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
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
OEMI2091
1042
1920
1998
0519
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Subramania Iyer
Marcellene Jayakody
0603
OEMI1288
650
1902
1998
0115
20
Dankotuva,Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician,noted for his contributions to the church music
Krishnaswamy lyengar,N.S.
0131
OEMI1118
573
1914
1998
0603
20
Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Narsimhachariar,Tiger Varadachariar,Naina Pillai
Victor Perera, B.
0223
OEMI2198
1126
1931
1998
0326
20
Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
?
violinist
Violinist, vocalist, and teacher
H. Don Vincent, J. Sadiris Silva, and Edmund Silva （of Peliyagoda）, C.R. Vyas, S.C.R. Bhat. and Chindanand Nagarkar, Shridhar Parsekar
P02937
Acharyalu,C.R.
?
OEMI0031
16
1998
0322
No
20
?
Ahmedabad
Kuchipudi dance guru
Sushila Mishra
OEMI2090
1039
0.192
1998
0808
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
Heisnam Mangoljao
11??
OEMI0828
420
1914
1997
1016
20
Thange Island, Loktak Lake, Manipur
Imphal, Manipur
Well-known Manipuri folk singer, popularly known as Thanga Mangoljao
P00217
Sanjukta Panigrahi
0824
OEMI1870
937
1944
1997
0624
20
Behampur, Orissa
Orissa
Odissi danseuse
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
Vasantrao Kulkarni
OEMI2170
1118
1917
1997
0303
20
Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher
teacher
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
Chandrabhaga Devi
OEMI0437
218
1922
1997
0414
20
?
Bangalore
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
P00140
Chhota Gandharva
0510
OEMI0463
236
1918
1997
1231
20
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
?
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
P00110
Narayana Menon, V.K.
OEMI1474
727
191011
1997
0726
20
Thrissur, Kerala
Delhi
Veteran in Indian broadcasting, wrote on musicological and literary subjects
Dhanapandian,D.A.
?
OEMI0565
281
1921
1997
1110
20
?
?
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
OEMI0946
481
1911
1997
0218
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
Bimal Mukherji
?
OEMI0377
190
1930
1997
01??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his father Amulya Chandra Mukherjee and Abid Hussain Khan who was earlier the guru of Amulya Chandra.
Mohan Upreti
OEMI1363
682
1925
1997
0606
20
?
New Delhi
singer
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Nirmala Devi
OEMI1539
762
Mumbai
1996
0615
20
Benares
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Clarence Wijewardena
0802
OEMI0507
246
1943
1996
1213
20
Haputale, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
Binapani Mishra
0210
OEMI0381
192
1933
1996
0625
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Cuttack
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Benares
Amir Khan
Pran Nath
1103
OEMI1638
825
1919
1996
0613
20
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
Berkeley, USA
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan
P02179
Gulab-bai
OEMI0756
386387
1920
1996
0713
No
20
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
Nanhaku Maharaj
OEMI1446
722
1920
1995
1014
20
?
Benares
tabla player
Tabla exponent of the Benares style
Benares
Rangnekar, M.G
0410
OEMI1794
887
1907
1995
0201
20
?
?
writer
writer, director, producer of Marathi musical plays
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Rajyeswar Mitra
0930
OEMI1716
866867
1917
1995
0118
20
Agartala, Tripura
Kolkata
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
Salil Chowdhury
0914
OEMI1855
917918
1925
1995
0905
20
West Bengal
Kolkata
music director of films, mainly Hindi
Kandaswami Pillai,M.N.
OEMI1017
515
1927
1995
0430
20
?
Chennai
Mridangam player
his father
P00182
Maheswar Neog
OEMI1236
621
1918
1995
0913
20
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
Guwahati,Assam
author and researcher in music and fine arts
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Brijinarain
0810
OEMI0409
202
1917
1995
0113
20
?
Mumbai
Well-known propagator of musical activities
Ramesh Nadkarni
0813
OEMI1764
879
1921
1995
0707
20
Bankikodala, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
0909
OEMI1505
733
1933
1994
0507
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
Durgeswar Nath Oja
0307
OEMI0603
305306
1927
1994
0305
20
Pakadali, Darrang district, Assam
Pakadali, Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
his family, and Cheniram Nath, Ghotaram, and Haliram Sarma
Samta Prasad Mishra
0719
OEMI1864
924925
1921
1994
0531
20
Benares
Pune, Maharashtra
tabla player
tabla exponent
Bikku Maharaj
Narayanappa, A.V.
0621
OEMI1479
728
1912
1994
1229
20
Arakalagud, Karnataka
?
Naagaswaram player, mukha veena player
Naagaswaram and mukha veena player
the family
P00042
Ginde, K.G.
1226
OEMI0693
365
1925
1994
0713
20
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
S.N. Ratanjankar
Alain Danielou
1004
OEMI0070
34
France
1907
1994
0127
20
Paris
?
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
Purushottam Das
OEMI1653
831
1921
1994
0620
20
Barpeta Assam
Guwahati
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
his parents Krishnakanta Das and Boroda Bala Das, Bishuprasad Radha, and Bonkowar Anandiram Das
P00073
Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
0704
OEMI1545
764765
1912
1994
0216
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
his uncle Shankarrao Sarnaik
P00100
Nataraja Sundaram Pillai,T.S.
0430
OEMI1508
739
1896
1994
0312
19-20
?
Chennai
Naagaswaram player
Naagaswaram player
his father T.Swaminatha Pillai
Joshi, G.N.
0406
OEMI0964
489
1909
1994
0922
20
Kalyan, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
P00090
Sharatchandra Arolkar
1202
OEMI1953
968
1912
1994
0604
20
Karachi
Mumbai
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
Mathor Shankara Murthy
?
