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
P00218
OEMI1880
Sarada Hoffman
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
1929
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
944
OEMI1949
Shanti Vardhan
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
1916
Comilla, Bangladesh
1954
0903
?
968
P00222
OEMI1950
Sharada Sinha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
1953
Hulas, Bihar
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
968
P02319
OEMI1952
Sharan Rani
Reputed sarod player
1929
0409
Delhi
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
968
OEMI1984
Siddheshwar Sen
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Malwa, Rajasthan
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Radha Kishan Guru
976
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
991
P00225
OEMI2019
Sonal Mansingh
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
1944
?
Mumbai
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
993
OEMI2024
Sosale Ramadas
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
1890
?
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
1950
?
Mysore
995
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2099
Syed Abdul Hadi
Singer of light forms of music
1940
0701
Comilla,Bangladesh
1049
OEMI2137
Tulaja the First
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1095
P00239
OEMI2142
Uday Shankar
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
1900
1208
Udaipur
1977
0926
Kolkata
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
11001101
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI2271
Majhiram Urav
Folk artiste
Tilanga, Kohpani village, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh
His grandmother. His Paternal uncles, Magraram, Thilleram, and Bunduram
623
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
OEMI1714
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
Noted exponent of Manipuri dance
1932
Imphal
Amubi Singh, Thambal Angou Singh, Chaoba Singh
866
OEMI1947
Shanmuga Sundaram Pillai （Valangaiman）
Performer of the drum, tavil
1914
0402
Valangaiman, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
his father Arumugam Pillai and his elder brother, and also by a guru, Raghava Pillai
967
OEMI0103
Amvadas-pant Agali
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1920
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1972
?
?
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
47
P00122
OEMI0167
Appukutty Poduval, K.
Well-known player of the drum maddalam
1923
Tiruvilvamala, near Palakkad, Kerala
Venkichan Swamy
72
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
OEMI0881
Isak Salom Awaskar
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
1856
Awas village, near Mumbai
1910
Mumbai
445
P00201
OEMI1706
Rajaram-bhau Kadam
Doyen of the Marathi folk form, gondhal
1887
Parbhani, Maharashtra
1990
12??
?
864
P02854
OEMI1857
Samanduram Tondon Devi
exponent of Manipuri dance
Imphal, Manipur
Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Amudon Sharma
921
P00231
OEMI2060
Suleman Juma Jumani
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
folk music
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
Kutch
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
1029
OEMI0997
Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player
1846
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
1888
?
Thiruvananthapuram
his father Venkatadri Bhagavatar
506
OEMI1251
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1906
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
1990
?
631
OEMI1341
Mohammad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
singer
?
1925
Hyderabad
Khudratullah Khan
677
OEMI1685
Raghuvir-mama Ramnathkar
pioneer harmonium player
1877
0212
Ramnath,Goa
?
857
OEMI0067
Akbar Allahabadi
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
1864
1116
?
1921
0909
Allahabad
31
OEMI0227
Baburao Gokhale
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1893
10??
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
1969
0525
?
Gurudev Patwardhan
94
OEMI0275
Baliram Pandey
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
?
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
?
112
OEMI0341
Bhanudatta Misra
Author of a Sanskrit work
?
?
156
OEMI0369
Bhupen Hazarika
An eminent name in Assamese music.
1926
?
Sadia district,Assam
183184
P02330
OEMI0541
Deba Prasad Das
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
1932
?
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
1986
0716
?
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
262
OEMI0900
Jagajjyotirmalla
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
449
OEMI0993
Kallinath Pandit
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
?
?
505506
OEMI1150
Lahari Deb Burman
Sarod player of Tripuna
1922
Agartala
1988
Agartala
586
OEMI1219
Madhukar Pednekar
Reputed harmonium player
1916
0227
Mumbai
1967
0720
?
