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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P01103
OEMI1576
Palghat Mani Iyer
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
1912
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
1981
0530
Kochi
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
784
P00017
OEMI1400
Murugabhopathy,C.S.
mridangam player
Veteran mridangam player
1914
0215
Ramanathapuram,Tamil Nadu
1998
0321
?
Chitsabai Servai and Sankarasiva Bhagavatar
698699
OEMI0839
Hirabai Pednekar
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
1885
Nashik, Maharashtra
1951
?
432
OEMI1057
Keshavrao Bhole
music director
Trend-setting music director of the Marathi stage and films
Marathi stage and films
1896
0523
Amravati, Maharashtra
1967
Mumbai
541
OEMI0005
Abdul Aziz Khan
musician
Durbar musician of Dharampur
Dharampur
?
?
1940
?
Mumbai
2
OEMI0022
Abdulla Khan(Sarod)
musician
Durber musician of Darbhanga state,Bihar
arbhanga state,Bihar
0.1843
?
Shahjahanour,Uttar Pradesh
0.1926
?
Darbhanga,Bihar
7
OEMI0853
Ibrahim Adil Shah
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
1580
Bijapur
1627
?
438
OEMI0040
Adil Shah Sur
musician
Afghan nobleman,reputedly a musician as well
1524
?
?
1557
?
?
22
OEMI0894
Jadunath Bhattacharya
musician
All-round musician,popularly known as Jadu Bhatta
1840
Vaidikpara,Vishnupur,Bengal
1883
Vishnupur
448
P00005
OEMI0092
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
?
0.1881
?
Shibpur, Tripura
1972
0906
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
4243
OEMI0145
Anil Krishna Deb Burman
musician
Noted musician of Tripura
Tripura
1899
Agartala, Tripura
1942
Agartala
61
OEMI0827
Hazrat Inayat Khan Pathan
musician
Noted Sufi musician and missionary
1882
0405
Baroda
1929
0205
Delhi
420
OEMI1717
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
musician
Musician and literary scholar
1893
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
1979
Mysore
Yatindra Swamy
867868
OEMI2075
Sunil Santa
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
1915
0414
Sri Lanka
1981
0411
?
10311032
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1041
Kazi Nazrul Islam
musician
poet-musician
1899
0524
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
1976
0829
Dhaka,Bangladesha
532
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
P00102
OEMI2212
Vishnudass Shirali
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
0516
Hubli, Karnataka
1984
0226
Mumbai
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (vocal)
1135
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
OEMI1958
Sheikh Bahauddin Burnawa
musician
Ascetic musician
0.158
0.168
970971
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1162
Lakshmi Narayana
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
?
?
589
OEMI2232
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Indore
?
Agra
?
Indore
Bande Ali Khan
11431144
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI2150
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
musician
Musician-philosopher
Sri Lanka
?
?
Vaasudevendra
1103
OEMI0967
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Assam
1903
0617
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
1953
Tezpur
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
490
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1165
Lakshmideva
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
1780
Bardowa, Assam
1858
Bali Sattra
his father , Bhadradeva
590591
OEMI1204
Lionel Algama
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sri Lank
1935
0324
Sri Lanka
607
OEMI1651
Purandaradasa
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
0.1471
Purandaragad village
1564
0102
Hampi Karnataka
830831
OEMI1725
Ram Prasad Sen
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
0.1723
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
0.1783
?
869870
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI1781
Ramtaran Sanyal
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
884
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1288
Marcellene Jayakody
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
1902
0603
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
1998
0115
?
650
P00108
OEMI1645
Prem Lata Sharma
musicologist
Well-known Sanskrit scholar, university professor, researcher, and musicologist
1927
0510
Nakodar, Punjab
1998
1204
Benares
P.L. Vaidya and Gopinath Kaviraj, and Omkarnath Thakur
827
OEMI0070
Alain Danielou
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
France
1907
1004
Paris
1994
0127
?
34
OEMI0407
Brhaspati,K.C.
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1918
?
Rampur
1979
?
?
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
201
OEMI2057
Sukumar Ray
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1912
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hakim Mohammad Hussain and Gul Mohammad Khan
1028
OEMI1650
Pundarika Vitthal
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
829
P00109
OEMI2118
Thakur Jaidev Singh
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1893
0919
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
1986
0527
?
