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
OEMI1899
Savta Mali
Poet of Marathi abhangs
0.125
?
0.1295
?
957
OEMI1908
Sena Nhavi
Devotional poet
?
?
961
OEMI1934
Shambhu Qavval
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
?
?
964
OEMI1941
Shankar Hombal
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
12??
Dharwar, Karnataka
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
966
OEMI1942
Shankar Vaze
Author of Marathi musical plays
?
?
966
P03003
OEMI1995
Sitara Devi
Well-known Kathak danseuse
Mumbai
1920
Kolkata
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
986
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
OEMI2036
Subba Rao,B.
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
1894
?
Basavapatna,Karnataka
1970
?
?
10101011
OEMI2055
Sukhsen
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
0.175
?
Gwalior
0.18
?
Gwalior
Seni
1027
P02325
OEMI2065
Sundar Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer
1898
Karvadi town, Rajasthan
1970
0530
?
Bindadin Maharaj
1030
OEMI2090
Sushila Mishra
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
0.192
Thrissur district, Kerala
1998
0808
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1039
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
OEMI2115
Tijanbai
Performer of Paandavani
Bhilai
1954
0424
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
1070
P00208
OEMI2123
Thilagam,P.R.
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
1926
?
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
1078
OEMI2135
Trimohanlal
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
?
?
1089
OEMI2136
Tukaram （Sant）
Saint-poet whose name is Synonymous with Marathi abhangs
1598
Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra
1650
Dehu
10941095
P00240
OEMI2145
Uma Sharma
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
?
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
1102
OEMI2163
Vangamani
author
?
?
1113
OEMI2164
Vansiali
poet
?
?
1114
OEMI2176
Vasuki
Ancient authority
?
?
1118
OEMI2180
Vema Bhopala
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
?
?
11201121
OEMI2182
Venabai
Performer of Marathi keertans
1627
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1678
?
saint-poet Raamdaas
1121
OEMI2209
Vishnu Mahajani
Poet and playwright
1851
11??
Pune, Maharashtra
1923
02??
?
1134
OEMI2220
Viswanathan, T.
flute player
1926
0815
Tamil Nadu
2002
0910
?
Swaminatha Pillai
11381139
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2243
William Jones
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
1746
0920
England
1794
?
Kolkata
1147
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI1107
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
Author
1795
Udapiur,Rajasthan
1888
probably Kolkata
571
OEMI1141
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
1886
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
1981
Mumbai
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
580
OEMI0290
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
Pioneer activist in music education
1851
?
Alibag,near Mumbai
1914
0922
Mumbai
116
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
P00140
OEMI0463
Chhota Gandharva
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1918
0510
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
1997
1231
?
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
236
OEMI0542
Debkantha Bagchi
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Bengal theatre
1860
?
Nabadwip district,Bengal
1930
?
probably Kolkata
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
262
OEMI0828
Heisnam Mangoljao
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
1914
11??
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
1997
1016
Imphal, Manipur
420
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
OEMI1389
Munneshwar Dayal
Noted harmonium exponent
1908
1107
Gaya district, Bihar
1983
0510
Gaya
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
695
OEMI1468
Narayan Prasad
Kathak dancer
1908
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1958
0912
Jaipur
726
OEMI1485
Narayanaswamy, K. （Umayalpuram）
Ghatam player
1929
0504
Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu
his father Kothandarama Iyer
729
OEMI1760
Ramchatur Mallik
Reputed dhrupad singer
1906
1005
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
1990
0111
Basti, near Patna
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik
877878
OEMI1913
Seshanna （Vina）
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Mysore
1852
Mysore
1926
0725
?
962
OEMI1970
Shridhar Nazrekar
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
1658
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
1729
?
974
OEMI2072
Sundarlal Vaidya
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
1840
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
1031
OEMI0805
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
411
OEMI1154
Lakpati Singh Leimapokapam
Singer of Manipuri nata sankeertana songs
1953
0812
Imphal, Manipur
his father Herachandra Singh, and mother Ibemhal Devi, Birahari Singh, Tolpishak Singh, Chaoba Singh, Gulapi Singh
587
OEMI0226
Baburao Deshmukh
Benefactor and sponsor
1899
0712
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
1970
0710
?
94
OEMI0276
Balkoba Natekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1855
?
?
1910
?
?
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
112
OEMI0283
Baltazard, Solvyns
European painter,
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
?
115
OEMI0565
Dhanapandian,D.A.
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
1921
?
?
1997
1110
?
281
OEMI0602
Durgavara Kayastha
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
?
?
305
OEMI0910
Jaishankar Sundari
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
1889
0130
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
1975
0122
456
OEMI0936
Jhandilal Dwivedi
Mridang player
1909
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0915
475
OEMI0982
Kalamani Handique
Well-known singer of Assamese dihaa-naam
1923
11??
Balihat, near Jhanji, Jorhat district, Assam
1991
1020
Balihat
his father Tolan Handique
500
OEMI0999
Kalyanikutty Amma
Grand veteran of Moohini Aattam
1915
?
Karingavanam,South Malabar,Kerala
1999
0512
Tripunithura,near Kochi.Kerala
507
OEMI1032
Kasambhai Master
singer-actor of Gujarati player
1906
0310
Umbari village,north Gujarat
1969
1028
?
524
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI1397
Murad Khan(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
?
?
1889
?
Delhi
697
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI1476
Narayana Tirtha
Playwright
?
?
728
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
OEMI0354
Bhatta Devacharya
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
?
?
168
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
P02845
OEMI0796
Haobam Atomba Singh
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
1885
1210
Imphal, Manipur
1975
0221
Imphal
409
OEMI1237
Maheswara Mahapatra
author
?
?
621622
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI1284
Manoranjan Sastri
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
1911
03??
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
1988
0104
Guwahati,Assam
644645
OEMI1398
Murai Mohan Gupta
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
0.1824
?
Barrackpore,Bengal
0.1904
?
Kolkata
pakhaawaj
697698
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1736
Ramachandran, V.A.
Mridangam player
1915
06??
Palakkad, Kerala
1993
1231
Hyderabad
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
871872
OEMI1850
Sakharam Sarnaik
poet, playwright
?
?
915
OEMI1897
Satyanarayana, R.
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
1927
Mysore city, Karnataka
his mother Varalakshmi
953
OEMI2078
Surchand Sharma, G.
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Manipur
1915
0210
Imphal
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
10341035
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
P00163
OEMI0998
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
1932
?
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
506
OEMI1136
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
performer of svarabat
?
?
579
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1603
Parthasarathy,T.S.
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
1913
0908
Chennai
2006
1013
?
799
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI0421
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
1486
?
Nabadwip,Bengal
1533
07??
Puri,Orissa
208209
OEMI0346
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
Dancer and choreographer
1930
Chennai
2003
0804
New York, USA
162
P00110
OEMI1474
Narayana Menon, V.K.
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
191011
Thrissur, Kerala
1997
0726
Delhi
727
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
P00049
OEMI2194
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
Mridangam player
1910
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
1982
0823
?
Palghat Mani
1123
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0539
Day,C.R.
Author
?
?
?
?
261
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI0630
Feroze Nizami
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
1910
?
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
1975
1115
Lahore
319
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367
OEMI0749
Govindrao Tembe
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
1881
0705
Sangavade Maharashtra
1955
0529
Delhi
383
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
P00154
OEMI0818
Harishankar, G.
Performer of the rhythm instrument khanjiraa
1958
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2002
0211
?
his father Thukharamarao Govindrao, Rammathapuram Murugabhoopathy, Palakkad Mani Iyer
416