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
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
0603
OEMI2168
11161117
1928
1990
1031
20
Chennai
Chennai
vocalist
vocalist
Ayyaswami Ayyar, Madras Lalithangi, G.N.Balasubramaniam, Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer, Vasanthakumari
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Krishnan Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1106
571
Tripunithura
1914
1990
0816
20
Cheruthazham, Kannur distict, Kerala
Tripunithura, near Kochi, Kerala
Well-known Kathakali performer and guru
Chandu Panikker
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
Nasir Faiyazuddin Khan Dagar
?
OEMI1503
733
1934
1989
0207
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Khan
dhrupad
P00039
Hirabai Barodekar
0529
OEMI0838
431432
1905
1989
1120
20
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
Ranadhir Roy
OEMI1788
886
1944
1989
0324
20
?
Kolkata
esraaj player
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
P00067
Mushtaq Ali Khan
0620
OEMI1402
699
Jaipur
1911
1989
0720
20
Benares
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player of the Jaipur Seni tradition
Jaipur Seni
Ashiq Ali Khan
Jaisukhlal Shah
0413
OEMI0912
457
1907
1989
0118
20
Bharuch,Gujarat
Mumbai
scholar and teacher
P00352
Bahadur Khan
OEMI0247
101
1989
10??
No
20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Yashwantrao Kerkar
0221
OEMI2248
1153
1914
1989
1217
20
Keri town, Goa
Mumbai
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
Narayanrao Indorekar
0108
OEMI1490
730
1907
1989
0602
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
?
tabla player
Tabla exponent
his father Gopalrao, Jahangir Khan, Gammi Khan
Raja Hussain Khan
OEMI1696
861
1938
1989
0306
20
Bramhabaria
Dhaka,Bangladesh
violinist
violinist
Nayeb Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan,Khadim Hussain Khan,Akbar Khan
Ram Marathe
1023
OEMI1722
868
1924
1989
1004
20
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
P00050
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
0708
OEMI1116
573
1893
1989
0822
19-20
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
vocalist
Shankarrao Pandit,Eknath,Ganpatrao Pandit
Iliyas Khan
OEMI0857
439
1920
1989
0302
20
Lucknow
Lucknow
sitar player
Sitar player
Lalmohan Patra
?
OEMI1192
600
1908
1989
?
20
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
?
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
Vincent Somapala
0517
OEMI2208
1131
1906
1989
0607
20
Gorakana, Panadura, Sri Lanka
teacher, composer, author
Teacher, composer, and author
J. Sadiris Silva and H.W.Rupasinha
P01205
Munawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI1382
693
1933
1989
1013
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Barkat Ali Khan
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Muthusamy, R.
0105
OEMI1414
705
1928
1988
0627
20
Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
violinist
Violinist and music director of Sinhalese films
his father, Ramayya Bhagavatar
Irode Viswanatha lyer
?
OEMI0616
311
1905
1988
0914
20
?
New Delhi
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
Dunstan de Silva, P.
0421
OEMI0600
303
1921
1988
1027
20
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
?
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
?
OEMI1004
508
1903
1988
1029
20
?
?
Well-known promoter of the arts
Ramchandra Trivedi
OEMI1758
877
1911
1988
0322
20
?
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Kalyaan Bharati, Omkarnath Thakur
Govindarajan （Sirkazhi）
OEMI0742
381
1933
1988
0323
20
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Swaminatha Pillai
Tamil films
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
P06130
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
1110
OEMI0736
380
Rajasthan
1944
1988
0212
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
Shrimatibai Narvekar
1121
OEMI1974
974
Mumbai
1903
1988
1223
20
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
Rasik Kavi
OEMI1803
891
1920
1988
0211
20
?
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Mohammad Sali
0716
OEMI1356
681
1930
1988
0413
20
Colombo,Sri Lanka
Colombo
harmonium player
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Mohammad Hussain(Sarangi)
09??
