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
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI1815
Rekibuddin Ahmed
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
1940
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
Ramizuddin Ahmed
899
OEMI0982
Kalamani Handique
Well-known singer of Assamese dihaa-naam
1923
11??
Balihat, near Jhanji, Jorhat district, Assam
1991
1020
Balihat
his father Tolan Handique
500
OEMI1207
Lokanath Ratha
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
1919
0901
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
608
P02179
OEMI0756
Gulab-bai
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
1920
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
1996
0713
?
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
386387
OEMI1125
Kudau Singh
renowned pakhaawaj exponent
1815
Banda
1907
Datia
Laalaa Bhavaani Prasaad
576
OEMI0683
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
0.1856
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
362
OEMI0783
Haidar Khan Seni
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
dhrupad,dhamaar
0.177
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
0.184
?
his father Jeevan Khan,
400
OEMI1499
Nasar Khan
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1829
?
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
1903
0801
?
Taj Khan Deredar
732
OEMI0249
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
Eminent exponent
0.1765
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
102
OEMI1933
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
Noted pakhaawaj player
1885
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
964
OEMI0113
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
0.182
?
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
0.1873
?
Rampur
his father Umrao Khan
50
P00041
OEMI0969
Jyotsna Bhole
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Mumbai
1914
0511
Bandod, Goa
2001
0804
Mumbai
491
OEMI1347
Mohammad Ghous
music director
1910
Bangalore
1953
0321
Sri Lanka
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
679
OEMI2197
Victor Paranjoti
composer
Eminent conductor and composer of Western music and a pioneer in synthesizing Western and Eastern musical forms
1906
Bangalore
1967
0201
Mumbai
1126
OEMI2041
Subrahmanyam,G.N.
Noted veena player
1919
?
Bangalore
T.Venkatarao
1012
P00210
OEMI1710
Rajiv Taranath
sarod player
Noted sarod player
1932
1017
Bangalore, Karnataka
865
P00145
OEMI0606
Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
violinist
Eminent violinist
1893
11??
Bangalore, Karnataka
1964
1125
Hyderabad, Andhra
his brother, Venkata Krishnayya Naidu
306307
P00080
OEMI0420
Chaitanya Deva,B.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
?
Bangalore,Karnataka
1981
0528
New Delhi
208
OEMI1608
Parvin Mushtari
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
1954
1213
Bangladesh
801
OEMI1876
Santidev Ghosh
exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
1910
0507
Bangladesh []the part of India
1999
1201
Kolkata
942943
OEMI0110
Amir Hussain Khan
tabla player
Tabla maestro
1899
10??
Bankhanda,Uttar Pradesh
1969
0105
?
Farukhaabaad
4849
OEMI1764
Ramesh Nadkarni
vocalist
Noted vocalist and radio executive
1921
0813
Bankikodala, Karnataka
1995
0707
Mumbai
Narayanrao Datar, Baburao Gokhale, Shivkumar Shukla, Aman Ali Khan
879
P06519
OEMI0707
Gokul Nag
sitar player
Noted sitar and surbahaar player
1908
Bankura district, Bengal
1983
0325
Kolkata
his father Govinda Nag
371
P05933
OEMI1269
Manilal Nag
sitar player
Sitar player
1939
?
Bankura,West Bengal
Gokul Nag
640
OEMI1358
Mohammad Usman
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
681682
OEMI1165
Lakshmideva
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
1780
Bardowa, Assam
1858
Bali Sattra
his father , Bhadradeva
590591
OEMI0416
Buniyad Hussain Khan
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur
0.1835
?
Bareilly
1918
?
Rampur
Rampur durbar
205
OEMI1672
Radheshyam Kathavachak
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
1890
1225
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
843
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI1667
Radha Krishna Bhanj
singer
1928
1105
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
842
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
P00120
OEMI0144
Anil Biswas
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Mumbai
1914
0714
Barisal
2003
0531
Delhi
61
OEMI0387
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
vocalist
Vocalist
1866
Barisal
1940
Barisal
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
193
OEMI1381
Mukunda Das
composer
Poplar composer
1878
?
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
1934
?
?
692693
P00688
OEMI1534
Nikhil Ghosh
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
1918
1228
Barisal Bangladesh
1995
0303
Mumbai
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
760761
OEMI0094
Altaf Mahmud
Singer and music director
?
1930
1220
Barisal, Bangladesh
1971
0830
Dhaka
4445
OEMI0013
Abdul Latif
composer
Singer and composer
1930
?
Barisal,Bangladesh
Surendranath Das
5
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
OEMI1590
Pannalal Ghosh
flute maestro
1911
0724
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
1960
0420
Delhi
794
P00220
OEMI1936
Shamim Ahmad Khan
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
1938
Baroda
the Agra sharaanaa
maestro Ravi Shankar
965
OEMI0827
Hazrat Inayat Khan Pathan
musician
Noted Sufi musician and missionary
1882
0405
Baroda
1929
0205
Delhi
420
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
P01827
OEMI1653
Purushottam Das
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1921
Barpeta Assam
1994
0620
Guwahati
his parents Krishnakanta Das and Boroda Bala Das, Bishuprasad Radha, and Bonkowar Anandiram Das
831
OEMI1398
Murai Mohan Gupta
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
0.1824
?
Barrackpore,Bengal
0.1904
?
Kolkata
pakhaawaj
697698
OEMI2228
Vyas,C.R.
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
1923
1109
Barsi,Maharashtra
2002
1110
Mumbai
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
1142
OEMI2036
Subba Rao,B.
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
1894
?
Basavapatna,Karnataka
1970
?
?
10101011
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
OEMI0279
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
khayaal
1849
?
