMI0905
451
1870
1922
19-20
?
?
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
Kisarbai Kerkar
0713
OEMI1046
538539
1892
1977
0916
19-20
Keri,Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
?
OEMI1306
660
?
?
?
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Papanasam Sivan
OEMI1594
795
1890
1973
19-20
Polagam,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
composer
singer,composer of devotional songs
Mahadeva Bhagavathar(Noorani),Vaidyanatha Iyer(Konerirajapuram)
Pundarika Vitthal
OEMI1650
829
16
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Ramsahai Pande
OEMI1778
884
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
Contemporary performer of folk dances
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur （r.1763-87）
Durlabh Chandra Bhattacharya
OEMI0604
306
1872
1938
19-20
?
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Murari Mohan Gupta
Nissar Hussain Khan （Gwalior）
OEMI1541
763764
0.1844
0.1916
19
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
his foster-father Natthu Khan
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0139
58
0.1832
0.1896
19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Vishnupur
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
?
OEMI0207
89
1831
1880
0531
19
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
Gopal Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0713
372
0.1832
1899
19
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and an early khayaal singer of Bengal
Gopal Prasad Mishra, Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad, khyaal
Haidar Bakhsh （Chhaprauli）
OEMI0774
399
1930
19-20
?
Kolhapur
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
family and Bande Ali Khan
Muthayya Pillai （Pazhani）
OEMI1410
704
1950
20
?
?
Mridangam player
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
OEMI1549
766
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Radheshyam Kathavachak
1225
OEMI1672
843
1890
19
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
0201
OEMI0001
1
1886
1973
0912
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Aghornath Chakraborti
?
OEMI0050
2324
1920
Rajpur village of 24 Parganas,Bengal
Benares
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
Murad Ali Khan, Daulat Khan, and Srijanbai
dhrupad
Anna-saheb Gharpure
OEMI0152
65
0.185
1920
19-20
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
Pune
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
Vinayakrao Limaye
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
0303
OEMI0153
65
1843
1885
1102
19
?
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
?
OEMI0586
296
?
?
?
Poet
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
OEMI0960
488
18751900
19-20
Awas, near Mumbai
?
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
Kader Bakhsh （Tabla）
OEMI0975
494
1902
20
Lahore
?
tabla player
Tabla player
his father Fakir Bakhsh
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
Mrinalini Sarabhai
0507
OEMI1370
689
1928
20
Chennai
dancer,choreographer
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
?
OEMI1376
691
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gwalior
P00197
Pratima Barua Pandey
OEMI1644
827
1934
20
Gauripur, Assam
singer
Assamese folk singer
Radharani Mohapatra
0406
OEMI1671
843
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
vocalist
Odissi vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar,Balakrishna Dash,Dhiren Das,Khitish Maitra
Odissi
P00079
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
OEMI1692
858
1901
1975
1120
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Delhi
vocalist
vocalist
Sumar Suleman Jumani
OEMI2063
1029
1919
1999
04??
20
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
Mundra
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
Suleman Juma Jumani
Thakur Lakshman Singh
?
OEMI2119
1072
1936
?
19-20
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
Mahant Gopal Das
P00134
Behere-bua （Ganesh Ramchandra）
OEMI0319
134
1890
1968
09??
19-20
Khurda, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
Khurda
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Ganapati-bua Bhilawadikar, Abdul Karim Khan
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0675
360
19
?
?
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
Vaidyanatha Iyer (Thanjavur)
OEMI2158
1108
1895
1947
0413
19-20
Vaiyacheri, near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Doss Swamigal, Kannuswami Nattuvanar, K.Ponnayya Pillai, Subbayya Bhagavatar
Ananda Samarakon
0113
OEMI0129
56
1911
1962
0405
20
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
OEMI0387
193
1866
1940
19-20
Barisal
Barisal
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Ghulam Mohammad （Sarangi）
OEMI0682
361
?
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
OEMI0685
362
1940
20
Srinagar, Kashmir
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
Gokulchand Pujari
OEMI0708
371
1872
0.1947
19
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Mridang player and singer
Kudau Singh
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Imdad Khan （Agra）
OEMI0864
440
0.18
0.186
19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
agra gharaanaa
his family
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1005
508
1770
1820
?
18-19
Burdwan district,Bengal
Burdwan district,Bengal
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
P00193
Pankaj Charan Das
0317
OEMI1586
792793
1925
2003
0611
20-21
Orissa
Puri,Orissa
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
Ratnaprava Mahari,
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
Ram Sarop Sharma
OEMI1727
870
?
?
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
Sadashiv Narayan Thosar
OEMI1834
908
1882
1952
0317
19-20
?
?
writer
writer
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
OEMI1982
976
16
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Siddharam Jadhav
0815
OEMI1983
976
1927
20
Mangalwedha, Solapur district, Maharashtra
Reputed player of sundri, a wind instrument of the blowin type
his elder brother Baburao
Siddiqi Manganiar
OEMI1986
976
1939
20
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
singer
Folk singer
family elders
folk
Suresh-babu Mane
OEMI2085
10361037
1902
1953
0215
20
?
Miraj, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Abdul Karim Khan, mother Tarabai Barodekar, and an uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Uttam Singh (Bhai)
OEMI2153
1104
19-20
?
?
Sabad keertan performer and teacher of Amritsar, Punjab.
Bhai Gurmukh Singh, Bhai Harsa Singh
Vasudevan （Neyyantinkara）
OEMI2173
1118
1940
20-
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
P00018
Chambai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
0830
OEMI0452
227228
1896
1974
1016
19-20
Chembai village, Palghat district, Kerala
Chembai village
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
his vocalist-father Anantha Bhagavatar, Dakshina Moorthy Pillai
P00171
Krishnan Kutty Nair （Kottakkal）
OEMI1105
571
1928
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Kathakali performer
P.S. Varrier Natyasangham
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan （Sahaswan）
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
P00237
Ramankutty Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1747
874
1925
20
Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Ravunni Menon
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
0531
OEMI0188
82
1938
20
Mumbai
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
Bablibai Salgaonkar
OEMI0222
93
0.186
0.1925
19
Salgaon, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of her time
Agra
Natthan Khan
khayaal
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Charles Dias Amaratunga
OEMI0445
223
1876
1944
19-20
?
?
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
Chunnilal Hathraswale
OEMI0506
245
?
?
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
?
OEMI0639
323
1890
1949
1226
19-20
Allahabad
?
violinist
Noted violinist
P00037
Hanuman Prasad Mishra
OEMI0794
408
1914
1999
1129
20
Benares
Benares
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player and teacher
his father Sursahai Mishra, Bade Ramdasji
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
OEMI0849
437
?
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Mohammad Ali Khan(Seni)
OEMI1343
677678
1834
1927
19-20
Lucknow
Gidhaur,Uttar Pradesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
his father
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
OEMI1406
703
?
?
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Nataraja Rama Krishna
?
OEMI1507
739
1933
20
Bali Island, Indonesia
Noted performer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam and Kuuchipuudi
Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur),Rajamma(Nayudupeta), Lakshmi Narayana Sastri(Vedantam).and Satyabhama(Pendyala)

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