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
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
0811
OEMI0423
211
1905
1947
1007
20
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
?
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
Pankaj Mullick
0510
OEMI1587
793
1905
1978
0219
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
P01280
Govind Narayan Natu
0514
OEMI0735
380
1905
No
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
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
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Vincent Somapala
0517
OEMI2208
1131
1906
1989
0607
20
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Pahadi Sanyal
0222
OEMI1572
782
1906
1974
20
Darjeeling
Bengal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Somnath Das
OEMI2017
993
1906
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Odissi music
Gina Blau
0428
OEMI0692
364
1906
1998
1023
20
?
New York
American exponent of Indian dances
Bhupesh Gupta
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
Ramchatur Mallik
1005
OEMI1760
877878
1906
1990
0111
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
Basti, near Patna
Reputed dhrupad singer
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik
Victor Paranjoti
OEMI2197
1126
1906
1967
0201
20
Bangalore
Mumbai
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
Kasambhai Master
0310
OEMI1032
524
1906
1969
1028
20
Umbari village,north Gujarat
?
singer-actor of Gujarati player
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
1118
OEMI1735
871
1906
20
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
Narayanrao Lakshman Gune
0406
OEMI1491
730731
1906
1987
0927
20
Lashkar, Maharashtra
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and veteran teacher
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
OEMI1251
631
1906
1990
20
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
?
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Bande Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0294
117
Baroda
1906
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
khayaal
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
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.
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
09??
OEMI1349
680
1907
1988
0927
20
Haryana
Maharashtra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kader Bakhsh
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
Wamanrao Sadolikar
0916
OEMI2238
1145
1907
1991
0326
20
Sadoli,near Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Jaipur-Atraauli
Wamanrao Padhye, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
Pachu Pillai(Champakulam)
10??
OEMI1562
779
1907
20
Champakulam,Kerala
Kathakali dancer
Paramu Pillai,Vechoor Raman Pillai
Kathakali
Kamala Jharia
?
OEMI1002
507508
1907
1980
1220
20
Jharia,Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
Prajnanananda （Swami）
OEMI1637
825
Kolkata
1907
20
Prasadpur, Bengal
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0883
445
1907
1980
1108
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Jaisukhlal Shah
0413
OEMI0912
457
1907
1989
0118
20
Bharuch,Gujarat
Mumbai
scholar and teacher
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan （Sahaswan）
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
P00102
Vishnudass Shirali
0516
OEMI2212
1135
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
1984
0226
20
Hubli, Karnataka
Mumbai
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar （vocal）
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Alain Danielou
1004
OEMI0070
34
France
1907
1994
0127
20
Paris
?
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
Narayanrao Indorekar
0108
OEMI1490
730
1907
1989
0602
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
?
tabla player
Tabla exponent
his father Gopalrao, Jahangir Khan, Gammi Khan
Sukumar Sahu
0815
OEMI2058
1028
1907
20
Balasore, Orissa
composer
Oriya composer
Nilamma Kadambai
OEMI1531
757
1908
1998
1214
20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
P06436
Siddheshwari Devi
OEMI1985
976
1908
1977
0318
20
Benares
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
0725
OEMI1907
960961
1908
2003
0131
20-21
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
Lalmohan Patra
?
OEMI1192
600
1908
1989
?
20
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
?
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
Gokul Nag
OEMI0707
371
1908
1983
0325
20
Bankura district, Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar and surbahaar player
his father Govinda Nag
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Venkatesa Devaru
OEMI2192
1123
Mysore
1908
1963
20
Tirupadi Puliyar, near Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
?
Noted mridangam player of the Mysore durbar of Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1895-1940）
his well-known father Muthuswami Tewar
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
0304
OEMI1991
982
1908
1975
0316
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Munneshwar Dayal
1107
OEMI1389
695
1908
1983
0510
20
Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya
Noted harmonium exponent
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
P00119
Anil Bagchi
0117
OEMI0143
6061
1908
1977
0715
20
Midnapore district, Bengal
Kolkata
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
Dattu-bua Inamdar
?
