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
Puttaswamayya,T.M.
OEMI1660
834
1906
1982
20
Tagadur,Mysore district,Karnataka
Tagadur
mridangam player
Maregowda,Yelandur Rangacharya
Ramchandra, C.
0112
OEMI1755
876877
1918
1982
0105
20
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Shankarro Sapre
Hindi film music
P00138
Chakradhar Mahanta
0818
OEMI0422
210
1902
1982
0409
20
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Saudkuchi Sattra
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
Thakur Jagdish Singh 'Din'
0113
OEMI2117
1071
1905
1982
1215
20
Raigarh Madhya Pradesh
Raigarh
tabla player
Noted pakhaawaj and tabla player
his uncle Thakur Lakshman Singh and in pakhaawaj from Baba Thakurdas and in tabla from Munir Khan,Natthu Khan,and Abid Hussain
Ramji-bhaiyya Agnihotri
0611
OEMI1766
879
1905
1982
0630
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Madhava Rao
Ramchandra Agnihotri
OEMI1754
876
20
1982
0630
20
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Rajaa-bhaiyaa Poochwale
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）
Umar Khan
OEMI2146
1102
Kolkata
1982
0222
20
?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
1113
OEMI0280
113114
1896
1982
0927
19-20
Belgaum
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
Kesava Murthy,R.S.
0304
OEMI1047
539
1904
1982
1217
20
Rudrapatna village,Hassan district,Karnataka
Basavangudi,Karnataka
veena player
veena player
Jibeswar Goswami
10??
OEMI0938
479
1904
1982
0408
20
Bholaguri Sattra,Nagaon district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
exponent of traditional Assamese Sattriiya devotional music and dance
Assamese Sattriiya
Kuppayya Pillai(Tiruvidaimarudur)
OEMI1141
580
1886
1981
19-20
Thanjavur region,Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and guru
Panchapakesa Nattuvanar
Hafiz Kalandhari
OEMI0770
398
1901
1981
1221
20
Jalandhar, Punjab
Pakistan
poet
Urdu poet
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Palghat Mani Iyer
OEMI1576
784
1912
1981
0530
20
Tiruvilvamalai,near Palghat[now Palakkad],Kerala
Kochi
Mridangam player
Mridangam maestro
Subba Iyer(Chattapuram),Viswanatha Iyer,and Vaidyanatha Iyer(Thanjavur)
P00080
Chaitanya Deva,B.
?
OEMI0420
208
1981
0528
20
Bangalore,Karnataka
New Delhi
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
0512
OEMI0532
259
1912
1981
0821
20
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Harmonium player
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
Radhika Mohan Moitra
0213
OEMI1674
843844
1917
1981
1015
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
sarod player
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Sunil Santa
0414
OEMI2075
10311032
1915
1981
0411
20
Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
P00325
Antonio de Figueiredo
OEMI0158
67
1981
1105
No
20
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western classical music
P00117
Kartik Ram
OEMI1030
523
1910
1980
20
Rajasthan
?
Kathak dancer
Shivnarayan,Jaylalji Maharaj,Achan Maharaj,Shival,Mohanlal
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
Ata Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0198
8485
1898
1980
0810
19-20
Arauli
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Agra
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
P01175
Mohammad Rafi
1224
OEMI1354
680681
1924
1980
0830
20
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
Mumbai
singer of Hindi films
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
0822
OEMI1070
547
Manipur
1919
1980
1022
20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chandrasena, R.A.
0827
OEMI0442
221
1924
1980
0301
20
Kandy, Sri Lanka
?
Music director and teacher
Athar Nafis
?
OEMI0199
85
1932
1980
1121
20
?
?
Pakistani poet
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Nilakantan Nambisan （Kalamandalam）
1101
OEMI1528
756
1919
1980
20
Kothachira, Palakkad district, Kerala
Cherpalasseri, Kerala
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Kathakali music
Pulappatta Kyttan Bhagavatar, Kakkad Karanavappad, Kavassery Sanikkutty Bhagavatar, Venkatakrishna Bhagavatar
Kathakali
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0883
445
1907
1980
1108
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Kamala Jharia
?
OEMI1002
507508
1907
1980
1220
20
Jharia,Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
Chand Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0430
214
1888
1980
1220
19-20
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of years
Delhi saarangi gharaanaa
Mamman Khan, Sangi Khan
Badri Prasad Mishra
OEMI0243
98
0.1903
1980
0423
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramprasad Mishra
OEMI1775
882
1980
0822
20
Benares region
Gaya, Bihar
vocalist
vocalist
Bade Ramdasji
P00139
Chengannur Raman Pillai
?
OEMI0454
229
1884
1980
1128
19-20
Chengannur, Kerala
?
Well-known Kathakali actor
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
Sanand Bapu
OEMI1866
925
1904
1980
0617
20
?
Sanand, Gujarat
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
OEMI1492
731
1980
0613
20
?
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
OEMI1717
867868
1893
1979
19-20
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Mysore
musician
Musician and literary scholar
Yatindra Swamy
P06081
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0028
14
1908
1979
1210
No
20
Jaipur
Indore
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Jaipur
his father
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
P00029
Gahan Chandra Goswami
0404
OEMI0640
324
1900
1979
0118
20
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
Nikamul Sattra
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
Lalmani Mishra
0811
OEMI1191
600
1924
1979
0717
20
Kanpur
Benares
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
Tarini Charan Patra
?
OEMI2109
1067
1901
1979
0304
20
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
Damodarlal Kabra
0317
OEMI0522
253
1926
1979
0804
20
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Sarod player
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
Raghavan,V.
