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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OEMI2012
Somadasa, Elvitigala
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
1925
1001
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
1990
0827
Colombo
992
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
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI1461
Narasimha Dasa (Tumu)
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
1790
Andhra
?
725726
OEMI1595
Papavinasa Mudaliar
composer
composer
?
?
795
OEMI1606
Parvatiprasad Baruah
composer
singer,composer
1904
Sibsagar district,Assam
1964
?
800
OEMI2186
Venkata Subbayyar (Uttukkadu)
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
0.17
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
11211122
OEMI1826
Rukminibai Tampuratti
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
1800
?
1838
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
905
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI1122
Kshitrayya
composer
composer
1600
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
1680
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
574575
OEMI1178
Lalan Prasad
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
0.1856
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
1926
?
592
OEMI1245
Makulloluwa,W.B.
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
1922
0217
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
1984
0908
?
623
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1334
Mitradev Mahanta
composer
composer
1894
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1983
Letugram Sattra
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
673
OEMI1544
Nityanandadeva
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
Assamese
16051608
Assam
1650
Assam
his elder brother Ramadeva
764
OEMI1614
Patthe Bapurao
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
1868
Sangli, Maharashtra
1946
?
806
OEMI1839
Saganbhau
composer
poet, composer
1778
Jejuri, Pune region, Maharashtra
1849
?
910
OEMI1863
Samraj
composer
singer, composer
1613
?
1700
?
924
OEMI1883
Sarangapani
composer
composer
1680
?
1710
?
945
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI0488
Chinnayya (Tallapakam)
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya (Melattur)
composer
Composer (18th cent.)
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
OEMI1359
Mohan Chand Basu
composer
composer
?
?
?
?
682
OEMI1419
Mutthu Thandavar
composer
composer
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
706
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI1992
Sinnayya (Ghanam)
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI2157
Vaidiswarankoil
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI1102
Krishnadas (Poet-devoti)
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
1500
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
15781585
Chilotra
570
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI1532
Nijaguna Sivayogi
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
1500
?
?
760
OEMI0264
Balakram Worlikar
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
1930
?
?
2002
0419
Mumbai
109
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
OEMI0507
Clarence Wijewardena
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
1943
0802
Haputale, Sri Lanka
1996
1213
?
246
OEMI1159
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
1864
0503
Tamil Nadu
1950
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
589
OEMI2089
Suryanarayana, R.K.
composer
Noted veena player and composer
1937
0614
Mysore
2003
1225
?
his well-known father R.S. Kesavamurthy
1039
OEMI0069
Akshay Chowdhury
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
?
?
?
?
34
OEMI0331
Bhagwat Rasikdev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
1742
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
148149
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI0833
Himangsu Dutta
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
1908
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
1944
Kolkata
424425
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1094
Kotiswara Iyer
composer
Composer
1869
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1938
1021
?
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
568
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1737
Ramadeva Ata
composer
Assamese composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
?
Kaljhar, near Bhavanipur, now in Barpeta district, Assam
Bhavanipuriya Gopal Aataa
872
OEMI1755
Ramchandra, C.
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Hindi film music
1918
0112
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
1982
0105
Mumbai
Shankarro Sapre
876877
OEMI1828
Rupasinha, H.W.
composer
singer, composer
1895
1124
Matara, Sri Lanka
1971
0424
?
M.G.Perera
905
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI2098
Syama Sastri
composer
composer
1762
0426
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1827
Thanjavur
his maternal uncle
1048
OEMI2159
Vaikunta Sastri
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI2197
Victor Paranjoti
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
1906
Bangalore
1967
0201
Mumbai
1126
OEMI2223
Vitthal Vipuldev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
16
?
17
?
1139
OEMI0405
Brajaranjana Deva
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
1732
?
Assam
1787
?
Assam
201
OEMI0608
Dwijendralal Roy
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
1863
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
1913
0517
Kolkata
307
OEMI1048
Kesava Pillai,K.C
composer
composer,poet,scholar
1868
Kollam,Kerala
1913
0904
?
539540
OEMI1169
Lakshmiram Barua
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
?
?
591
OEMI1183
Lalit Kishori Dev
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
1680
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
1770
Vrindavan
594595
OEMI1748
Ramanna
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
0.1855
Hullahalli village, Andhra
1918
Hullahalli
874
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI2097
Swati Tirunal (Maharaja)
composer,patron,
composer, patron of the arts
1813
0416
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1846
1225
Thiruvananthapuram
Tanjore Subba Rao, Karamana Subrahmanya Bhagavatar, Nemom Natesa Bhagavatar
1045
OEMI0797
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Kolkata
1830
Bengal
1899
?
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
410
OEMI2269
Feroze Khan (Sitar)
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
0.17
probably Delhi
0.1768
Delhi
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
319
OEMI1573
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Chennai
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
782
OEMI1752
Ramaswami Dikshitar
composer,vocalist
Well-known composer and vocalist
1735
Virinjiouram near Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
0.1817
Thanjavur
his father Muthuswaami Diikshitar, Melattur Veerabhadrayya, Venkata Vaidyanatha Diikshitar
875
P00230
OEMI2049
Sudhir Phadke
composer,vocalist
Noted singer and music composer
1919
0725
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
2002
0729
Mumbai
Vamanrao Phadke and Baburao Gokhale
10211022
OEMI1588
Pannabai
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
?
?
793794
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
OEMI1007
Kamalbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1555
Norbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
767
P02182
OEMI0879
Indrani Rahman
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
Bharata Naatyam
1930
0919
Chennai
1999
0207
New York
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
444
OEMI0646
Gajen Barua
dancer
Noted dance exponent
1915
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
1977
0120
Jamugurihat
326
P00219
OEMI1932
Shambhu Maharaj
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
Kathak
0.1907
?
1970
1104
Delhi
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
964
OEMI1412
Muthukumara Pillai
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1874
1027
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1960
0822
Kattumannar Koil
704
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI0660
Gauri
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
?
?
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
346
OEMI0614
Ellappa Mudaliar
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Bharata Naatyam
1908
?
Kanchipuram
1974
?
?
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
311
P00188
OEMI1422
Mylapore Gowri Amma
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
0.1892
?
Chennai
1971
06??
Chennai
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
707
P00180
OEMI1210
Lourembam Tombi Devi
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Manipuri
1901
0915
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
?
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
608
OEMI0860
Imam Khan
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
439
P00377
OEMI0189
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
1920
1216
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
Vishnupur
82
P04026
OEMI1577
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
1882
1018
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
1962
?
784
P00099
OEMI1229
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
flute player
A master of the flute
1926
11??
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1986
0531
?
619620
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI1472
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
0.1905
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
1959
0111
Bangalore
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
727
P00121
OEMI0162
Appa Jalgaonkar
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
1926
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
71
OEMI0337
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
thumrii
Rampur
1852
Gwalior
1920
Dhaulpur
Bande Ali Khan
153154
P05290
OEMI0732
Gopinath
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
1908
?
?
1987
1009
?
377
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148