1071
OEMI0510
Curt Sachs
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
1881
0129
Berlin
1959
0205
New York
248
P06261
OEMI1191
Lalmani Mishra
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
1924
0811
Kanpur
1979
0717
Benares
600
OEMI2189
Venkatamakhi
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
Nothing authentic is known
11221123
OEMI2217
Vissa Appa Rao
musicologist
teacher, musicologist
physics of music
1884
04??
Peddapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra
1966
0130
Hyderabad
11371138
OEMI1734
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
1926
Karnataka
871
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI0378
Bimal Roy
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
1911
0113
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
1997
0411
Kolkata
191
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI1637
Prajnanananda (Swami)
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Kolkata
1907
Prasadpur, Bengal
825
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867
OEMI1786
Ranade, G.H.
musicologist
musicologist
1897
1001
Sangli, Maharashtra
1966
0310
?
885
OEMI1882
Sarangadeva
musicologist
musicologist, author
?
?
944945
OEMI1988
Simha Bhopala
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
?
?
977
OEMI2110
Tarlekar,G.H.
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
1914
0507
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
2001
1211
Pune
10671068
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0352
Bhatkhande, V.N.
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
1860
0810
Mumbai
1936
0919
Mumbai
167168
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
OEMI1677
Raghavan,V.
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
1908
0822
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
1979
0405
Chennai
855856
P00080
OEMI0420
Chaitanya Deva,B.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
?
Bangalore,Karnataka
1981
0528
New Delhi
208
OEMI1126
Kulatillake,C.de S.
musicologist
musicologist
1926
1214
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
577578
OEMI1858
Sambamorthy, P.
musicologist
musicologist, teacher
1901
0214
Bitragunta, now in Andhra Pradesh
1973
1023
Chennai
922
OEMI2071
Sundaram, V.P.K.
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1915
Tamil Nadu
2003
0309
?
Ramanathapuram Sivam (basic lessons in music)
10301031
OEMI1670
Radhamohan Sendas
musicologist,
a pioneer musicologist,scholar
1770
Kolkata
1840
Kolkata
843
OEMI2025
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
1840
?
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
1914
0605
Kolkata
998999
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
P00100
OEMI1508
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
1896
0430
?
1994
0312
Chennai
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
739
P00236
OEMI1709
Rajaratnam Pillai, T.N.
naagaswaram player
Wizard of naagaswaram
1898
0827
Thirumarugal, Tamil Nadu
1956
1212
Chennai
864865
P01261
OEMI1479
Narayanappa, A.V.
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
1912
0621
Arakalagud, Karnataka
1994
1229
?
the family
728
P00161
OEMI0935
Jhamman Khan
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
1938
0208
475
P00193
OEMI1586
Pankaj Charan Das
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
1925
0317
Orissa
2003
0611
Puri,Orissa
Ratnaprava Mahari,
792793
OEMI0846
Hussain Bakhsh (Kishangarh)
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
?
?
436
OEMI2119
Thakur Lakshman Singh
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
?
?
1936
?
?
Mahant Gopal Das
1072
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
OEMI1733
Ramachandra Chakravarti
pakhaawaj player
A pioneer of pakhaawaj in Bengal
Bengal
1803
Kolkata
1861
Kolkata
Lala Keval Kishan
871
OEMI1571
Pahad Singh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
?
?
Jaawli
781
P00083
OEMI1569
Pagaldas Swami
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
1920
0815
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
781
OEMI2222
Vithaldas Joshi
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
keertan
?
?
pakhaawaj
1139
OEMI1981
Shyamlal Kshetri
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Kolkata
1858
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1927
Kolkata
975
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0984
Kalbe Ali Khan
patron,
Royal patron of Rampur state
0.1836
?
0.1887
?
502
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI1323
Mir Mehbob Ali Khan
patron,
Royal patron of the arts
?
?
671
OEMI0905
Jagdishnath Ray
patron,
Maharaja of Natore,Bengal. Music patron and pakhaawaj enthusiast
1870
?
1922
?
451
OEMI0207
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
1831
?
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
1880
0531
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
89
OEMI0001
Shrindhar Pandurang Prabhune
patron,
Music archivist and patron.
1886
0201
?
1973
0912
Pune, Maharashtra
1
OEMI1641
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
patron,
Patron
1790
?
1858
?
826
OEMI0801
Harendra Krishina Shil
patron,
Patron
1880
Kolkata
1940
Kolkata
410411
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865