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
614615
OEMI1600
Parasu Sekh Ojha
singer.dancer
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
798
P02712
OEMI1678
Raghunath Dutta
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
1933
0201
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
856
OEMI1679
Raghunath Nanda
singer
1920
0812
Puri,Orissa
Govind Charan Nanda
856
OEMI1738
Ramakanta Ata
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1649
Bali Sattra
1717
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
his father Daamodara Aataa
872
OEMI1955
Shaukat Ara Islam
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
1939
1227
Dhaka, Bangladesh
969
P00094
OEMI1966
Shivkumar Sharma
Eminent santoor player
Mumbai
1938
0113
Jammu
Kashmir Valley
972973
OEMI2210
Vishnudas Bhave
Father of the Marathi musical play
Marathi musical play
18191823
Sangli, Maharashtra
1901
0809
Sangli
1135
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI1017
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
Mridangam player
1927
?
1995
0430
Chennai
his father
515
P00168
OEMI1066
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
Manipuri dance exponent
1920
Imphal
1990
?
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
543
OEMI1073
Khitish Chandra Maitra
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
1906
1008
Balasore district, Orissa
1980
Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
554
OEMI1265
Mani Madhava Chakyar
Eminent Kootiyaattam performer
1898
?
Palakkad district,Kerala
1990
0615
Kerala
Vasu Nambeesan,Sankaran Nambootiri(Panisseri),and Parikshit Rama Varma Tampuran
639
OEMI1417
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1921
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
1992
Chennai
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
706
OEMI1430
Nagabhushanachar,V.
1932
?
Krishnapur,Mysore district,Karnataka
K.Veerappachar
714715
OEMI1674
Radhika Mohan Moitra
sarod player
1917
0213
Kolkata
1981
1015
Kolkata
843844
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI2187
Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player of the durbar of Swaati Tirunaal
1814
?
1884
Thiruvananthapuram
his father, scholar-musician Raja of Kodungallur
1122
OEMI2224
Vitthalrao Korgaonkar
harmonium player and connoisseur
1880
Mumbai
1974
1231
Belgaum, Karnataka
Kiraanaa
Bhagawat-bua of the troupe,and Bacchubhai Bhandare
1139
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI0128
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
1877
0822
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1947
0909
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
56
OEMI0238
Bade Munne （Tabla）
0.1845
?
0.1905
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
97
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
P00138
OEMI0422
Chakradhar Mahanta
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
1902
0818
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1982
0409
Saudkuchi Sattra
210
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI0829
Helmholtz, Hermann
Eminent German scientist
1821
0831
Postdam, Germany
1894
0908
Berlin
421
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
P00169
OEMI1086
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
0513
Kerala
560
OEMI1101
Krishna Rao, U.S.
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
?
?
570
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
OEMI1643
Pratibha Prahlad
Bharata Naatyam dancer and choreographer
1963
Mysore
U.S. Krishna Rao, Chandrabhaga Devi, V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai, Kalanidhi Narayanan
826827
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
P00211
OEMI1721
Ram Kailas Yadav
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
1928
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
868
OEMI1735
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
1906
1118
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
871
OEMI1789
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
1930
Chennai
886
OEMI1875
Sant Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1966
1116
942
OEMI1895
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Godavaribai Punekar
953
OEMI1969
Shovana Narayan
Kathak dancer
1950
Kolkata
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
973974
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI2035
Subba Ayyar(Chattapuram)
Mridangam player and teacher
1894
1227
Palghat district,Kerala
1961
0617
?
1010
P02466
OEMI2111
Tarun Kumar Singh
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
1912
?
Imphal,Manipur
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
1068
OEMI2213
Vishnupant Chhatre
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
1840
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
1905
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Haddu Khan （vocalist）
1136
OEMI2266
Zinnat Barkatullah
Noted danseuse
1951
1003
Dhaka, Bangladesh
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
1160
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI0223
Babu Khan （Rudra Vina）
Noted performer and teacher
0.1892
Narwar, Madhhya Pradesh
1941
1125
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Murad Khan
93
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
OEMI0662
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
1890
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Nityananda
349350
OEMI0670
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
Pakhaawaj player
1880
Rajasthan
0.1915
?
his father Shankarlal
354355
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622

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