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
Roprasik Devacharya
OEMI1818
902
16
?
?
composer
composer
Shadi Khan （Benares）
OEMI1917
963
19
?
?
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
Someswara Bhagavatar
OEMI2016
993
1891
1943
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
Sukavi Narayanadeva
?
OEMI2053
1026
?
17
?
?
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
OEMI2150
1103
Sri Lanka
18
?
?
musician
Musician-philosopher
Vaasudevendra
Vaman-bua Chaphekar
OEMI2160
1112
1879
1964
19-20
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Balkrishna-bua
Venkitadri Swamigal
OEMI2195
1123
1806
1876
19
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Parameswara Bhagavatar (Palakkad)
OEMI1598
798
1815
1892
19
Palakkad region,Kerala
?
vocalist
vocalist
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
P04603
Dwaram Bhava Narayana Rao
OEMI0605
306
1924
1999
0724
No
20
Visakhapatnam
?
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
his father, Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
Karnatik style
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
OEMI1910
961
18
?
?
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
?
OEMI0568
284
?
?
?
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
OEMI0671
355
1876
1953
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI0720
374
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Haricharan Das Swami
OEMI0811
412
Dhaka
18
?
?
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
OEMI0872
442
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
the family
Lakshminarayan Rajak
OEMI1167
591
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
his father Chhotelal Rajak
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
OEMI1461
725726
1790
18-19
Andhra
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
Narayanaswami Ayyar
OEMI1481
728
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
0927
OEMI1486
729
1914
1999
1209
20
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
?
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
Thavancore style
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Parvatiprasad Baruah
OEMI1606
800
1904
1964
20
Sibsagar district,Assam
?
composer
singer,composer
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
OEMI0320
135
Mysore
1888
1936
19-20
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
0811
OEMI0423
211
1905
1947
1007
20
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
?
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
OEMI0800
410
0.1887
0.195
19-20
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
OEMI1478
728
1806
1868
19
?
?
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
OEMI2186
11211122
0.17
1765
18
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
OEMI1109
571572
18-19
?
?
patron,
royal patron of music and author
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
OEMI1420
706
1901
20
?
?
mridangam player
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
Nana-saheb Joglekar
0208
OEMI1442
720
1875
1911
1115
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Vrindavan Devacharya
?
OEMI2227
11401141
?
18
?
?
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
OEMI1489
730
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Krishnarao Pandit
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
Aga Amir
?
OEMI0045
23
Pakistan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Aga Shergul
?
OEMI0047
23
Pakistan
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Ahobal Pandit
?
OEMI0059
29
probably born near Benares
?
16
?
?
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
0318
OEMI0221
9293
1903
20
Bari, Goa
?
Noted harmonium player
Baburam Sahai
OEMI0225
9394
Allahabad
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
Bacha Mishra
OEMI0229
94
1876
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bahadur Singh
1019
OEMI0251
102
1903
1967
20
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Bakhshu-miya
OEMI0257
106
0.175
18
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
Baldevji
?
OEMI0274
112
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
dhrupad
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
0421
OEMI0406
201
1874
1957
10??
19-20
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
?
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
Chandidasa
OEMI0432
215216
?
?
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Chandrabai
OEMI0435
217
Agra
1833
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Mansingh Vaidprakash
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Chikka Subba Rao
OEMI0478
239
Mysore
?
?
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
his father Dodda Subba Rao
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chirag
OEMI0494
241
Punjjabi
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Chitrabai
OEMI0496
242
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
P02697
Chowdiah, T.
0101
OEMI0503
244245
1895
1967
0119
No
19-20
Tirumakudalu, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Violin celebrity
Bidaram Krishnappa
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Dargahi Mishra
?
OEMI0524
257
Benares
1849
1926
?
19-20
Benares
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Dasganu
?
OEMI0526
258
1868
1962
?
19-20
?
?
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
Dasopant
?
OEMI0529
259
1551
1616
?
16-17
?
?
Poet
Deval,K.B.
0506
OEMI0553
274275
1847
1931
0316
19-20
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
musicologist
Musicologist
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Devidas
?
OEMI0558
278
Pune,Maharashtra
?
18
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Bijaram
Dhannabai
?
OEMI0566
283
?
?
?
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
Pannaabaai
khayaal
Dhruvadasji
?
OEMI0580
292
1565
0.17
?
16
?
?
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
Dilaram Mishra
?
OEMI0582
295
Benares
?
17
?
?
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Fakruddin
?
OEMI0620
316317
Rahasthan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Ghantasala
1214
OEMI0672
355
1922
1974
?
20
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
Giribala Dasi
OEMI0694
365
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent

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