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
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
OEMI0927
Jaya Senapati
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
467
OEMI1145
Kuvarpal Swami
composer
composer
?
?
582
OEMI1333
Mithas Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1884
Sarasdev
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
?
?
946
OEMI2041
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
Noted veena player
1919
?
Bangalore
T.Venkatarao
1012
P05908
OEMI0120
Amjad Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
Delhi
1945
1009
Gwalior
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
51
OEMI2251
Yusuf Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Haapur
1156
OEMI1329
Mirza Khan
author
?
?
672
OEMI1865
Samwal Khan
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
?
?
925
OEMI0464
Chhota Naubat Khan
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
0.1756
?
?
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
236
OEMI0469
Chhote Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
?
?
Haddu Khan
237
OEMI0924
Jatan Kathak
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Benares
464
OEMI0080
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
?
?
?
?
?
38
OEMI0638
Gaforan
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
323
P00196
OEMI1635
Pradip Chaliha
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Assam
1919
Golaghat, Assam
824
OEMI1873
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
Kathakali artiste
1909
0306
Thrissur district, Kerala
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
940
OEMI1376
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
?
Gwalior
691
OEMI1573
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Chennai
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
782
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI0258
Bal Chaturvedi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1919
07??
Mehboob Khan
his famous father Chandan Chaube
107
OEMI0439
Chandrarekha
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Thanjavur
?
?
220
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
OEMI0854
Ilahi Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
?
?
Rangile
439
OEMI1233
Mahendra Bhatt
violinist
violinist
1989
01??
Rajasthan
Manmohan Bhatt
621
OEMI1453
Nanja Raja
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
?
?
723
P06013
OEMI1682
Raghunath Seth
flute player
1931
1215
Gwalior
856
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
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2189
Venkatamakhi
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
Nothing authentic is known
11221123
OEMI0287
Balwantrao Ketkar
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
khayaal
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Antu-bua Apte
115116
OEMI1386
Munnan Khan(Murshidabad)
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player(second half, 19th cent.)
Murshidabad (now in Bangladesh)
?
?
?
?
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
694
OEMI1765
Rameshwar Pathak
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
?
?
879
OEMI2177
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
1923
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
1119
OEMI1090
Kolar Nagaratnam
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
?
?
Bidaram Krishnappa
563
P00191
OEMI1564
Padma Subrahmanyam
dancer,scholar
Chennai
?
B.V.Lakshmanan,Ramayya Pillai,Gowri Amma
780
OEMI1482
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI0727
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
?
?
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
375
OEMI1648
Pulin Behari Mitter
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
828
OEMI2125
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
Manipuri danseuse
1946
1103
Imphal,Manipur
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
1078
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI1595
Papavinasa Mudaliar
composer
composer
?
?
795
P00227
OEMI2023
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
1913
?
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
995
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI1038
Kasyapa
Quoted as an authority on music
?
?
525
P00174
OEMI1134
Kumudini Lakhia
Kathak danseuse
1935
Maharashtra
579
OEMI1257
Manarang
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Manarang
634
OEMI1345
Mohammad Bakhsh
saarangi player
saarangi player
?
?
679
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI1588
Pannabai
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
?
?
793794
OEMI1666
Radha Krishna
poet,author
?
?
842
OEMI1814
Raza Hussain
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Baroda
1891
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
Pyar Khan
897
OEMI1879
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
Maharaja of Thanjavur
?
?
944
OEMI1941
Shankar Hombal
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
12??
Dharwar, Karnataka
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
966
OEMI2176
Vasuki
Ancient authority
?
?
1118
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI1419
Mutthu Thandavar
composer
composer
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
706
OEMI0814
Harinath Majumdar
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
?
?
415
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
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI0931
Jayaraman,S.
Music director
1920
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
470
OEMI1362
Mohan Nadkarni
music critic and author
1922
0922
Karwar,Karnataka
682
P00011
OEMI1703
Rajam Iyer, B.
vocalist
vocalist
1922
07??
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
Ganapathy Iyer
863
P00233
OEMI2083
Suresh Awasthi
Author, administrator, and teacher
1918
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
1036
OEMI1608
Parvin Mushtari
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
1954
1213
Bangladesh
801
OEMI0018
Abdul Sattar
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
6
P06191
OEMI0161
Anwar Hussain Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
?
?
Agra
70
OEMI2278
Mugna Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
?
?
saarangi ghaaraana
Kale Khan
691
OEMI1335
Mitthu Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1898
Savaliya Khan
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan
954
P00159
OEMI0896
Jaffar Hussain Khan
Noted qavvaali singer
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
449
OEMI0185
Asgarijan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
?
?
?
?
Agra
81
OEMI0937
Jhire Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Paanipat tradition
478
P00864
OEMI1181
Lalgudi Jayaraman
vocalist
Violin maestro
Chennai
1930
0917
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
593
OEMI2068
Sundarabai of Charkhari
vocalist
She was vocalist of khayaal in the 20th-century
khayaal
?
?
1030
OEMI0146
Anil Mihiripenna
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
1933
0810
Sri Lanka
61
OEMI0315
Bauli Bakhsh
Eminent performer of the Delhi rabla haraanaa
?
?
Delhi rabla gharaanaa
his father Bade Kale Khan
130
OEMI1372
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
689690
OEMI1650
Pundarika Vitthal
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
829
P00197
OEMI1644
Pratima Barua Pandey
singer
Assamese folk singer
1934
Gauripur, Assam
827
OEMI0188
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
1938
0531
Mumbai
82
OEMI1406
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
?
?
703
OEMI2165
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
Mridangam player
1937
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
1114
OEMI0311
Basaveswara
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
0.1139
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
0.1196
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
128129
OEMI1899
Savta Mali
Poet of Marathi abhangs
0.125
?
0.1295
?
957
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
OEMI2201
Vidyapati Thakur
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
0.136
?
0.1448
?
1127
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
OEMI1521
Nayak Bakhshu
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
0.146
?
?
0.1535
?
?
Raja Maansingh Toomar
751752
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI2273
Mardana （Bhai）
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
1496
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
0.154
?
650651
OEMI0813
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
composer
Legendary saint-composer
0.148
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
0.1575
Vrindavan, near Agra
412413
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0817
Hariram Vyas
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
1492
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
0.1598
?
415416