OEMI0536
260
1908
1986
0927
20
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
Raghavan,V.
0822
OEMI1677
855856
1908
1979
0405
20
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
Narayan Prasad
OEMI1468
726
1908
1958
0912
20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Jaipur
Kathak dancer
P06081
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0028
14
1908
1979
1210
No
20
Jaipur
Indore
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Jaipur
his father
P05290
Gopinath
?
OEMI0732
377
1908
1987
1009
No
20
?
?
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
P00082
Ramrao Naik
OEMI1777
883884
1909
1998
1021
20
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Bishnuprasad Rabha
0131
OEMI0396
195
1909
1969
0620
20
Dhaka
Tezpur, Assam
Noted singer-actor and lyricist of Assamese plays
Ramsingh Thakur
OEMI1780
884
1909
2002
0418
20-21
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow
singer
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
Anandiram Das
OEMI0132
57
1909
1960
20
?
?
Assamese song writer
Nandlal Sharma
0611
OEMI1445
722
1909
1990
1130
20
Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teadher
Rajab Ali Khan
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
Abdul Gani Bayati
?
OEMI0007
2
1909
1978
0819
20
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
Rajkumar Priyogopal Sana
OEMI1713
866
1910
20
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known exponent of Manipuri dance, also an expert in Manipuri martial arts
his father Rajkumar Suryaboro Singh
Niranjan Kar
OEMI1537
762
1910
20
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Singer of Paalaa keertan
Duryodhan Panda
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Manhar Barve
1220
OEMI1263
639
1910
1972
0526
20
Mumbai
?
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Ganapatrao Barve
Mallika Pukhraj
OEMI1252
631
1910
2004
0204
20-21
Akhnur town,Kashmir
Lahore,Pakistan
vocalist
ghazal singer
Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale,Akhtar Hussain
ghazal
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
Abdul Kadar Khan
?
OEMI0011
3
1910
1970
0309
20
Rajasthan
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Phatik Chandra Kalita Ojha
OEMI1620
809
Assam
1910
1973
20
Phithakhowa village, Darrang district, Assam
Phithakhowa
Noted singer of Maanasaa Ojaapaali of Assam
Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Tyagaraja Bhagavatar, M.K.
0301
OEMI2141
1099
1910
1959
1101
20
Mayavaram, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
singer-actor
Famous singer-actor of Tamil films of the pre-1950s
the Alathur Brothers, Papanasam Sivan, and Vaithikulam Swamigal
Tamil films
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Santidev Ghosh
0507
OEMI1876
942943
1910
1999
1201
20
Bangladesh []the part of India
Kolkata
exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
P00132
Balasubramaniyam,G.N.
01??
OEMI0271
111112
1910
1965
0501
20
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Pransukhlal Nayak
04??
OEMI1639
825
1910
20
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan
OEMI0466
236237
1910
1986
1229
20
Kasur, Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Qavvaal Bacche gharaanaas
Haji Amir Bakhsh, Chhajju Khan, Mohammad Khan
P00117
Kartik Ram
OEMI1030
523
1910
1980
20
Rajasthan
?
Kathak dancer
Shivnarayan,Jaylalji Maharaj,Achan Maharaj,Shival,Mohanlal
Manik-bua Thakurdas
1110
OEMI1268
640
1910
2002
1001
20-21
Solapur,Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher,vocalist, author
Veteran teacher,vocalist,and author
Yashwant-bua and Master Krishnarao
P00049
Venkateswara Rao （Atluri）
OEMI2194
1123
1910
1982
0823
20
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh
?
Mridangam player
Palghat Mani
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Mohammad Ghous
OEMI1347
679
1910
1953
0321
20
Bangalore
Sri Lanka
music director
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
Krishnashankar Shukla
0817
OEMI1117
573
1911
1992
0807
20
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
?
old-timer in media music
Malbarao Sardesai
1231
OEMI1247
627
1911
20
Panaji,Goa
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
Shaukat Ali Khan
OEMI1954
969
1911
20
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist

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