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
Narayana Tirtha
OEMI1476
728
?
?
Playwright
Nijaguna Sivayogi
OEMI1532
760
1500
16
?
?
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vishwanath Joshi
OEMI2214
1137
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Krishnarao Pandit
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
?
OEMI2240
1145
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
his father Nizam Khan
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
OEMI0659
344
1894
1964
05??
19-20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
family
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Lakshmandas Sandhu
OEMI1160
589
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist; peak years 1940s
his grandfather, Bade Ghulam Ali, Ali Bakhsh Zahur
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI1387
695
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Narayanappa, A.V.
0621
OEMI1479
728
1912
1994
1229
20
Arakalagud, Karnataka
?
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
the family
Pannalal Bajpayi
OEMI1589
794
19
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
OEMI1770
881
1871
1945
0505
19-20
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
OEMI2144
1102
19
?
?
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
Syaamaa Saastri
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Clarence Wijewardena
0802
OEMI0507
246
1943
1996
1213
20
Haputale, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
Dunstan de Silva, P.
0421
OEMI0600
303
1921
1988
1027
20
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
?
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
OEMI1136
579
?
?
performer of svarabat
P00180
Lourembam Tombi Devi
0915
OEMI1210
608
1901
?
20
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
Manipuri
Narahari Chakravarti
OEMI1458
725
?
?
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Parthasarathy,T.S.
0908
OEMI1603
799
1913
2006
1013
20-21
Chennai
?
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
OEMI1605
800
1876
1951
0718
19-20
Gwalior
?
pakhaawaj player
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sangameswara Sastri
OEMI1868
926
1879
1931
19-20
Peethapuram, Andhra
?
veena player
veena maestro
P00091
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI1911
961962
1908
19-20
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
?
OEMI0278
112113
?
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
OEMI1050
540
20
?
?
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Parashuram-bua Barve
OEMI1599
798
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Vishnupant Chhatre
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
OEMI1730
870
1807
1867
19
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramkrishna Parvatkar
OEMI1769
880
1959
0214
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and tabla player
his father Khapru-mama Parvatkar, Ahmedjan Thirakwa[tabla], Bashir Khan, Ratnakant Ramnathkar [vocal]
Sitaramayya （Todi）
OEMI1997
986
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
Suryanarayana, R.K.
0614
OEMI2089
1039
1937
2003
1225
20-21
Mysore
?
composer
Noted veena player and composer
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
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
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
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.
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
Damodar Pandit
?
OEMI0519
253
?
13
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
Naagdevaachaarya
Day,C.R.
?
OEMI0539
261
?
?
?
Author
Divudu lyer
?
OEMI0561
280
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
1901
?
19-20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
P01784
Eknath Sarolkar
?
OEMI0613
311
?
No
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
Gwalior
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
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
Gowri
OEMI0750
383
Baroda
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
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
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
Jorawar Singh
OEMI0958
488
Gwalior
?
?
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
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
Kshirod Prasad
OEMI1123
575
Bengal
19-20
?
?
playwright
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
Madhava Swami
?
OEMI1216
613
Allahabad
?
?
?
Pakhaawaj player
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
Manada Sundari
?
OEMI1256
634
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishwanath Rao
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
Mankuverbai
?
OEMI1275
643
Gujarat
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Kallan Khan
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
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
Moropant
OEMI1369
686687
1729
1794
18
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
?
poet,keertan singer
Namdev
OEMI1439
718719
1270
1350
13-14
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
?
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
Narsinh Mehta
?
OEMI1498
732
1415
1481
?
15
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
?
Saint-poet of Gujarat
Nathmal Joshi
?
OEMI1512
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
Rasol Beg
OEMI1805
892
?
?
vocalist
vocalist

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