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
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI2240
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
?
?
?
his father Nizam Khan
1145
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
OEMI0659
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
vocalist
Vocalist
1894
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
05??
?
family
344
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
OEMI1160
Lakshmandas Sandhu
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
?
?
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
589
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695
P01261
OEMI1479
Narayanappa, A.V.
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
1912
0621
Arakalagud, Karnataka
1994
1229
?
the family
728
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1591
Pannalal Goswami
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
?
?
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
794795
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI1770
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1871
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
1945
0505
?
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
881
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI1850
Sakharam Sarnaik
poet, playwright
?
?
915
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI0310
Basavaraj Rajjguru
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1920
0824
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
1991
0721
?
128
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI1136
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
performer of svarabat
?
?
579
P00180
OEMI1210
Lourembam Tombi Devi
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Manipuri
1901
0915
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
?
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
608
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1583
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
1824
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
792
OEMI1603
Parthasarathy,T.S.
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
1913
0908
Chennai
2006
1013
?
799
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI1785
Ramzan Khan Rangile
vocalist
vocalist
1800
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
18751900
?
885
OEMI1868
Sangameswara Sastri
veena player
veena maestro
1879
Peethapuram, Andhra
1931
?
926
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
OEMI0278
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112113
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI1050
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
540
OEMI1249
Malkajan Agrewali
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
?
?
629630
OEMI1599
Parashuram-bua Barve
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
?
?
Vishnupant Chhatre
798
OEMI1730
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
vocalist
Vocalist
1807
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
1867
?
870
OEMI1769
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
?
1959
0214
?
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
880
OEMI1997
Sitaramayya （Todi）
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
?
?
986
OEMI2089
Suryanarayana, R.K.
composer
Noted veena player and composer
1937
0614
Mysore
2003
1225
?
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
1039
P00023
OEMI1471
Narayana Iyengar, A.
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
1905
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
1987
?
Sakharama Rao
727
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
OEMI1470
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
?
?
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
727
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0519
Damodar Pandit
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Naagdevaachaarya
253
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
OEMI0656
Gangoly, O.C.
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
1881
0801
Kolkata
1974
0209
?
332
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI0746
Govindrao Apte
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1958
1008
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
382
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
P00154
OEMI0818
Harishankar, G.
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
1958
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2002
0211
?
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
416
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI0897
Jagabandhu Sahu
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
1914
0119
Orissa
1990
?
449
OEMI0955
John Menezes
Noted exponent of Western music
1906
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
487
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI0968
Jyotiriswara
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
0.128
?
1340
?
490
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1094
Kotiswara Iyer
composer
Composer
1869
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1938
1021
?
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
568
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588
OEMI1201
Lebdev,G.S.
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
?
?
?
?
606
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI1258
Manasvi
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
1904
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
1969
0703
?
635
OEMI1263
Manhar Barve
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1910
1220
Mumbai
1972
0526
?
Ganapatrao Barve
639
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1286
Mansingh Tomar
?
1450
?
?
1517
?
?
645
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1328
Mirza Ghalib
poet
?
?
672
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1369
Moropant
poet,keertan singer
1729
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
1794
?
686687
OEMI1439
Namdev
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
1270
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
1350
?
718719
OEMI1498
Narsinh Mehta
Saint-poet of Gujarat
1415
?
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
1481
?
?
732
OEMI1512
Nathmal Joshi
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI1794
Rangnekar, M.G
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
1907
0410
?
1995
0201
?
887
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892