Bedag,Maharashtra
1926
?
Miraj,Maharashtra
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
113
P00217
OEMI1870
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Odissi danseuse
1944
0824
Behampur, Orissa
1997
0624
Orissa
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
937
OEMI0696
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher, a pioneer in revitalizing the khayaal in Bengal
khayaal
Bengal
1885
1218
Behramupur, Murshidabad region, Bengal
1948
0425
Kolkata
Radhika Prasad Goswami, Muzaffar Khan, Mohammad Ali Khan
366
OEMI0280
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1896
1113
Belgaum
1982
0927
?
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
113114
P06735
OEMI1967
Shobha Gurtu
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Mumbai
1927
Belgaum, Karnataka
2004
0927
Mumbai
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
973
P00042
OEMI0693
Ginde, K.G.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
1925
1226
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
1994
0713
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
365
OEMI0321
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
1935
Bellari
1985
Bangalore
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
135
OEMI0322
Bellari M. Venkatesachar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mysore
1933
Bellari, Karnataka
his father Mundaragi Raghavendrachar, his elder brother Narasimha
135
P06035
OEMI1402
Mushtaq Ali Khan
sitar player
Noted sitar player of the Jaipur Seni tradition
Jaipur
1911
0620
Benares
1989
0720
Kolkata
Jaipur Seni
Ashiq Ali Khan
699
OEMI0392
Biru Mishra
tabla player
Reputed tabla and pakhaawaj player
Nepal durbar
188696
Benares
0.1935
?
Vishwanath Prasad, Madan Mohan Mishra
194
OEMI0399
Biswanath Rao
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
1872
Benares
1925
1218
Kolkata
Benares
Kashinath Mishra
196197
P00037
OEMI0794
Hanuman Prasad Mishra
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player and teacher
1914
Benares
1999
1129
Benares
his father Sursahai Mishra, Bade Ramdasji
408
OEMI0661
Gauri Shankar Mishra
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
0.1865
Benares
1945
Kolkata
Birai Misir
349
P00199
OEMI1680
Raghunath Prasanna
shehnai player
1913
Benares
Gauri Shankar,Dauji Mishra
856
OEMI0920
Jankibai(Allahabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
1875
Benares
1934
0518
Allahabad
462
P00034
OEMI0716
Gopal Mishra
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.192
Benares
1977
1222
Delhi
his grandfather Ganeshji Mishra, Bade Ramdas Mishra
372373
OEMI1036
Kasim Ali
rabaab player
rabaab player
1827
Benares
1905
Bhawal,Bangladesh
524
OEMI1454
Nannu Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player
1892
Benares
1926
?
723
OEMI1726
Ram Sahai
tabla player
Outstanding tabla player, originator of the Benares tradition in tabla
0.1815
Benares
0.1868
Benares
Benares
870
P06507
OEMI1811
Ravi Shankar
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
1920
0407
Benares
895897
OEMI0908
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
Indore
Benares
1976
0511
451
OEMI1235
Mahesh Chandra Sarkar
sitar player,rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
1818
Benares
1887
?
621
OEMI1864
Samta Prasad Mishra
tabla player
tabla exponent
1921
0719
Benares
1994
0531
Pune, Maharashtra
Bikku Maharaj
924925
P06662
OEMI0157
Anokhelal Mishra
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1914
Benares
1958
0310
?
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
66
P02594
OEMI1985
Siddheshwari Devi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, noted especially for thumrii, tappaa, and daadraa
1908
Benares
1977
0318
Delhi
her reputed grandmother, Badi Maina, Siyaji Maharaj, Bade Ramdasji
976
OEMI0229
Bacha Mishra
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
1876
Benares
1926
?
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
94
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0647
Gama Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla player
1911
?
Benares
1974
0116
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
326
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
P06289
OEMI1024
Kanthe Maharaj
tabla player
tabla player
1888
Benares
1968
?
Baldev Sahari
517
P06009
OEMI1083
Kishan Maharaj
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
1923
0903
Benares
2008
0504
Benares
his father Hari Maharaj, paternal uncle Kanthe Maharaj
559
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI1305
Maulaviram Misir
tabla player
Noted tabla player
0.188
?
Benares
1940
?
?
his father Biharilal
660
OEMI1715
Rajkumari
Noted singer-actress of yesteryears
0.1925
Benares
2000
0317
Mumbai
866
OEMI2026
Srichand Misra
tabla player
Tabla player
0.19
?
Benares
0.197
?
?
his father Sarju Misra and uncle Bikku Maharaj
1008
OEMI0255
Baijnath Misra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
0801
Benares region
1992
0222
?
Thakur Prasad
105
OEMI1775
Ramprasad Mishra
vocalist
vocalist
Benares region
1980
0822
Gaya, Bihar
Bade Ramdasji
882
OEMI0400
Biswanath Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
197
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
OEMI1790
Ranganath Mishra
tabla player
Tabla player
1932
0103
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Bikku Maharaj, Gama Maharaj
887
P00215
OEMI1832
Sachin Shankar
dancer, choreographer
1924
0924
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
2005
Mumbai
908
OEMI0046
Aga Hashra Kashmiri
Urdu and Hindi playwright
1879
04??
Benares,Uttar Pradesh
1945
0428
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
23
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI1434
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1857
?
Bengal
1934
?
Kolkata
717
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI0797
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Kolkata
1830
Bengal
1899
?
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
410
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI0799
Haren Ghosh
Impressario
1895
Bengal
1947
07??
Kolkata
410
OEMI1435
Naina Devi
vocalist
Vocalist
1920
?
Bengal
1993
1101
New Delhi
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
717
OEMI0510
Curt Sachs
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
1881
0129
Berlin
1959
0205
New York
248