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
Sukadev Patri
?
OEMI2052
1026
1927
20
Kendrapada,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
Lalji Srivastava
1124
OEMI1188
600
1924
20
Prayag, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
Yusuf Khan, Shyamlal, Jiyalal
P00216
Sangameshwar Gurav
1207
OEMI1867
926
1931
20
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
Jaya Senapati
OEMI0927
467
13
Mid-13th-cent.Telugu author,better known as Japaya,who wrote Nritta Ratnaavali.
Kuvarpal Swami
OEMI1145
582
?
?
composer
composer
Mithas Joshi
OEMI1333
673
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sarasdev
OEMI1884
946
?
?
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
?
OEMI2041
1012
1919
20
Bangalore
Noted veena player
T.Venkatarao
P05973
Amjad Ali Khan
1009
OEMI0120
51
Delhi
1945
20
Gwalior
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
Yusuf Khan
?
OEMI2251
1156
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Haapur
Mirza Khan
OEMI1329
672
?
?
author
Samwal Khan
OEMI1865
925
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Chhote Mohammad Khan
OEMI0469
237
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
Haddu Khan
Jatan Kathak
OEMI0924
464
Benares
19
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
?
OEMI0080
38
?
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
P00196
Pradip Chaliha
OEMI1635
824
Assam
1919
20
Golaghat, Assam
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
P00197
Pratima Barua Pandey
OEMI1644
827
1934
20
Gauripur, Assam
singer
Assamese folk singer
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
0531
OEMI0188
82
1938
20
Mumbai
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
OEMI1406
703
?
?
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
OEMI2165
1114
1937
20
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
Mridangam player
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Gopal Nayak
OEMI0717
373374
?
?
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Mahendra Bhatt
01??
OEMI1233
621
1989
20
Rajasthan
violinist
violinist
Manmohan Bhatt
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Raghunath Seth
1215
OEMI1682
856
1931
20
Gwalior
flute player
P00218
Sarada Hoffman
OEMI1880
944
1929
20
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse and teacher
Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Ambu Panikker, Chandu Panikker
Sudhakalasa
?
OEMI2047
1021
?
?
?
Author
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Balwantrao Ketkar
?
OEMI0287
115116
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
Antu-bua Apte
khayaal
Munnan Khan(Murshidabad)
?
OEMI1386
694
Murshidabad (now in Bangladesh)
?
19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player(second half, 19th cent.)
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
Rameshwar Pathak
OEMI1765
879
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
OEMI2177
1119
1923
20-
Kuchipudi village, Andhra
Noted Kuuchipuudi dancer and teacher
his father Rattayya Sarma and two other gurus Lakshmi Narayana Sastri and Vempati Venkata Narayana
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
P00191
Padma Subrahmanyam
OEMI1564
780
Chennai
20
?
dancer,scholar
B.V.Lakshmanan,Ramayya Pillai,Gowri Amma
Narayanaswami Iyer （Bharatam）
OEMI1482
728
20
?
?
Stage artiste of early 20th cent.
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
Pulin Behari Mitter
OEMI1648
828
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
Thouranishabi Devi,L.
1103
OEMI2125
1078
1946
20-
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri danseuse
G.Iboton Sharma,Chongtham Achou,Okram Leikai,and Thangjam Munal.
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
?
OEMI0568
284
?
?
?
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
P00227
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
?
OEMI2023
995
1913
20
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
P00174
Kumudini Lakhia
OEMI1134
579
1935
20
Maharashtra
Kathak danseuse
Manarang
?
OEMI1257
634
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
Manarang
khayaal
Mohammad Bakhsh
OEMI1345
679
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Raza Hussain
OEMI1814
897
Baroda
1891
19-20
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Pyar Khan
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Shankar Hombal
12??
OEMI1941
966
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1927
20
Dharwar, Karnataka
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra, Chennai
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Mutthu Thandavar
OEMI1419
706
16
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
P00163
Kalyana Sundaram,K.
?
OEMI0998
506
1932
20
Tiruvidaimarudur,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and choreographer
his father Kuppayya Pillai,brother Mahalingam Pillai and some others within the family
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Jayaraman,S.
OEMI0931
470
1920
20
Vazhuvoor,Tamil Nadu
Music director
Mohan Nadkarni
0922
OEMI1362
682
1922
20
Karwar,Karnataka
music critic and author
P00011
Rajam Iyer, B.
07??
OEMI1703
863
1922
20
Patharakkudi village, near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Ganapathy Iyer
P00233
Suresh Awasthi
OEMI2083
1036
1918
20
Rawatpur, Uttar Pradesh
Author, administrator, and teacher
Parvin Mushtari
1213
OEMI1608
801
1954
20
Bangladesh
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
Abdul Sattar
?
OEMI0018
6
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
P06191
Anwar Hussain Khan
OEMI0161
70
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Mugna Khan
OEMI2278
691
1915
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
saarangi ghaaraana
Kale Khan
Mitthu Khan
OEMI1335
673
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Savaliya Khan
OEMI1898
954
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Pyar Khan
P00159
Jaffar Hussain Khan
OEMI0896
449
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
Noted qavvaali singer
Asgarijan
?
OEMI0185
81
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
Agra
Jhire Khan
OEMI0937
478
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Paanipat tradition
Lalgudi Jayaraman
0917
OEMI1181
593
Chennai
1930
20
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Violin maestro
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
Sundarabai of Charkhari
OEMI2068
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist of khayaal in the 20th-century
khayaal
Anil Mihiripenna
0810
OEMI0146
61
1933
20
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
Bauli Bakhsh
OEMI0315
130
?
?
Eminent performer of the Delhi rabla haraanaa
Delhi rabla gharaanaa
his father Bade Kale Khan
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1372
689690
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pundarika Vitthal
OEMI1650
829
16
Satanur village, near Sivaganga, Bangalor region, Karnataka
?
musicologist
Eminent 16th-cent. musicologist
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Savta Mali
OEMI1899
957
0.125
0.1295
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Gora Kumbhar
?
OEMI0733
377
Teradhoki
0.1267
0.1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Vidyapati Thakur
OEMI2201
1127
0.136
0.1448
14-15
?
?
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Nayak Bakhshu
?
OEMI1521
751752
0.146
0.1535
?
15
?
?
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
Raja Maansingh Toomar
dhrupad
Nayak Baiju
?
OEMI1520
751
0.1465
0.154
?
15
Champaner village,North Gujarat
?
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist

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