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
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
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
OEMI1926
963964
1900
1992
06??
20
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
?
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Tarabai Shirodkar
?
OEMI2105
1065
1889
1949
0706
Shiroda,Goa
?
Noted khyaal singer
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
?
OEMI2254
1157
0.174
?
18
Atrauli
?
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
P00172
Kumaran Nair(Kizhpatam)
0530
OEMI1128
578
1915
20
Kerala
Kathakali artiste and teacher
Ravunni Menon
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
OEMI1342
677
1825
1905
19-20
Jaipur
?
originator
Mohammad Ali
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
0110
OEMI2127
1083
1904
1987
0329
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
OEMI2165
1114
1937
20
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
Mridangam player
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
P00202
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
?
OEMI2270
574
1948
20
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
Moohini Aattam
P00029
Gahan Chandra Goswami
0404
OEMI0640
324
1900
1979
0118
20
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
Nikamul Sattra
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
Joseph Kaimaparamban
OEMI0961
488
1924
20
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
Kanji Bhota Barot
OEMI1019
515
1919
1990
0928
20
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
Chalala,Saurashtra
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Kelucharan Mahapatra
0801
OEMI1044
537538
1926
2004
0407
20-21
Raghurajpur village,Puri district,Orissa
Bhubaneshwar,Orissa
dancer and guru
P00166
Keshav Lakshman Badge
OEMI1053
540
1941
20
Pune, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Krishnadasa Badajana
OEMI1104
571
16
?
?
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
?
OEMI1303
659
1878
?
19-20
?
?
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
1031
OEMI1523
754755
1927
20
Clifton, England
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
P00194
Paramananda Borbayan
OEMI1596
797
1936
20
Lahalial,Assam
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
Abraham Panditar
0802
OEMI0030
15
1859
1919
0831
19-20
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
Acheria
?
OEMI0032
16
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Achhan Maharaj
?
OEMI0033
17
0.1888
1946
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
Allah Jilaibai
?
OEMI0089
41
?
1998
0903
20
Bikaner, Rajasthan
?
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
P00115
Amudon Sharma
1125
OEMI0126
5354
1886
1976
0316
19-20
Imphal
Imphal
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance
his uncle Takhenchongbam Kanhai Sharma, his father Khomdon Sharma, Aribam Gopal Sharma
Anandiram Das
OEMI0132
57
1909
1960
20
?
?
Assamese song writer
Anant Barve
OEMI0133
57
1856
1923
19-20
Manmad, Maharashtra
Pune
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Anant Fandi
OEMI0134
57
1744
1819
18-19
Maharashtra
?
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
Arabatta Navalar
OEMI0168
72
?
?
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
P00009
Ayodhya Prasad
?
OEMI0208
8990
1891
1977
1228
19-20
Datia, a small princely state in Madhya Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Family
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
P00133
Banni Bai
OEMI0299
120
1912
1999
0227
20
Chittukkadu, Andhra Pradesh
?
Veteran Harikat
Durga Prasad
OEMI0303
304
0.192
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
Bhanumathi, P.
0907
OEMI0343
157
1924
2005
1224
20-21
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
Chennai
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah
Bi Rahimanbai
?
OEMI0372
184
Charkhari
?
19
?
?
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
P00136
Birju Maharaj
0204
OEMI0391
194
Delhi
1937
20
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Lachhu Maharaj
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Eknath
?
OEMI0611
310
1548
1599
?
16
Paithan,Maharashtra
Paithan
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
P00146
Fida Hussain
?
OEMI0631
319
1899
?
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
Gangadhar
OEMI0654
332
?
?
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
P00149
Ghana Kant Bora
OEMI0668
354
1950
20
Majuli, Assam
?
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
Gina Blau
0428
OEMI0692
364
1906
1998
1023
20
?
New York
American exponent of Indian dances
Bhupesh Gupta
P00033
Gopal Krishna
OEMI0715
372
Delhi
Noted vichitra veena player
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
Gopal Oriya
OEMI0718
374
19
?
?
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
Gopala Ata
OEMI0719
374
1541
1611
16-17
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
?
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Maadhavadeva
P00035
Guruvayur Dorai
OEMI0763
392
1935
20
Guruvayur, Kerala
Mridangam player
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
P00158
Ishitiaq Ahmad
OEMI0882
445
1919
1967
20
?
?
Sarod player
Kalidas Pal
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.
P00164
Kamala
0616
OEMI1001
507
1934
20
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
Khadilkar, K.P.
1123
OEMI1062
542
1872
1948
0826
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
La Meri
OEMI1146
583
?
?
American danseuse
Lachhiram
OEMI1147
585
1867
1937
19-20
Budasu,Rajasthan
?
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
Lalita Devi
OEMI1186
598
Benares
?
?
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Lalu Ram Sahu
?
OEMI1194
601
1920
20
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
P00179
Lila Samson
?
OEMI1203
606
1951
20
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Madanlal Vyas
?
OEMI1212
611
Mumbai
1922
20
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer
Meruswami
OEMI1321
669
?
?
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
P00185
Minati Mishra
OEMI1322
671
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Odissi danseuse and teacher
Mohan Khokar
1230
OEMI1361
682
1924
1999
0917
20
Quetta, now in Pakistan
Chennai
historian,archive-holder of Indian dances
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Nanu Ram
OEMI1456
724
?
?
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
P00190
Nokot Khriam
OEMI1550
766
1944
20
Nongblai,Meghalaya
Maker of musical instruments
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Raghunath Rath
OEMI1681
856
?
?
author
Raghunath Seth
1215
OEMI1682
856
1931
20
Gwalior
flute player
Ramamatya
OEMI1740
872
16
?
?
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Rani Karna
OEMI1796
887
1939
20
Hyderabad, Sind province of Pakistan
Kathak dancer
Lalitha Sastri, Navendra Kumar Singh
Ras Baras
OEMI1801
888
17
?
?
author
Ruparam
OEMI1827
905
20
?
?
actor, writer
Saigal, K.L.
0411
OEMI1847
914915
1904
1947
0118
20
Nawashehr, Jammu
Jullundar, Punjab
singer, actor
Sakharama Rao
OEMI1851
915916
1881
1930
19-20
Tiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
goottuvaadyam maestro
Srinivasa Rao

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