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
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
P00084
OEMI1792
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
veena player and teacher
1932
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
887
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065
P00206
OEMI2174
Vasudevan Nambodiri （Nelliyodu）
Kathakali artiste
1940
Ernakulam district, Kerala
Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, etc...
1118
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI1917
Shadi Khan （Benares）
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
?
?
963
OEMI1461
Narasimha Dasa （Tumu）
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
1790
Andhra
?
725726
OEMI1420
Muttu Ayyar(Karaikudi)
mridangam player
1901
?
?
Tirugokarnam Sivanandam Pillai
706
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1551
Nomita Ghose
vocalist
vocalist
1959
1211
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Jashoda Ghose,P.C.Gomes,Barin Mazumdar
766
P00242
OEMI1795
Rani
singer-actress
?
?
887
OEMI1859
Sambayya
veena player
veena performer
?
?
922
OEMI1925
Shahu Maharaj
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
?
?
963
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1822
Roy, R.N.
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
903
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI0819
Harmasji Ardeshir
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Mumbai
?
?
416
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI0013
Abdul Latif
composer
Singer and composer
1930
?
Barisal,Bangladesh
Surendranath Das
5
OEMI0010
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
?
?
?
?
3
OEMI2051
Sujan Khan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
?
?
Agra
10251026
OEMI0375
Bilas Baras Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of the Pune durbar
dhrupad
Pune
?
?
?
?
Pune durbar
189
OEMI0540
Dayar Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
?
?
?
?
Maharaja Takhat Singh
262
P06043
OEMI1831
Sabri Khan
saarangi player
contemporary player of the saarangi
1927
0410
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Haji Mohammad Khan, Chhajju Khan
908
OEMI0382
Binaoani Mohanty
sitar player,vocalist
Vocalist,sitar player,and teacher.
1928
0628
Cuttack,Orissa
Allauddin Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
192
OEMI0865
Imdad Khan （Sahaswan）
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
?
?
Sahaswaan
440
OEMI0049
Aghawan
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Unav,near Lucknow
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0118
Amirjan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
51
OEMI0249
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
Eminent exponent
0.1765
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
102
OEMI0578
Dhruba Charan Ratha
tabla player
Tabla player
1917
0415
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
290
OEMI0923
Jatadhar
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
464
OEMI1297
Master Ratan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1914
1110
Hadiyabad town,
Shaam Chauraasi
Poorna Chandra
657
OEMI1563
Padma Nath
instrumentalist
Kolkata
?
?
780
OEMI2061
Sultan Bakhsh
sitar player
Well-known late 19th-cent. sitar player of Dhaka
?
?
Ratan Chand Das
1029
OEMI1413
Muthurama Kavirayar
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
?
?
704705
OEMI1549
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
Qavvaali singer
?
?
766
OEMI0975
Kader Bakhsh （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla player
1902
Lahore
?
his father Fakir Bakhsh
494
OEMI1373
Muddu Venkatamakhi
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
?
?
?
?
690
P06774
OEMI1224
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1907
?
Allahabad
619
OEMI0307
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
123
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1385
Munir Khaton Begum
vocalist
Vocalist
1934
0202
Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh
Kiraanaa
Habib Khan
694
P02280
OEMI0961
Joseph Kaimaparamban
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
1924
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
488
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367
OEMI1025
Kantimati
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
?
?
517
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI1428
Nabi Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
712
OEMI1617
Pir Bakhsh
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
807
OEMI1827
Ruparam
actor, writer
?
?
905
OEMI2154
Vadammal
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
11061107
OEMI0401
Bobbili Kesavayya
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
?
?
his father, Gopalayya
197
OEMI1810
Ratnakant Ramnathkar
vocalist
harmonium player and vocalist
1900
Mumbai
Mumbai
Raghuvir Ramnathkar, Nanhe Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
894
OEMI0705
Gokalram （Bhagat）
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
P05977
OEMI1248
Malini Rajurkar
vocalist
vocalist
1941
Ajmer,Rajasthan
Govindrao Rajurkar
629
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
OEMI1663
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
1737
Delhi
?
834
OEMI1488
Narayan-bua Gogate
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2183
Vengichan Swami （Thiruvilwamala）
Performer of the drum, maddalam, for Kathakali
0.1873
Thiruvilwaamala, Thrissur district, Kerala
?
his uncle Chittan Pattar and Chinnaswami Bhagavatar （maddalam）
1121
OEMI0835
Hira Singh Boralia
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
1934
0612
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Ram Narayan, Harlal Makwana, Bhailal Barot, Devilal Samar
431
OEMI1460
Narasimha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
Rama Iyengar
725
OEMI1910
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
?
?
961
P00112
OEMI0064
Ajoy Chakrabarty
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Kolkata
1953
?
Kolkata
30
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
OEMI0790
Hamidanbai
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
?
?
401
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI1009
Kamleshwari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
?
?
?
?
510
OEMI1089
Kohala
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
?
?
560561
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
OEMI1443
Nanda Malini
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
1943
0823
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
721
OEMI1555
Norbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
767
OEMI1797
Ranjana Devi
singer, teacher
1949
0117
?
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
887888
OEMI1930
Shamanna
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
?
?
964
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
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI1781
Ramtaran Sanyal
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
884
OEMI2222
Vithaldas Joshi
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
keertan
?
?
pakhaawaj
1139
OEMI0357
Bhausaheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
169
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
OEMI1591
Pannalal Goswami
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
?
?
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
794795
OEMI2179
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Thanjavur
?
?
1120
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367