0822
OEMI1677
855856
1908
1979
0405
20
Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
musicologist
Indologist,musicologist
Lachhu Maharaj
0901
OEMI1148
585
1901
1978
0719
20
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Kathak dancer
Abdul Gani Bayati
?
OEMI0007
2
1909
1978
0819
20
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
Rukmani Devi
0115
OEMI1823
904
1923
1978
1028
20
Ramboda, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Colombo
singer-actress
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
?
OEMI0650
329
0.1896
1978
0717
19-20
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
Pankaj Mullick
0510
OEMI1587
793
1905
1978
0219
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
P00045
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
OEMI1028
519
1917
1977
1202
20
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
Masidullah Khan
Badi Motibai
OEMI0242
98
Benares
0.1885
1977
0214
19-20
Darbhanga, Bihar
Benares
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist of Benares
Siyaji Maharaj, Mithailalji, Maujuddin Khan
Abdul Majid Khan
?
OEMI0015
5
0.1888
1977
0319
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Reputed saarangi player
Abdulla Khan(d.1917)and Kale Khan
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
OEMI0332
149
1977
1217
20
?
?
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
Gajen Barua
OEMI0646
326
1915
1977
0120
20
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
Jamugurihat
dancer
Noted dance exponent
Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
OEMI1156
588
Matunga Mumbai
1915
1977
12??
20
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
P06436
Siddheshwari Devi
OEMI1985
976
1908
1977
0318
20
Benares
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
P00239
Uday Shankar
1208
OEMI2142
11001101
1900
1977
0926
20
Udaipur
Kolkata
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
P00009
Ayodhya Prasad
?
OEMI0208
8990
1891
1977
1228
19-20
Datia, a small princely state in Madhya Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Family
Kisarbai Kerkar
0713
OEMI1046
538539
1892
1977
0916
19-20
Keri,Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
P02765
Chimanlal Nayak
0414
OEMI0480
239
1916
1977
1023
No
20
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
P00119
Anil Bagchi
0117
OEMI0143
6061
1908
1977
0715
20
Midnapore district, Bengal
Kolkata
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
P00034
Gopal Mishra
OEMI0716
372373
0.192
1977
1222
20
Benares
Delhi
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his grandfather Ganeshji Mishra, Bade Ramdas Mishra
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
?
OEMI0058
28
?
0.1874
1976
0112
19-20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
tabla player
tabla maestro
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
OEMI0908
451
Indore
1976
0511
20
Benares
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Abha Alam
1226
OEMI0023
8
1947
1976
1121
20
Madaripur,Faridpur district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Mithun Dey
Kazi Nazrul Islam
0524
OEMI1041
532
1899
1976
0829
19-20
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesha
musician
poet-musician
P00115
Amudon Sharma
1125
OEMI0126
5354
1886
1976
0316
19-20
Imphal
Imphal
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance
his uncle Takhenchongbam Kanhai Sharma, his father Khomdon Sharma, Aribam Gopal Sharma
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
P00345
Azmat Hussain Khan
0305
OEMI0215
9091
Mumbai
1911
1975
0726
No
20
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Altaf Hussain Khan
P00079
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
OEMI1692
858
1901
1975
1120
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Delhi
vocalist
vocalist
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
P00248
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
0722
OEMI2207
11301131
1898
1975
0823
19-20
Miraj, a princely state of Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
his uncle, vocalist Keshavrao Patwardhan, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
P00089
Burman,S.D.
10??
OEMI0417
205206
1906
1975
1031
20
Agartala,Tripura
Mumbai
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
Musiri Subrahmania Ayyar
0409
OEMI1405
703
1899
1975
0325
19-20
Musiri, Tiruchi district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Karur Chinnaswami Iyer, Sabesa Iyer
Jaishankar Sundari
0130
OEMI0910
456
1889
1975
0122
19-20
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
P00020
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
0622
OEMI0499
243
1898
1975
1018
19-20
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
P06724
Shakor Khan
OEMI1927
964
1916
1975
1006
20
?
New Delhi
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Abdul Gafoor Khan and uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
0304
OEMI1991
982
1908
1975
0316
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
P02845
Haobam Atomba Singh
1210
OEMI0796
409
1885
1975
0221
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
P06141
Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
1015
OEMI1374
690
1887
1975
0914
19-20
Mudicondan,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Veteran vocalist
Vedaranyam Swaminatha Iyer
Parur Sundaram Iyer
OEMI1604
799800
1891
1974
19-20
Kerala
Chennai
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
Vitthalrao Korgaonkar
OEMI2224
1139
1880
1974
1231
19-20
Mumbai
Belgaum, Karnataka
harmonium player and connoisseur
Kiraanaa
Bhagawat-bua of the troupe,and Bacchubhai Bhandare
Master Krishnarao
0120
OEMI1295
656
1898
1974
1020
19-20
Alandi,near Pune,Maharashtra
Alandi
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer-actor of the Marathi stage
P00175
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
OEMI1137
579580
1881
1974
19-20
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
?
Kathakali performer and teacher
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
?
OEMI2122
1076
1974
?
20
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
Pithakowapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
P00012
Begum Akhtar
0207
OEMI0318
132133
1914
1974
1030
20
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
Ghantasala
1214
OEMI0672
355
1922
1974
?
20
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
Pahadi Sanyal
0222
OEMI1572
782
1906
1974
20
Darjeeling
Bengal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
P00018
Chambai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
0830
OEMI0452
227228
1896
1974
1016
19-20
Chembai village, Palghat district, Kerala
Chembai village
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
his vocalist-father Anantha Bhagavatar, Dakshina Moorthy Pillai
P01099
Anjanibai Malpekar
0422
OEMI0149
63
1883
1974
0807
No
19-20
Malpe, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua

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