OEMI1298
657
1922
1993
0705
20
Muthalapura,Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
Satyanarayana Murthy （Ariparala）
OEMI1896
953
1904
1993
0512
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist, teacher, and composer of Karnatik music
Varanasi Brahmayya Sastri
Naina Devi
?
OEMI1435
717
1920
1993
1101
20
Bengal
New Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan （Sahaswan）
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
Ramachandran, V.A.
06??
OEMI1736
871872
1915
1993
1231
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Hyderabad
Mridangam player
his father Arunachala Sastrigal, Peethambara Desai, Sakotai Rangu Iyengar
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Joshi, D.T.
10??
OEMI0963
489
1914
1993
10??
20
?
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player and teacher of the Imdaadkhaani tradition
Inayat Khan, father of sitar maestro Vilayat Khan
P01145
Bhubaneswar Mishra
?
OEMI0366
183
1927
1993
0507
20
Paralakhemundi;Orissa
?
violinist,composer
Noted violinist and composer.
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Dwaram Narsinga Rao
Khadim Hussain Khan （Vocal）
OEMI1064
543
1905
1993
0111
20
Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of the Agra tradition
his father Altaf Hussain Khan, grandfather Inayat Khan, paternal grand-uncle Mehboob Khan, maternal great grand-uncle Kallan Khan
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
OEMI1926
963964
1900
1992
06??
20
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
?
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
P00148
Gaurishankar Devilal
OEMI0663
350
1918
1992
0220
20
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
Mumbai
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
Krishnankutty Poduval (Kalamandalam)
0530
OEMI1108
571
1924
1992
1012
20
Vellinezhi,Palakkad district,Kerala
?
player of the drum,chenda,used in Kathakali music
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Sheikh Dawod
1216
OEMI1959
971
1916
1992
0321
20
Solapur, Maharashtra
Hyderabad
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Mohammad Kasim and Tajamull Hussain, Alladiya Khan, and Mehboob Khan
P06155
Arjun Sejwal
0425
OEMI0171
74
1934
1992
1029
No
20
?
Mumbai
Pakhaawaj player
Paanse
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
OEMI1417
706
1921
1992
20
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam exponent
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
Krishnashankar Shukla
0817
OEMI1117
573
1911
1992
0807
20
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
?
old-timer in media music
P06740
Dhyanesh Khan
0506
OEMI0581
293
1942
1991
1011
No
20
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
Kolkata
Sarod player
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
Taranath Rao
0306
OEMI2107
1066
1915
1991
0110
20
Mangalore,Karnataka
Pune,Maharashtra
tabla player
Noted tabla player and teacher
Subbarao Ankolekar and Shamshuddin Khan
P00106
Dilip Chandra Vedi
0324
OEMI0585
295
Delhi
1901
1991
?
20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
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.
Vasant Amrit
0119
OEMI2167
1116
1902
1991
0119
20
Surat, Gujarat
Surat
vocalist
vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Kalamani Handique
11??
OEMI0982
500
1923
1991
1020
20
Balihat, near Jhanji, Jorhat district, Assam
Balihat
Well-known singer of Assamese dihaa-naam
his father Tolan Handique
Ajay Bardan
?
OEMI0062
29
Kolkata
1917
1991
0328
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
OEMI0831
423
1918
1991
20
Agartala
Agartala
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura
Somapala, P.L.A.
0913
OEMI2013
992
1921
1991
0326
20
Colombo
Colombo
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
T.S. Sandarasekara
P05978
Balram Pathak
?
OEMI0282
115
1930
1991
0216
No
20
Ishwarpur village,Bihar
?
sitar player
sitar player
P06099
Yunus Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2249
1155
1938
1991
0926
20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Agra
his famous father,Vilayat Hussain Khan
Mahmudunnabi
1216
OEMI1242
622
1941
1990
1220
20
Burdwan region,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesh
singer
P00201
Rajaram-bhau Kadam
OEMI1706
864
1887
1990
12??
19-20
Parbhani, Maharashtra
?
Doyen of the Marathi folk form, gondhal
P00147
Gavari Devi
OEMI0665
350
1921
1990
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
Afaq Hussain Khan
0712
OEMI0041
22
1930
1990
0219
20
Lucknow
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
Lucknow
Abid Hussaion Khan and Wajad Hussain Khan
P00129
Baidyanath Sharma
0823
OEMI0254
104105
1921
1990
20
Nagardini, Ganjam district, Orissa
?
Noted performer of daas kaathiaa, a form of Oriya folk music
Krishna Chandra Sahu
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
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
Kanji Bhota Barot
OEMI1019
515
1919
1990
0928
20
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
Chalala,Saurashtra
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
P00168
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
OEMI1066
543
1920
1990
20
Imphal
?
Manipuri dance exponent
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
Somadasa, Elvitigala
1001
OEMI2012
992
1925
1990
0827
20
Kattota, near Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
Colombo
composer
Music composer of the stage, films, and radio
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Jagabandhu Sahu
0119
OEMI0897
449
1914
1990
20
Orissa
?
vocalist, vocalist, teacher
Violin player,Vocalist,and teacher
P00130
Durga Lal
?
OEMI0261
304
1948
1990
0131
20
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
Delhi
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
Nandlal Sharma
0611
OEMI1445
722
1909
1990
1130
20
Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teadher
Rajab Ali Khan
P00246
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
OEMI2265
1160
1929
1990
0928
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena （biin） player
his father Ziauddin Dagar
Mallayadas Kripanandavari
OEMI1251
631
1906
1990
20
Kangeyanellore,Tmil Nadu
?
performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam

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