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
OEMI0008
Abdul Ghani Khan
sitar player
sitar player
?
Khajurgaon[present-day Rae Bareilly],Uttar Pradesh
1938
?
Khajurgaon
Azami Khan Kalpiwale
2
OEMI0068
Akil Ahmed Khan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher, of the Agra tradition
?
?
?
?
Agra
33
OEMI0240
Bade Sabri Khan
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
?
1962
Lahore
98
OEMI1835
Sadiq Ali Khan
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
?
1910
Lucknow
Raje Khan
909
P00896
OEMI0985
Kale Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
?
1942
Jaipur, Rajasthan
the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his elder brother Azim Bakhsh
502
OEMI2143
Ujir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
?
?
Jaipur
1101
OEMI0470
Chhote Munne Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Lucknow
?
1927
Lucknow
237
OEMI1079
Khwaja Ahmad Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
?
0.187
Tonk, Rajasthan
family
556
P02179
OEMI0753
Gulab Bai
Well-known singer of Jaipur
?
0.191
Mysore
Haidar Bakhsh
386
OEMI0088
Allah Dad Dhadhi
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0990
Kalicharan Patnaik （Kavichandra）
Twentieth-century Odissi poet, playwright, and scholar
?
?
503504
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
OEMI0106
Ambayiram
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0895
Jadunath Singh
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
449
P00223
OEMI1973
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
974
OEMI0774
Haidar Bakhsh （Chhaprauli）
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
?
1930
Kolhapur
the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
family and Bande Ali Khan
399
OEMI0675
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
?
?
360
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh （Sant）
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI1391
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
695
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0205
Awadabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
?
?
89
OEMI0372
Bi Rahimanbai
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Charkhari
?
?
?
?
184
OEMI1570
Paglibai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
781
OEMI1801
Ras Baras
author
?
?
888
OEMI0341
Bhanudatta Misra
Author of a Sanskrit work
?
?
156
OEMI1928
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
Author of the musical play
Mumbai, region
?
964
OEMI1166
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
?
?
591
OEMI1669
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
?
?
842843
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI2095
Swapnasundari Rao Prakash
Kuuchipuudi dancer, teacher
Chennai
Pasumarty Seethaaraamayya, Yeleswarupu Suryaprakash, Vempati Chinna Satyam
10441045
OEMI1308
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1971
?
?
662
OEMI1818
Roprasik Devacharya
composer
composer
?
?
902
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
OEMI0925
Jatto
vocalist
Vocalist
465
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI1846
Sai Ilyas
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
914
OEMI1908
Sena Nhavi
Devotional poet
?
?
961
OEMI2015
Someswara
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
?
?
992
OEMI2135
Trimohanlal
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
?
?
1089
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0289
Balwantrao Pohre
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Inayat Hussain Khan
116
OEMI1112
Krishnarao Date
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
?
?
Gwaalior
572
OEMI2157
Vaidiswarankoil
composer
composer
?
?
1108
OEMI0365
Bhringi
composer
Composer
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI1275
Mankuverbai
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Gujarat
?
?
?
?
Kallan Khan
643
P02973
OEMI1820
Roshan Kumari
kathak danseuse
?
902
OEMI1281
Manohar-bua Joshi
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
?
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
1888
?
Aundh region,Maharashtra
644
OEMI0081
Alimulla Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
39
OEMI1838
Sadruddin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
1880
Jaipur
Haapur gharaanaa
910
OEMI0025
Abhilasha
Author of Sangeet Chandra
south India
?
?
?
10
OEMI0481
Chimman Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
?
?
Atraauli
239
OEMI1040
Kayam Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
532
OEMI2146
Umar Khan
Sarod player
Kolkata
?
1982
0222
Dhaka, Bangladesh
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
1102
P00003
OEMI0026
Abhinava Gupta
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
?
?
?
?
11
OEMI0907
Jagu Ojha
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
451
OEMI1241
Mahmuda Jan
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
?
?
622
OEMI1226
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI0400
Biswanath Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
197
OEMI1410
Muthayya Pillai （Pazhani）
Mridangam player
?
1950
?
704
OEMI0787
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
401
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1022
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
?
?
516
OEMI0114
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
?
?
1860
?
Bihar
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
50
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0837
Hirabai II
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
?
?
Krishna Maharaj
431
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
OEMI2151
Urmila Singh
singer
Contemporary folk singer
folk
?
Radhesharan Singh
1104
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
OEMI0850
Hussainuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
?
?
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
437
OEMI1324
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
qavvaali singer
?
?
671
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI1411
Muthukkumara Pulavar
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
?
?
704
OEMI2050
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Marathi
?
?
1989
0612
Mumbai
1025
OEMI1167
Lakshminarayan Rajak
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
his father Chhotelal Rajak
591
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0434
Chandra Sakhi
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Balkrishna Swami
217
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1909
Serfubai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
961
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766