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
OEMI0401
Bobbili Kesavayya
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
?
?
his father, Gopalayya
197
OEMI0402
Boral. R.C. （Raichand）
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
1905
Kolkata
1981
1125
Kolkata
198
OEMI0403
Bose,R.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
198
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI0405
Brajaranjana Deva
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
1732
?
Assam
1787
?
Assam
201
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI0407
Brhaspati,K.C.
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1918
?
Rampur
1979
?
?
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
201
OEMI0408
Brhat Kasyapa
Quoted as an author
?
?
?
?
201
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
P05927
OEMI0410
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Eminent sarod player
Kolkata
1933
0201
Bhagalpur,Bihar
Seni Shahjahanour
Radhika Mohan Moitra
203
OEMI0411
Buddi Sani
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Balwantrao Vaidya
203
OEMI0412
Bughara Khan
tabla player
Noted tabla exponent
?
?
?
?
Delhi
204
OEMI0413
Bulakilal Yadav
tabla player
Tabla player
0.1923
?
?
2000
0408
Allahabad
Lalji Shrivastav
204
OEMI0414
Bullah Shah
poet
Mystic poet
1680
?
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
1752
?
?
204
P06119
OEMI0415
Bundu Khan
saarangi player
Celebrated saarangi player
1880
?
Delhi
1955
0113
Karachi
Sangi Khan and maternal uncle Mamman Khan
204205
OEMI0416
Buniyad Hussain Khan
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur
0.1835
?
Bareilly
1918
?
Rampur
Rampur durbar
205
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI0419
Chaggan(Master)
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
208
P00080
OEMI0420
Chaitanya Deva,B.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
?
Bangalore,Karnataka
1981
0528
New Delhi
208
OEMI0421
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
1486
?
Nabadwip,Bengal
1533
07??
Puri,Orissa
208209
P00138
OEMI0422
Chakradhar Mahanta
Well-known exponent of Vaishnava-Sattriiya devotional music of Assam
1902
0818
Saudkuchi Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
1982
0409
Saudkuchi Sattra
210
OEMI0423
Chakradhar Singh Judeo(Raja)
patron,
Ruler of Raigarh principalty,well-known patron of the arts,archivist,music enthusiast.
1905
0811
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
1947
1007
?
211
OEMI0424
Challagali Krishnayyar
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
?
?
213
OEMI0425
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
1908
Mysore
1988
?
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
213
OEMI0426
Chamman Khan-saheb
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
1878
Rampur
1922
Rampur
213
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI0430
Chand Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of years
1888
1980
1220
Delhi
Delhi saarangi gharaanaa
Mamman Khan, Sangi Khan
214
OEMI0431
Chandan Chaube
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Vaishnava devotional music
1870
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1955
?
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
215
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0433
Chandra Prabha
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
?
1925
?
Bhavnagar durbar,
217
OEMI0434
Chandra Sakhi
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Balkrishna Swami
217
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
OEMI0436
Chandrabhaga
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
?
1889
Lucknow
Ghasit Khan
217218
OEMI0437
Chandrabhaga Devi
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
1922
?
1997
0414
Bangalore
218
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0439
Chandrarekha
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Thanjavur
?
?
220
P00055
OEMI0440
Chandrasekaran, M.
violinist
Noted violinist
1937
Kolkata
?
his mother Charubala Mohan
221
OEMI0441
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1915
0604
Mysore city,
221
OEMI0442
Chandrasena, R.A.
Music director and teacher
1924
0827
Kandy, Sri Lanka
1980
0301
?
221
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0445
Charles Dias Amaratunga
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
1876
?
1944
?
223
P03011
OEMI0446
Charu Sija Mathur
Performer of Manipuri dance
1940
Delhi
R. K. Singhajit Singh
224
P02120
OEMI0447
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
Kathakali artiste
1922
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
224
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI0450
Chaturlal
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
0.1925
Udaipur
1965
1014
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
226
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
P00018
OEMI0452
Chambai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1896
0830
Chembai village, Palghat district, Kerala
1974
1016
Chembai village
his vocalist-father Anantha Bhagavatar, Dakshina Moorthy Pillai
227228
OEMI0453
Chengalvaraya Sastri
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
1810
?
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
1900
0228
?
229
P00139
OEMI0454
Chengannur Raman Pillai
Well-known Kathakali actor
1884
?
Chengannur, Kerala
1980
1128
?
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
229
OEMI0455
Chennakesavayya, N.
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1895
1105
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
1986
?
229
OEMI0456
Chhaila Bhai
Singer of light classical music
?
?
230
OEMI0457
Chhajju Khan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
230
OEMI0458
Chhajju Khan Seni
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
1740
probably Jaipur
1806
?
230231
OEMI0459
Chhange Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1857
?
231
OEMI0460
Chhataki
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Wazir Khan
231
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0462
Chhita Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
1514
?
1589
Punchhari, Rajasthan
235236
P00140
OEMI0463
Chhota Gandharva
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1918
0510
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
1997
1231
?
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
236
OEMI0464
Chhota Naubat Khan
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
0.1756
?
?
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
236
OEMI0465
Chhota Rani
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
?
?
236
OEMI0466
Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1910
Kasur, Punjab
1986
1229
Lahore, Pakistan
Qavvaal Bacche gharaanaas
Haji Amir Bakhsh, Chhajju Khan, Mohammad Khan
236237
OEMI0467
Chhote Kale Khan
tabla player
Tabla player of the Delhi gharaanaa
?
?
Delhi gharaanaa
237
OEMI0468
Chhote Khan
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1827
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
1912
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Kudau Singh
237
OEMI0469
Chhote Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
?
?
Haddu Khan
237
OEMI0470
Chhote Munne Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Lucknow
?
1927
Lucknow
237
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
P01225
OEMI0475
Chidanand Nagarkar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1919
1120
Malleswaram, Bangalore
1971
0526
Mumbai
238
OEMI0476
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
?
?
238
OEMI0477
Chikka Rama Rao
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Mysore
1890
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
1945
?
238239
OEMI0478
Chikka Subba Rao
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
his father Dodda Subba Rao
239
OEMI0479
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Mysore
?
?
Venkatasubbayya
239
P02765
OEMI0480
Chimanlal Nayak
Singer-actor of the Gujarati stage and exponent of Bhavaai, a Gujarati stage from
1916
0414
Unava village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
1977
1023
?
239
OEMI0481
Chimman Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
?
?
Atraauli
239
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI0484
Chinnaswami Dasar
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
0.1828
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
0.1881
?
240
OEMI0485
Chinnaswami Dikshitar
vocalist, veena player
Vocalist and veena player
1778
tamil Nadu
1823
?
240
OEMI0486
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
?
20
?
240
OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
OEMI0488
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
?
?
240241
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
P00019
OEMI0497
Chitta Babu
veena player
Well-known veena player
1936
1013
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
243
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
P00020
OEMI0499
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1898
0622
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
1975
1018
?
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
243
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243

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