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
OEMI1416
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
Dance guru of Chennai
?
?
706
OEMI1641
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
patron,
Patron
1790
?
1858
?
826
OEMI0761
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
392
OEMI1004
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Well-known promoter of the arts
1903
?
?
1988
1029
?
508
OEMI2244
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
Surbahaar player
Bengal
1864
?
?
1930
?
?
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
1148
OEMI0239
Bade Ramdas Mishra
vocalist
Reputes vocalist of Benares
Benares
1887
0123
?
1960
0111
?
his vocalist father Shiv Nandan, Shiv Sahai, Jaikaran Mishra
9798
OEMI0332
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
?
1977
1217
?
149
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh （Sant）
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI0847
Hussain Khan Babbar
sitar player
Noted sitar player
0.1795
?
0.187
?
his cousin Rahimsen
436
OEMI1234
Mahendra Deb Burman
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
1917
?
1995
?
621
OEMI1525
Nazir Khan(Mathura)
sitar player
Sitar player
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
1890
?
Hyderabad
Amir Bakhsh(Gaundpuri) of Jaipur
755
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI2073
Sunderlal Gangani
Kathak dancer and teacher
?
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
1031
OEMI0114
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
?
?
1860
?
Bihar
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
50
OEMI0307
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
123
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI1585
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1840
?
?
792
OEMI1611
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
1845
?
1902
Thanjavur
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar （Manambuchavadi）
805
OEMI1649
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Tripura
1914
?
1973
?
828
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865
OEMI1937
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Mumbai
19
?
1920
?
his father Amir Khan
965
OEMI1451
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
?
?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
723
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0248
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1762
?
0.1805
Delhi
his father Masit Khan
102
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
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0502
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
?
?
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
244
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0712
Gopal Chandra Bandopadhyaya
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1877
?
1941
Benares
Bakhar Ali, Rahmat Khan
372
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
OEMI1294
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1925
?
?
1992
?
Mumbai
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
655656
OEMI1304
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
1823
?
?
1896
?
Baroda
659660
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
OEMI1465
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
726
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI1799
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
tabla player
tabla player
?
?
Bhai Gopal Singh
888
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1902
Sawai Pratap Singh
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
?
?
Chand Khan
958
OEMI0038
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
?
?
?
?
21
OEMI0349
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
?
?
Ganpatrao Pandit
163
OEMI1340
Mohammad Ali Khan(Benares)
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
?
1860
?
his father
677
OEMI1391
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
695
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI1975
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
1871
?
1934
?
974
OEMI2257
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
1158
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
P01413
OEMI0748
Govindrao Rajurkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
?
1983
0517
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
382
OEMI1026
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
Author of the Urdu work
?
1865
?
518
P02579
OEMI1096
Krishna Chandra Naik
Chhau dancer
1915
?
1987
0820
Varipada, Orissa
569
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
OEMI1303
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
1878
?
?
?
?
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
659
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
OEMI2161
Vamanrao Deshpande
vocalist
author, vocalist
1908
?
1990
0207
Pune, Maharashtra
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
1112
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0132
Anandiram Das
Assamese song writer
1909
?
1960
?
57
OEMI0147
Aniruddha
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
1553
?
1626
?
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
62
OEMI0168
Arabatta Navalar
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
?
?
72
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0192
Ashiq Hussain
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
?
?
1946
?
?
82
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
OEMI0205
Awadabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
?
?
89
OEMI0209
Ayyaval
composer
Composer of devotional songs
?
?
90
OEMI0217
Bada Dikshit
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
?
1883
Benares
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
93
OEMI0230
Bachu Bawa
tabla player
Tabla player
?
1914
?
94
OEMI0256
Baiju Bawra
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
?
?
105
OEMI0300
Bannijan
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
120
OEMI0301
Banujan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
?
?
121
OEMI0363
Bhoja Raja
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
?
?
?
?
179
OEMI0372
Bi Rahimanbai
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Charkhari
?
?
?
?
184
OEMI0374
Bikku Maharaj
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Benares
1863
?
?
1949
?
?
188
OEMI0408
Brhat Kasyapa
Quoted as an author
?
?
?
?
201
OEMI0433
Chandra Prabha
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
?
1925
?
Bhavnagar durbar,
217
OEMI0439
Chandrarekha
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Thanjavur
?
?
220
OEMI0456
Chhaila Bhai
Singer of light classical music
?
?
230
OEMI0465
Chhota Rani
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
?
?
236
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI0505
Chunnabai
vocalist
Vocalist
19
?
1901
Pune, Maharashtra
Bande Ali Khan
245
OEMI0527
Ali Bakhsh II
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
OEMI0621
Fani Bala
Singer-actress
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
317
OEMI0624
Fateh Ali
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Patiaalaa
318
OEMI0625
Fazal Hussain
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
0.1878
?
?
0.1949
?
?
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
318319
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
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0692
Gina Blau
American exponent of Indian dances
1906
0428
?
1998
1023
New York
Bhupesh Gupta
364
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367

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