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
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI2010
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
?
?
991992
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI1849
Sakharam Mridangacharya
pakhaawaj player, teacher
1879
1025
Indore
1967
0119
?
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
915
OEMI2070
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
?
?
1030
OEMI2183
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
0.1873
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
1121
P00325
OEMI0158
Antonio de Figueiredo
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
1981
1105
?
67
P01948
OEMI0262
Balabhau Umadekar(Kundal Guruji)
vocalist, teacher, composer
Vocalist,teacher,and composer
?
?
1968
0604
?
Gwalior
109
OEMI0358
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
1875
0425
?
1919
0717
?
169
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI0486
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
?
20
?
240
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI1110
Krishnarao Ashtewale
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
?
?
Raghumatharao
572
OEMI1117
Krishnashankar Shukla
old-timer in media music
1911
0817
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0807
?
573
OEMI1168
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Assamese Litterateur, also known for his patriotic songs
1868
?
1938
?
591
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1307
Minakshi Shirodkar
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
661662
OEMI1308
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1971
?
?
662
OEMI1309
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅱ
tavil player
Tavil player
1894
0903
Needamangalam,Tamil Nadu
1949
0213
?
Singaram Pillai and Govinda Pillai
662
OEMI1409
Muthayya Bhagavatar
vocalist
Vocalist
1850
?
1900
?
704
OEMI1460
Narasimha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
Rama Iyengar
725
OEMI1477
Narayanadeva Dvija
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
?
?
728
OEMI1492
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
?
1980
0613
?
731
P00073
OEMI1545
Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
1912
0704
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1994
0216
?
his uncle Shankarrao Sarnaik
764765
P00887
OEMI1661
Puttur Devdas Joshi
violinist
violinist
1926
09??
?
1986
1030
?
Ganesh,T.Chowdiah,P.Sambamoorthy
834
P00212
OEMI1772
Ramkumar Chatterji
vocalist
vocalist
1920
Kolkata
?
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
881
OEMI1818
Roprasik Devacharya
composer
composer
?
?
902
OEMI1917
Shadi Khan （Benares）
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
963
OEMI2016
Someswara Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
1891
?
1943
?
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
993
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
OEMI2160
Vaman-bua Chaphekar
vocalist
vocalist
1879
Miraj, Maharashtra
1964
?
Balkrishna-bua
1112
OEMI2195
Venkitadri Swamigal
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
1806
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
1876
?
1123
OEMI1598
Parameswara Bhagavatar (Palakkad)
vocalist
vocalist
1815
Palakkad region,Kerala
1892
?
798
OEMI0150
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Telugu
1408
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
1503
?
64
P04603
OEMI0605
Dwaram Bhava Narayana Rao
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik style
1924
Visakhapatnam
1999
0724
?
his father, Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
306
OEMI1910
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
?
?
961
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0671
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
1876
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1953
?
355
OEMI0720
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
374
OEMI0811
Haricharan Das Swami
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Dhaka
?
?
412
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI1167
Lakshminarayan Rajak
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
his father Chhotelal Rajak
591
OEMI1461
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
1790
Andhra
?
725726
OEMI1481
Narayanaswami Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1486
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
1914
0927
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
1999
1209
?
Thavancore style
729
OEMI1595
Papavinasa Mudaliar
composer
composer
?
?
795
OEMI1606
Parvatiprasad Baruah
composer
singer,composer
1904
Sibsagar district,Assam
1964
?
800
OEMI0320
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1888
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
1936
?
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
135
OEMI0423
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
1905
0811
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
1947
1007
?
211
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
OEMI0800
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,musician
Patron and musician
0.1887
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
0.195
?
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
410
OEMI1478
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
1806
?
1868
?
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
728
OEMI2186
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
0.17
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
11211122
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI1088
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
1861
Tamil Nadu
1934
?
560
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
OEMI1228
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Mumbai
1917
?
?
2002
1206
?
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
619
P00099
OEMI1229
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
flute player
A master of the flute
1926
11??
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1986
0531
?
619620
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
OEMI1442
Nana-saheb Joglekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1875
0208
?
1911
1115
?
720
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0229
Bacha Mishra
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
1876
Benares
1926
?
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
94
OEMI0231
Bachubai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
94
OEMI0251
Bahadur Singh
tabla player
Tabla player
1903
1019
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
1967
?
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
102
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0255
Baijnath Misra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
0801
Benares region
1992
0222
?
Thakur Prasad
105
OEMI0257
Bakhshu-miya
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
0.175
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
106
OEMI0274
Baldevji
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
112
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0323
Bha Ra Tambe
Well-known Marathi poet
1873
1027
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1941
1207
?
144
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0335
Bhairav sahai
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Benares
0.1839
?
0.191
?
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
151
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0431
Chandan Chaube
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Vaishnava devotional music
1870
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1955
?
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
215