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
P02179
Gulab-bai
OEMI0756
386387
1920
1996
0713
No
20
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
P02135
Amubi Singh （Maisnam）
1121
OEMI0125
53
Manipur
1881
1972
0629
No
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
P02464
Asa Singh Mastana
?
OEMI0178
77
1926
1999
0523
No
20
Lahore
Delhi
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
P02049
Govindrao Burhanpurkar
OEMI0747
382
1880
1957
No
19-20
Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh
?
Distinguished pakhaawaj exponent
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
P03011
Charu Sija Mathur
OEMI0446
224
1940
No
20
Delhi
Performer of Manipuri dance
R. K. Singhajit Singh
P00325
Antonio de Figueiredo
OEMI0158
67
1981
1105
No
20
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western classical music
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
Sakharam-pant Agale
OEMI1852
916
1858
1918
No
19-20
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
Satara, Maharashtra
pakhaawaj player
Nana Panse
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
P01721
Bangalore K. Venkataram
0110
OEMI0296
119
1934
2003
1018
No
20-21
?
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Eminent ghatam player
P02765
Chimanlal Nayak
0414
OEMI0480
239
1916
1977
1023
No
20
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
P02301
Chunilal Pandya
OEMI0504
245
1948
No
20
Modasa, North Gujarat
?
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
P00152
Hare Krishna Behera
OEMI0798
410
1938
No
20
Balasore area, Orissa
Exponent of dance and dance music
P02301
Dharmiklal Pandya
0811
OEMI0570
285
1932
No
20
Baroda,Gujarat
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
P02937
Acharyalu,C.R.
?
OEMI0031
16
1998
0322
No
20
?
Ahmedabad
Kuchipudi dance guru
P00364
Balasaraswati,T.
0513
OEMI0269
110111
1918
1984
0209
No
20
Chennai
?
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
Swamy Naidu, A.
OEMI2093
1042
20
?
?
actor, singer
actor, singer
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
0304
OEMI0356
168169
1863
1901
0213
19-20
?
?
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Pransukhlal Nayak
04??
OEMI1639
825
1910
20
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
Sohrabji R. Dhondi
OEMI2010
991992
20
?
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the New Alfred Theatre of the early 20th cent.
P00151
Gubbi Viranna
0124
OEMI0751
384
1891
1972
1018
19-20
Gubbi village, Mysore region
Bangalore
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
Dinanath Mangeshkar
1212
OEMI0587
297298
1900
1942
0424
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Sunil Kothari
1220
OEMI2074
1031
Kolkata
1933
20
Mumbai
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Pallikurike Somanatha
OEMI1578
785
Telugu
13
?
?
author
Telugu author
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
Ahobal Pandit
?
OEMI0059
29
probably born near Benares
?
16
?
?
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
Natarajan,A.K.C.
?
OEMI1509
739
?
?
?
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
Abdul Latif
?
OEMI0013
5
1930
20
Barisal,Bangladesh
composer
Singer and composer
Surendranath Das
Abdul Gani Bayati
?
OEMI0007
2
1909
1978
0819
20
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
Abdul Salam
?
OEMI0017
6
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
Basit Khan
OEMI0314
129
0.1787
0.1887
18-19
?
?
composer
Reputed 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
Vidyapati Thakur
OEMI2201
1127
0.136
0.1448
14-15
?
?
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
Surdas Madanmohan
OEMI2080
1035
0.1537
1600
16
?
Vrindaavan, Uttar Pradesh
composer
Composer of devotional songs
P00120
Anil Biswas
0714
OEMI0144
61
Mumbai
1914
2003
0531
20-21
Barisal
Delhi
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Azad Rahman
OEMI0210
90
Bangladesh
1944
20
Burdwan, West Bengal
composer
Singer and music composer
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
?
OEMI0061
29
?
17
?
Saraguri
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
Nilakantha Sivan
OEMI1530
756757
1839
1900
0728
19
Nagorcoil area, now in Tamil Nadu, then part of the Travancore princely state of Kerala
?
composer
Well-known composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Purushottam Thakur
OEMI1656
832
1561
1619
16-17
Patbausi, near Barpeta
Bhela, in the former state of Cooch-Behar
composer
Composer of traditional Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
?
