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.
 

Advanced Search
to
to

2277 / 2277

Toggle column: 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
Sundarabai Jadhav
OEMI2069
1030
0.1886
1953
0603
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist, especially of light classical varieties
Thakurdas-bua, Ghulam Rasool Khan, and Gamman Khan
Ambalal Sitari
0222
OEMI0104
4748
1922
1987
0310
20
Bilimora,Valsad district,Gujarat
Mumbai
sitar player, rudra veena player,
Sitar and rudra veena player,who later took to instrument designing
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya of the royal family of Dharampur state,South Gujarat.
Kisarbai Kerkar
0713
OEMI1046
538539
1892
1977
0916
19-20
Keri,Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
Bablibai Salgaonkar
OEMI0222
93
0.186
0.1925
19
Salgaon, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of her time
Agra
Natthan Khan
khayaal
P05952
Anant Manohar Joshi
0418
OEMI0135
5758
1881
1967
0912
19-20
Kinhai, near Pune, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Gwalior gharana
Gwalior
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Rahmat Khan
Vasantrao Kulkarni
OEMI2170
1118
1917
1997
0303
20
Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher
teacher
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
?
OEMI0060
29
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
1894
?
19
Mumbai
Mumbai
Shamsuddin Khan (Tabla)
OEMI1938
965
1890
1968
19-20
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Munir Khan, and Abdul Karim Khan
P01099
Anjanibai Malpekar
0422
OEMI0149
63
1883
1974
0807
No
19-20
Malpe, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
P00102
Vishnudass Shirali
0516
OEMI2212
1135
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
1984
0226
20
Hubli, Karnataka
Mumbai
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (vocal)
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
0810
OEMI0085
3941
Mumbai
1855
1946
0316
19-20
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
P00230
Sudhir Phadke
0725
OEMI2049
10211022
1919
2002
0729
20-21
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer,vocalist
Noted singer and music composer
Vamanrao Phadke and Baburao Gokhale
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
Isak Salom Awaskar
OEMI0881
445
1856
1910
19-20
Awas village, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
P00064
Mogubai Kurdikar
0715
OEMI1338
676677
1904
2001
0210
20-21
Kurdi,a village in Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
OEMI1783
885
1897
19
Delhi region
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Lal Khan
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
OEMI1810
894
1900
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1526
755
1920
?
19-20
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
OEMI1856
918
1863
1957
No
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
Tanibai Ghorpade
?
OEMI2103
1058
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
1931
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
khayaal
P00143
Devendra Murdeshwar
0919
OEMI0555
275
1923
2000
0129
20
North Kanara district,Karnataka
Mumbai
Maestro of Hindustani flute
Pannalal Ghosh(flute) and Amir Hussain Khan(vocal music)
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
0526
OEMI1718
868
1885
1919
0123
19-20
Navsari, Gujarat
Mumbai
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Yashwantrao Kerkar
0221
OEMI2248
1153
1914
1989
1217
20
Keri town, Goa
Mumbai
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
P00246
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
OEMI2265
1160
1929
1990
0928
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena (biin) player
his father Ziauddin Dagar
P00148
Gaurishankar Devilal
OEMI0663
350
1918
1992
0220
20
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
Mumbai
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
Wamanrao Sadolikar
0916
OEMI2238
1145
1907
1991
0326
20
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
P00090
Sharatchandra Arolkar
1202
OEMI1953
968
1912
1994
0604
20
Karachi
Mumbai
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
Shrimatibai Narvekar
1121
OEMI1974
974
Mumbai
1903
1988
1223
20
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
P01069
Antsher Lobo
0305
OEMI0159
6768
1905
1986
0616
No
20
Calangute, Goa
Mumbai
Well-known exponent of comparative music and musicology
A. Scrinzi, O. Savini, Alladiya Khan
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Dholekar,A.S.
?
OEMI0577
289
1895
1969
05??
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
P00041
Jyotsna Bhole
0511
OEMI0969
491
Mumbai
1914
2001
0804
20-21
Bandod, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Keshavrao Bhole
0523
OEMI1057
541
1896
1967
19-20
Amravati, Maharashtra
Mumbai
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
P01175
Mohammad Rafi
1224
OEMI1354
680681
1924
1980
0830
20
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
Mumbai
singer of Hindi films
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Nirmala Devi
OEMI1539
762
Mumbai
1996
0615
20
Benares
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Paluskar,D.V.
0518
OEMI1579
785786
1921
1955
1025
20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
P00215
Sachin Shankar
0924
OEMI1832
908
1924
2005
20-21
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
dancer, choreographer
P00093
Vasantrao Rajopadhye
1228
OEMI2171
1118
1913
2008
1122
20-21
Satara district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his brothers Narayanrao and Shankarrao Vyas
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
?
OEMI0290
116
1851
1914
0922
19-20
Alibag,near Mumbai
Mumbai
Pioneer activist in music education