OEMI1349
680
1907
1988
0927
20
Haryana
Maharashtra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kader Bakhsh
Lahari Deb Burman
OEMI1150
586
1922
1988
20
Agartala
Agartala
Sarod player of Tripuna
Shyam Sundar Dhir
OEMI1978
975
1897
1988
0116
19-20
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
P01595
Sohan Singh
0422
OEMI2006
990
1918
1987
0203
20
Ludhiana district, Punjab
Punjab
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan （Baroda）,
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
0110
OEMI2127
1083
1904
1987
0329
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
Mahapurush Mishra
OEMI1230
620
1934
1987
0215
20
Vaishali town,Bihar
Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player
Narayan Mishra
Narayanrao Lakshman Gune
0406
OEMI1491
730731
1906
1987
0927
20
Lashkar, Maharashtra
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and veteran teacher
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
P05290
Gopinath
?
OEMI0732
377
1908
1987
1009
No
20
?
?
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
Habib Paintar
OEMI0766
396
1915
1987
0222
20
?
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Qavvaali singer
Ambalal Sitari
0222
OEMI0104
4748
1922
1987
0310
20
Bilimora,Valsad district,Gujarat
Mumbai
sitar player, rudra veena player,
Sitar and rudra veena player,who later took to instrument designing
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya of the royal family of Dharampur state,South Gujarat.
P00027
Emani Sankara Sastri
0923
OEMI0615
311
1922
1987
1223
20
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
P00092
Azambai Pisal
OEMI0212
90
1905
1986
0728
20
Maharashtra
Koolhapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bhurji Khan, Govindrao Saligram, Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
P00214
Rukmini Devi Arundale
0229
OEMI1824
904
1904
1986
0224
20
Chennai
Chennai
dance exponent
Bhabiram Sarma
OEMI0324
144145
1890
1986
19-20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
P00109
Thakur Jaidev Singh
0919
OEMI2118
1071
1893
1986
0527
19-20
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Latafat Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1196
604
1921
1986
1212
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Vilayat Hussain Khan and Faiyaz Khan
Deba Prasad Das
?
OEMI0541
262
1932
1986
0716
20
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
?
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
Nariswar Sarma Barua
0112
OEMI1495
731
1911
1986
1011
20
Dipila,Darrang district,Assam
Dipila
teacher
Well-known teacher
his father Tapeswar Sarma and Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Ramanathan, S.
0408
OEMI1745
873874
1917
1986
0519
20
Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,musicologist
Noted musicologist, teacher, and vocalist
Ramudu Bhagavatar, Manalurpettai Subrahmanya Diikshitar, Tiger Varadachariar, and Valadi Krishna Iyer
Shankar Bodas
0423
OEMI1940
966
1900
1986
0710
20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veteran educationist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan
OEMI0466
236237
1910
1986
1229
20
Kasur, Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Qavvaal Bacche gharaanaas
Haji Amir Bakhsh, Chhajju Khan, Mohammad Khan
Dattu-bua Inamdar
?
OEMI0536
260
1908
1986
0927
20
Targao,Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Hindustani music
his father Srinivas-bua Thakurdas
Puttur Devdas Joshi
09??
OEMI1661
834
1926
1986
1030
20
?
?
violinist
violinist
Ganesh,T.Chowdiah,P.Sambamoorthy
Chennakesavayya, N.
1105
OEMI0455
229
1895
1986
19-20
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
P01069
Antsher Lobo
0305
OEMI0159
6768
1905
1986
0616
No
20
Calangute, Goa
Mumbai
Well-known exponent of comparative music and musicology
A. Scrinzi, O. Savini, Alladiya Khan
Khetramohan Kar
0830
OEMI1072
554
1902
1986
20
Puri, Orissa
Puri
tabla player
Noted tabla player
P00071
Nikhil Banerji
1014
OEMI1533
760
1931
1986
0127
20
Kolkata
?
