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
Ranjana Devi
0117
OEMI1797
887888
1949
20
?
singer, teacher
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
Rekibuddin Ahmed
OEMI1815
899
1940
20
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
Ramizuddin Ahmed
Rohini Bhate
OEMI1816
901
1924
20
Pune, Maharashtra
kathak danseuse
Sohan Lal , Munna Lal, Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Lachhu Maharaj
Sahir Sable
OEMI1845
914
1923
20
Pasarani, Maharashtra
exponent of folk music and folk drama
Saroja, M.K.
OEMI1892
951
1931
20
Chennnai
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
Satish Bhatia
OEMI1894
952
1929
20
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Sitara Devi
OEMI1995
986
Mumbai
1920
20
Kolkata
Well-known Kathak danseuse
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
Sohrab Hossain
OEMI2009
991
1925
20
Nadia district, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist
Abbasuddin Ahmed （Bengali folk songs）
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
P00095
Suchitra Mitra
?
OEMI2044
1013
1924
20
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
Sukadev Patri
?
OEMI2052
1026
1927
20
Kendrapada,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
P06255
Suresh Talwalkar
0720
OEMI2084
1036
Mumbai
1948
20
?
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Pandharinath Nageshkar
Tijanbai
0424
OEMI2115
1070
Bhilai
1954
20
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
Performer of Paandavani
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
Sailabai
?
OEMI2226
915
?
20
?
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
Zakir Hussain
0309
OEMI2260
11581159
1951
20-
Mumbai
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
Balakrishna Das
0202
OEMI0265
109110
1928
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
P00157
Indira P.P. Bora
OEMI0877
443
1949
20
Golaghat, Assam
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
Narayan Behera
1214
OEMI1462
726
1917
20
Ganjam, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
Narayanaswamy, K. （Umayalpuram）
0504
OEMI1485
729
1929
20
Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu
Ghatam player
his father Kothandarama Iyer
P00083
Pagaldas Swami
0815
OEMI1569
781
1920
20
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
Rajaram Shukla
0509
OEMI1708
864
1925
20
Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Bhagvatkishor Vyakul, Mohan Misra, Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale, Amir Khan
Shyamdas Mishra
0713
OEMI1980
975
1948
20
Mungher district, Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Omkarnath Thakur and Balwantrai Bhatt
Sunanda Patnaik
1107
OEMI2064
10291030
1934
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
Vishwanath Ringe
OEMI2215
1137
1921
20
?
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
Lakpati Singh Leimapokapam
0812
OEMI1154
587
1953
20
Imphal, Manipur
Singer of Manipuri nata sankeertana songs
his father Herachandra Singh, and mother Ibemhal Devi, Birahari Singh, Tolpishak Singh, Chaoba Singh, Gulapi Singh
P00224
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
OEMI1993
982
1937
20
Shillong, Meghalaya
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
V.G. Jog
Jaishankar Sundari
0130
OEMI0910
456
1889
1975
0122
19-20
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Lalji Srivastava
1124
OEMI1188
600
1924
20
Prayag, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
Yusuf Khan, Shyamlal, Jiyalal
Mira Khirwadkar
0706
OEMI1313
662
1936
20
Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramkishan Solanki
1225
OEMI1768
880
1938
20
Pushkar, Rajasthan
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
OEMI1862
923924
1925
20
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
P00216
Sangameshwar Gurav
1207
OEMI1867
926
1931
20
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
P00101
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
1217
OEMI2002
988
1935
20
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Well-known mridangam performer
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
P00150
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
OEMI0731
376
1937
20
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali exponent and guru
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Malbarao Sardesai
1231
OEMI1247
627
1911
20
Panaji,Goa
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
Palakkad Raghu,R.
OEMI1574
783
1928
20
Palakkad,Kerala
mridangam player
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Surchand Sharma, G.
0210
OEMI2078
10341035
Manipur
1915
20
Imphal
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
Bimalindu Mukherji
?
OEMI0380
191
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
20
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
P00163
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
?
OEMI0998
506
1932
20
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
Sankaran Embrantiri
08??
OEMI1872
940
1942
20
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
vocalist
vocalist
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
0717
OEMI2121
1072
1930
20
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri dance exponent
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
Amaradeva,W.D.
