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
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI2000
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
987
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
991
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035
OEMI2137
Tulaja the First
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1095
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI2154
Vadammal
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
11061107
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI2156
Vadyanadha Iyer
singer
disc-record singer of south India
?
?
1107
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
P00020
OEMI0499
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1898
0622
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
1975
1018
?
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
243
OEMI0949
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1902
1225
?
1945
1029
?
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
482
OEMI1015
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
vocalist
Vocalist
1887
0725
?
1934
0502
?
515
OEMI1658
Purushottamadas Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player of the Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Nathadwara
0.1907
Nathadwara
?
Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Goswami Govindlalji
832
OEMI1861
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
1495
?
1556
?
923
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0103
Amvadas-pant Agali
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1920
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1972
?
?
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
47
OEMI0326
Bhadrachala Ramadas
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
0.162
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
0.168
?
145
OEMI0368
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
0.1696
?
?
0.1778
?
?
Seni
his father Sadaarang
183
OEMI0453
Chengalvaraya Sastri
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
1810
?
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
1900
0228
?
229
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
OEMI0485
Chinnaswami Dikshitar
vocalist, veena player
Vocalist and veena player
1778
tamil Nadu
1823
?
240
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
P01280
OEMI0735
Govind Narayan Natu
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
1905
0514
?
?
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
380
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI0976
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
?
?
494
OEMI0989
Kali Prasanna Banerji
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
1842
Kolkata
1900
?
Kshetra Mohan, Jyotirindranath Tagore, his brother Sourindra Mohan Tagore
503
OEMI1100
Krishna Kamal Goswami
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
1810
?
1888
?
569
OEMI1142
Kushaba Nana Bhide
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
?
581
OEMI1235
Mahesh Chandra Sarkar
sitar player,rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
1818
Benares
1887
?
621
OEMI1292
Masilamani Mudaliyar
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Chennnai
?
?
?
?
655
P06532
OEMI1425
Mysore Vasudevachar
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
0.1865
?
Mysore
1961
?
?
710
OEMI1578
Pallikurike Somanatha
author
Telugu author
Telugu
?
?
785
OEMI1592
Papa Venkataramayya
violinist
Veteran violinist
1901
0912
?
1972
0317
?
Karur Srikantayya and Govindaswamy Pillai
795
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
P00201
OEMI1706
Rajaram-bhau Kadam
Doyen of the Marathi folk form, gondhal
1887
Parbhani, Maharashtra
1990
12??
?
864
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
P00247
OEMI2096
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
composer
composer
1921
0721
Tamil Nadu
2002
0316
?
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
1045
OEMI1238
Mahindranath Mukhopadhyaya
vocalist
dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1873
?
1918
?
622
OEMI1251
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1906
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
1990
?
631
OEMI1685
Raghuvir-mama Ramnathkar
pioneer harmonium player
1877
0212
Ramnath,Goa
?
857
OEMI2081
Surendranath Bandopadhyay
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
1886
1117
Vishnupur, Bengal
1972
?
the Vishnupur gharaanaa
his reputed father, Anantlal, eldest brother Ram Prasanna Bandopadhyay
1036
P06662
OEMI0157
Anokhelal Mishra
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1914
Benares
1958
0310
?
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
66
OEMI0227
Baburao Gokhale
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1893
10??
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
1969
0525
?
Gurudev Patwardhan
94
OEMI0275
Baliram Pandey
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
?
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
?
112
OEMI0341
Bhanudatta Misra
Author of a Sanskrit work
?
?
156
OEMI0401
Bobbili Kesavayya
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
?
?
his father, Gopalayya
197
P02330
OEMI0541
Deba Prasad Das
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
1932
?
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
1986
0716
?
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
262
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0652
Ganesilal Chaube
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesilal
?
?
331
OEMI0721
Gopala Krishna Iyer （Marungapuri）
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik style
1883
0424
Madurai
1968
1215
?
Karur Venkataramayya
374
OEMI0991
Kalipada Pathak
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
0.189
Howrah, Kolkata
?
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
505
OEMI0993
Kallinath Pandit
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
?
?
505506
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1219
Madhukar Pednekar
Reputed harmonium player
1916
0227
Mumbai
1967
0720
?
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
614615
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1600
Parasu Sekh Ojha
singer.dancer
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
798
OEMI1728
Rama Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist of Karnatik music
1888
1015
?
1957
?
870
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
OEMI2088
Suryaji Mahatme
sitar player
Author and sitar exponent
1837
Goa
1899
1213
?
1039
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI0351
Bhate-bua （Ganpatrao）
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
1882
Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra
1943
?
Balkrishhna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
164
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI0425
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
1908
Mysore
1988
?
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
213
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI1222
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Thanjavur
1844
?
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
1893
?
?
618
OEMI1279
Manohar Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1794
?
?
1874
?
?
643
OEMI1433
Nagaswami Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1894
?
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
1952
?
?
715
OEMI1504
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1921
0512
Alwar,Rajasthan
1966
0524
?
his father Nasiruddin Khan and other elders in the family network
733
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI0780
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
?
1936
?
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
400
OEMI1052
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1892
0106
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
540
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu （Loka）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.） and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0281
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
114
OEMI0287
Balwantrao Ketkar
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
khayaal
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Antu-bua Apte
115116
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
P01145
OEMI0366
Bhubaneswar Mishra
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
1927
?
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
1993
0507
?
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
183
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303