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
P00010
Devendrappa,B.
?
OEMI0557
275276
1986
?
20
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
Mysore
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Arun Bhattacharya
02??
OEMI0172
76
Kolkata
1925
1985
0509
20
Faridpur district,now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
University teacher,scholar,and author
Rahmat Khan (Sitar)
OEMI1693
858
1985
03??
20
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Wahid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2231
1143
1985
1103
20
?
Karachi,Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
OEMI0321
135
1935
1985
20
Bellari
Bangalore
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
P00221
Sharafat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1951
968
1930
1985
07??
20
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Gwaalior
his father Liyaqut Hussain Khan, Faiyaz Khan, his maternal uncle Ata Hussain and father-in-law Vilayat Hussain Khan
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
0812
OEMI1365
683
1913
1985
1201
20
?
Hubli,Karnataka
Kathak dancer and teacher
Sunder Prasad,Achhan Maharaj,Shambhu Maharaj
Rangayya, C.
OEMI1793
887
1895
1984
19-20
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
Mysore city
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
P00102
Vishnudass Shirali
0516
OEMI2212
1135
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
1984
0226
20
Hubli, Karnataka
Mumbai
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar （vocal）
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
P00069
Narayanrao Vyas
0404
OEMI1494
731
1902
1984
0401
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Makulloluwa,W.B.
0217
OEMI1245
623
1922
1984
0908
20
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
?
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
Gomez, P.C.
OEMI0711
371
1904
1984
1204
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
Kundanlal Gangani
OEMI1135
579
1926
1984
0716
20
Sujangarh,Rajasthan
Jaipur,Rajasthan
Kathak dancer
Ramanathan, M.D.
0520
OEMI1744
873
1923
1984
0427
20
Manjapara, Palakkad, Kerala
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Devesa Bhagavatar and Tiger Varadachariar
Jon Higgins
0919
OEMI0956
487488
American
1939
1984
1207
20
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Muddletown, USA
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
P00118
Angurbala Devi
OEMI0142
60
1901
1984
0106
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Singer-actress of Bengali plays and films; also well-known as a light classical vocalist and a radio singer
Gauri Shankar, Kali Misra, Jamiruddin Khan
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
P00364
Balasaraswati,T.
0513
OEMI0269
110111
1918
1984
0209
No
20
Chennai
?
Legendary exponent of Bharata Naatyam and its music
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Walter Kaufmann
0401
OEMI2237
11441145
1907
1984
0908
20
Karlsbad,Germany
Bloomington,USA
composer
Composer,conductor,pianist,scholar,and author from Europe
in music from his uncle Moritz Kaufmann,and in composing from Fidelio F.Finke.
P01413
Govindrao Rajurkar
OEMI0748
382
1916
1983
0517
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
Hiradevi Mishra
OEMI0840
432
Benares
0.1926
1983
0107
20
?
Benares
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
Nimai Harichandan
0709
OEMI1536
761762
1901
1983
0720
20
Kendrapada, Cuttack district, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Munneshwar Dayal
1107
OEMI1389
695
1908
1983
0510
20
Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya
Noted harmonium exponent
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
Mitradev Mahanta
OEMI1334
673
1894
1983
19-20
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Letugram Sattra
composer
composer
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
Sukhendu Goswami
?
OEMI2054
1026
1911
1983
0716
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
Vasantrao Deshpande
0502
OEMI2169
11171118
1920
1983
0730
20
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Gokul Nag
OEMI0707
371
1908
1983
0325
20
Bankura district, Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar and surbahaar player
his father Govinda Nag
Phuljhuri Khan
OEMI1622
809
1920
1982
20
Bramhanbaria, Bangladesh
Dhaka
tabla, esraaj player
Tabla and esraaj player
his paternal encles Aftabuddin Khan （in tabla） and Ayet Ali Khan （in esraaj）
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan

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