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
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2156
Vadyanadha Iyer
singer
disc-record singer of south India
?
?
1107
OEMI1142
Kushaba Nana Bhide
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
?
581
P02712
OEMI1678
Raghunath Dutta
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
1933
0201
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
856
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI2134
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
Performer of Manipuri dance
1923
1015
Imphal, Manipur
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
1088
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI0987
Kale Khan （Lahore）
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI1487
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1923
Palakkad, Kerala
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
729
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0345
Bharati Sivaji
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
?
Lalita Sastri
161
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0726
Gopalasambayya
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
?
?
375
OEMI0809
Hari Vallabh II
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
?
?
411
P00173
OEMI1133
Kumkum Mohanty
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Cuttack,Orissa
579
OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1455
Nannu-miya
Well-known performer of dholak
?
?
723
OEMI1877
Sanyal, A.N.
author, teacher
?
?
943
OEMI2052
Sukadev Patri
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1927
?
Kendrapada,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar,Kundaladi Narayan Rao,and Khitish Chandra Maitra.
1026
OEMI1188
Lalji Srivastava
tabla player
Tabla player
1924
1124
Prayag, near Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Yusuf Khan, Shyamlal, Jiyalal
600
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
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
OEMI0256
Baiju Bawra
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
?
?
105
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
P02334
OEMI0852
Ibopishak Sharma
Manipuri dance guru
1918
0402
Imphal, Manipur
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
438
OEMI1082
Kirtidhara
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
?
?
558
OEMI1212
Madanlal Vyas
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Mumbai
1922
?
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
611
OEMI1681
Raghunath Rath
author
?
?
856
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
OEMI0652
Ganesilal Chaube
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesilal
?
?
331
OEMI1679
Raghunath Nanda
singer
1920
0812
Puri,Orissa
Govind Charan Nanda
856
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI0281
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
114
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI1367
Morgaumkar Bhave
composer
composer
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
686
P02466
OEMI2111
Tarun Kumar Singh
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
1912
?
Imphal,Manipur
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
1068
OEMI0662
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
1890
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Nityananda
349350
P00097
OEMI1003
Kamala Murthy,T.R.
Harikathaa performer
1932
?
Lakshmikudi,Tamil Nadu
Annasami Bhagavatar,Embar Vijaya Raghavachariar,and Venkatasubramania Sastrigal
508
OEMI1524
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
755
OEMI1639
Pransukhlal Nayak
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
1910
04??
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
825
OEMI0873
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
?
?
442
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
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