1205
OEMI0100
46
Sri Lanka
1927
20
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
P05922
Bhimsen Joshi
0204
OEMI0361
177178
1922
20
Ron,Karnataka
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Desikachar,V.
?
OEMI0551
271
1924
20
Mysore
Noted flute exponent and teacher
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, 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
P00048
Kishori Amonkar
0410
OEMI1084
559
Mumbai
1931
20
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Mahadkar,S.A.
?
OEMI1227
619
1915
20
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
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.
Palanivel,A.K.
OEMI1575
783
1948
20
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
P00011
Rajam Iyer, B.
07??
OEMI1703
863
1922
20
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Ganapathy Iyer
Roshan Kumari
OEMI1820
902
20
?
kathak danseuse
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
Shrikant Bakre
0825
OEMI1972
974
Kolkata
1930
20
Nagpur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
Siyaram Tiwari
0121
OEMI2005
989
1921
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
dhrupad
Srinivasan,M.B.
?
OEMI2031
1009
1925
20
Chittoor,Andhra
Music director of south Indian films
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
P00205
Mayadhar Raut
OEMI2274
660
1933
20
Kantapahara, near Banki, Orissa
Noted teacher of Odissi dance
Mohan Mahapatra, Yudhishtira Mahapatra, Mohan Sunderdev Goswami, and Pankaj Charan Das
Odissi dance
Nongthon Singh,N.
0215
OEMI1552
766
1935
20
Imphal,Manipur
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
P00075
Parvin Sultana
0525
OEMI1607
800
1950
20
Nauga prava,Assam
vocalist
vocalist
Chinmay Lahiri
Samina Choudhuri
0824
OEMI1860
923
1966
20
Khulna, Bangladesh
singer
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
?
OEMI2041
1012
1919
20
Bangalore
Noted veena player
T.Venkatarao
Bhaskar-bua Joshi
1231
OEMI0348
163
1914
20
Karanj, Pune district, Maharastra
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Shivram-bua Vaze, Dinkar Pathak, Haribhau Ghangrekar
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
OEMI0948
482
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Kulatillake,C.de S.
1214
OEMI1126
577578
1926
20
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
musicologist
musicologist
P00183
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
?
OEMI1266
639340
1945
20
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Mridangam player
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Jacome Gonsalvez
OEMI0888
447
1676
1742
17-18
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
P00074
Jasraj(Pandit)
0120
OEMI0922
463
1930
20
Hissar,Haryana
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
Manohar Chimote
03??
OEMI1278
643
Mumbai
1929
20
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Well-known harmonium player
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
Parvin Mushtari
1213
OEMI1608
801
1954
20
Bangladesh
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
P00235
Swapan Chaudhuri
OEMI2094
1044
1947
20
Kolkata
tabla player
tabla exponent
Vincent Somapala
0517
OEMI2208
1131
1906
1989
0607
20
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
P02120
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
OEMI0447
224
1922
No
20
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
Kathakali artiste
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
P06309
Balwantrai Bhatt
?
OEMI0285
115
1921
No
20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Omkarnath Thakur
P00377
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
No
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
P02378
Agat A.Sangma
?
OEMI0048
23
1945
No
20
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
P05853
Gautam, M.R.
0319
OEMI0664
350
1924
No
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
P03011
Charu Sija Mathur
OEMI0446
224
1940
No
20
Delhi
Performer of Manipuri dance
R. K. Singhajit Singh
P01441
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
OEMI0155
65
1926
No
20
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
P00152
Hare Krishna Behera
OEMI0798
410
1938
No
20
Balasore area, Orissa
Exponent of dance and dance music
P02301
Dharmiklal Pandya
0811
OEMI0570
285
1932
No
20
Baroda,Gujarat
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
P06123
Abdul Latif Khan
0322
OEMI0014
5
1934
2003
0423
20-21
Gohad,Bhand district,Madhya Pradesh
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Chhotu Khan and Udaya Khan and Sikandar Khan
Abdul Kadar Khan
?
OEMI0011
3
1910
1970
0309
20
Rajasthan
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abudul Azis Khan
?
OEMI0004
2
0.1875
1946
?
19-20
Bithur,near Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh
?
saarangi player
saarangi
Alladiya Khan Biturwale

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