Bhatkhande, V.N.
0810
OEMI0352
167168
1860
1936
0919
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
Shankarrao Vyas
0123
OEMI1946
966
1898
1956
1218
19-20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
films
Sitaram Mundale
OEMI1996
986
0.1891
1947
1205
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
Ratanjankar, S.N.
1231
OEMI1807
893894
1900
1974
0214
20
Bhatwadi, near the Opera House area, Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, scholar
teacher, scholar, vocalist
Krishnaji Bhatt Honavar, Anant Manohar Joshi
Balakram Worlikar
?
OEMI0264
109
1930
2002
0419
20-21
?
Mumbai
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
P01225
Chidanand Nagarkar
1120
OEMI0475
238
1919
1971
0526
No
20
Malleswaram, Bangalore
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Dattaram Parvatkar
?
OEMI0531
259
0.1898
1973
0715
19-20
Parvati town,Goa
Mumbai
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Khaprumama Parvatkar and Balkrishna-bua and Laxmanrao
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
?
OEMI0650
329
0.1896
1978
0717
19-20
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
OEMI0338
154
1920
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
Bhat, S.C.R.
0312
OEMI0350
164
1919
2008
0214
20-21
Shirali, south Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Rajkumari
OEMI1715
866
0.1925
2000
0317
20
Benares
Mumbai
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
Ramchandra, C.
0112
OEMI1755
876877
1918
1982
0105
20
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Shankarro Sapre
Hindi film music
Ramesh Nadkarni
0813
OEMI1764
879
1921
1995
0707
20
Bankikodala, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
Shanta Apte
1123
OEMI1948
967968
1923
1964
02??
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known singer-actress of Hindi and Marathi films, remembered for her singing roles in 'Duniyaa na Maane' (Hin, 1937) and such other films
Shobha Gurtu
OEMI1967
973
Mumbai
1927
2004
0927
20-21
Belgaum, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Sukthankar,B.S.
0612
OEMI2056
1028
1891
1940
0406
19-20
?
Mumbai
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
Victor Paranjoti
OEMI2197
1126
1906
1967
0201
20
Bangalore
Mumbai
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
Vyas,C.R.
1109
OEMI2228
1142
1923
2002
1110
20-21
Barsi,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
Vyas,D.G.
?
OEMI2229
1142
1966
?
20
?
Mumbai
Scholar
Bhachu Bhandare
OEMI0325
145
1878
1909
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
Noted harmonium player
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
Ramchandra Trivedi
OEMI1758
877
1911
1988
0322
20
?
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Kalyaan Bharati, Omkarnath Thakur
Londhe,G.M.
0718
OEMI1209
608
1902
1944
1027
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai
Noted singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Srikrishna Dalvi
?
OEMI2029
1008
1926
2004
01??
20-21
?
Mumbai
Music critic and actor of Marathi plays
Nizamuddin Khan (Tabla)
OEMI1548
766
1932
2000
0623
20
Jawra, Madhya Pradesh
Mumai
tabla player
Tabla performer of the Lucknow tradition
Lucknow
his father Azim Bakhsh Jewerwale and Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Jon Higgins
0919
OEMI0956
487488
American
1939
1984
1207
20
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Muddletown, USA
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
?
OEMI0279
113
1849
1926
?
19-20
Bedag,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
khayaal
Paluskar,V.D.
0818
OEMI1580
786788
1872
1931
0821
19-20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Suresh-babu Mane
OEMI2085
10361037
1902
1953
0215
20
?
Miraj, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Abdul Karim Khan, mother Tarabai Barodekar, and an uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Patwardhan
OEMI1615
806
1868
0.1916
19
Miraj, Maharashtra
Miraj
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Makhanji Pakhawaji
OEMI1244
623
1876
1951
19-20
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
Mathura
pakhaawaj player
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Ali Bakhsh (Khyal)
?
OEMI0075
3738
Rajasthan
1864
1902
?
19-20
Mandawar, in the former state of Alwar, Rajasthan
Mandawar
writer
Writer of khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
P00005
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
?
OEMI0092
4243
?
0.1881
1972
0906
19-20
Shibpur, Tripura
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
Madhav Patankar
?
OEMI1215
612
1862
1916
0203
19-20
?
Maharashtra
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
09??
OEMI1349
680
1907
1988
0927
20
Haryana
Maharashtra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kader Bakhsh
Sadiq Ali Khan (Jaipur)
OEMI1836
909
1893
1964
0717
19-20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj (real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra)
Sushila Mishra
OEMI2090
1039
0.192
1998
0808
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
Bade Agha Khan
OEMI0233
96
1892
0.1944
19-20
Baghdad
Lucknow
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Ahmad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0053
27
Lucknow
1887
1963
1123
19-20
Thakurganj, Lucknou
Lucknow
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and teacher at Bhatkhande College of Music
dhrupad
Iliyas Khan
OEMI0857
439
1920
1989
0302
20
Lucknow
Lucknow
sitar player
Sitar player
Sadiq Ali Khan
OEMI1835
909
1910
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
Raje Khan
Hamid Hussain Khan
OEMI0788
401
1950
?
Lucknow
sitar player
Noted sitar player and teacher
his father Tullan Khan, uncle Turab (or Turav) Khan

Download CSV