OEMI0722
374
1902
1990
0828
20
Kerala
?
composer
Noted composer and writer
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer
Mukunda Das
?
OEMI1381
692693
1878
1934
?
19-20
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
?
composer
Poplar composer
P00223
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
OEMI1973
974
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
?
OEMI0263
109
1789
1848
?
18-19
?
?
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
Prabhakar Datar Sahir
OEMI1632
821
1755
1843
18-19
Gangapur, Nasik district, Maharashtra
?
composer
Composer of laavani and powaasaa in Marathi
Papanasam Sivan
OEMI1594
795
1890
1973
19-20
Polagam,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
composer
singer,composer of devotional songs
Mahadeva Bhagavathar(Noorani),Vaidyanatha Iyer(Konerirajapuram)
Ananda Samarakon
0113
OEMI0129
56
1911
1962
0405
20
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1005
508
1770
1820
?
18-19
Burdwan district,Bengal
Burdwan district,Bengal
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
?
OEMI0108
48
Assam
?
20
?
?
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Ramshankar Bhattacharya
OEMI1779
884
1761
1853
18-19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
composer
composer
Vishnupur gharaanaa of Bengal
Gadadhar Bhattacharya
Edwin Samaradivakara
0622
OEMI0609
309
1916
1959
1008
20
Katna, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
Ananda Shankar
1202
OEMI0130
56
1942
1999
0326
20
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer
Aniruddha
OEMI0147
62
1553
1626
16-17
?
?
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Dasharathi Roy
?
OEMI0528
258259
1806
1857
?
19
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
?
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Pedda Dasari
OEMI1616
807
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Rajanikant Sen
OEMI1705
864
1865
1910
19-20
Bhangabari, Pabna district （now Bangladesh）
?
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
OEMI2000
987
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Subbanna
?
OEMI2037
1011
1854
1939
?
19-20
Mysore
Mysore
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
Sukumar Sahu
0815
OEMI2058
1028
1907
20
Balasore, Orissa
composer
Oriya composer
Walter Kaufmann
0401
OEMI2237
11441145
1907
1984
0908
20
Karlsbad,Germany
Bloomington,USA
composer
Composer,conductor,pianist,scholar,and author from Europe
in music from his uncle Moritz Kaufmann,and in composing from Fidelio F.Finke.
Bhadrachala Ramadas
OEMI0326
145
0.162
0.168
17
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
Chengalvaraya Sastri
?
OEMI0453
229
1810
1900
0228
19
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
OEMI0976
494
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
Krishna Kamal Goswami
OEMI1100
569
1810
1888
19
?
?
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
P00247
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
0721
OEMI2096
1045
1921
2002
0316
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
Raya Ramananda
OEMI1813
897
1467
1525
15-16
?
?
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
Chacha Vrindavandas
?
OEMI0418
207208
16971712
1791
?
17-18
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
Dakshinamorti Sastri
?
OEMI0515
252
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
Kamakoti Sastri
?
OEMI1000
507
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
composer
Composer of kritis
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
OEMI1166
591
?
?
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Parshuram Shahir
OEMI1601
798799
1754
1844
18-19
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Ramachandra Ata
OEMI1732
871
1687
1752
17-18
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
?
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1749
874
1872
19
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
?
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
his father Gangabishnu
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
0218
OEMI2235
1144
1781
1874
?
18-19
probably Ayyampettai,former kingdom of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Walajapet,near Chennai
composer
Illustrious disciple of composer Tyaagaraaja
his father Nalluswaamy
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
OEMI1049
540
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent.） of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
Anantadas Goswami
OEMI0138
58
1790
18-19
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Narottamdas Thakur
?
OEMI1497
731
0.1533
?
16
Kheturi,Bengal
?
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Subramanya Bharathi
1211
OEMI2043
1013
1882
1921
0912
19-20
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
OEMI1791
887
1612
1684
17
?
?
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
?
OEMI1299
657
?
?
?
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
?
OEMI1308
662
Tamil Nadu
1971
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Roprasik Devacharya
OEMI1818
902
16
?
?
composer
composer

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