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
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
P00352
OEMI0247
Bahadur Khan
sarod player
Noted sarod player
?
1989
10??
Kolkata
101
P00325
OEMI0158
Antonio de Figueiredo
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
1981
1105
?
67
P02301
OEMI0504
Chunilal Pandya
Well-known performer of Gujarati aakhyaan
Modasa, North Gujarat
1948
?
245
P01948
OEMI0262
Balabhau Umadekar(Kundal Guruji)
vocalist, teacher, composer
Vocalist,teacher,and composer
?
?
1968
0604
?
Gwalior
109
P06562
OEMI0306
Barkat Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Patiala, Punjab
1950
Lahore, Pakistan
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
123
P02937
OEMI0031
Acharyalu,C.R.
Kuchipudi dance guru
?
?
1998
0322
Ahmedabad
16
OEMI0006
Abdul Gafur
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
2
OEMI0244
Badru Zaman Khan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
1938
Hyderabad
his family
98
P06696
OEMI1388
Munne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of the early 1900s.
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1994
Sitab Khan
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
982
P00105
OEMI0691
Ghulam Sabir Khan （Bade）
Saarangi maestro
?
1962
?
Patiaalaa gharaanaa
It is not known
363
OEMI2122
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
?
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
1974
?
Pithakowapara
1076
OEMI0583
Dilawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
khayaal
Rewa
?
?
?
?
Agra
295
OEMI0777
Haidarijan
Noted thumrii and soz singer of Lucknow
?
?
399400
OEMI1170
Lal Kavi
Author of a few raagamaalaa verses, in Hindi
?
?
591
OEMI1500
Nasibjan
vocalist,
Vocalist disc-record singer of the early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
732
OEMI2253
Zahur Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpu
?
Atrauli
0.19
?
Jodhapur
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
1157
OEMI2119
Thakur Lakshman Singh
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
?
?
1936
?
?
Mahant Gopal Das
1072
OEMI0506
Chunnilal Hathraswale
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
245
OEMI0332
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
?
1977
1217
?
149
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI1799
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
tabla player
tabla player
?
?
Bhai Gopal Singh
888
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1321
Meruswami
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
?
?
669
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1753
Rambhau Saverkar
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Indore
khayaal
Indore
?
19
?
Haddu Khan
876
OEMI0286
Balwantrao Bhaiyya
vocalist,
Vocalist of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
1925
?
?
Gwalior
his mother,the famous dancer Chandrabhaga
115
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
P02382
OEMI1773
Ramlal Bareth
Kathak dancer, teacher
?
1936
0306
?
Jailal Maharaj
881
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
OEMI1992
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1484
Narayanaswami Pillai （Sirkazhi）
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
?
?
729
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI2120
Thakur Prasad
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
?
?
1856
?
Lucknow
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
1072
P00080
OEMI0420
Chaitanya Deva,B.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
?
Bangalore,Karnataka
1981
0528
New Delhi
208
OEMI0812
Haridas Mukherji
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
Kolkata
?
?
412
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
OEMI0017
Abdul Salam
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
?
?
?
?
6
OEMI0054
Ahmad Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0680
Ghulam Haidar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
361
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
P00161
OEMI0935
Jhamman Khan
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
1938
0208
475
OEMI2059
Sulaiman
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
Rajab Ali Khan
1029
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0627
Fazue Lal Pandit
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
319
OEMI2066
Sundarabai of Surat
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
?
?
1030
OEMI1393
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI0095
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
vocalist
Vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
Qavvaal-bachhe
45
OEMI1173
Lal Khan Sani
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
?
?
591
OEMI1518
Naval Sakhi
Performer of devotional dances
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
749750
OEMI2073
Sunderlal Gangani
Kathak dancer and teacher
?
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
1031
OEMI1451
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
?
?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
723
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
?
?
332
P00160
OEMI0919
Jani-miya
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
462
OEMI1189
Lalji-bua
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
19
?
600
OEMI1984
Siddheshwar Sen
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Malwa, Rajasthan
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Radha Kishan Guru
976
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI2225
Qutub-ud-Daula
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
838839
OEMI0862
Imamuddin Dagar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
dhrupad
?
?
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
439
OEMI1554
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
vocalist
vocalist
Delhi
1870
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
766767
OEMI1459
Narasayya （Padala）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI2175
Vasudev-bua Joshi
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
?
0.189
Gwalior
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
1118
P00010
OEMI0557
Devendrappa,B.
vocalist
Noted vocalist
?
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
1986
?
Mysore
275276
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
OEMI1256
Manada Sundari
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Bishwanath Rao
634
OEMI2159
Vaikunta Sastri
composer
composer
?
?
1108