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
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
OEMI1641
826
1790
1858
18-19
?
?
patron,
Patron
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
?
OEMI1004
508
1903
1988
1029
20
?
?
Well-known promoter of the arts
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
?
OEMI2244
1148
Bengal
1864
1930
?
19-20
?
?
Surbahaar player
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
Bade Ramdas Mishra
0123
OEMI0239
9798
Benares
1887
1960
0111
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputes vocalist of Benares
his vocalist father Shiv Nandan, Shiv Sahai, Jaikaran Mishra
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
OEMI0332
149
1977
1217
20
?
?
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
Gulab Singh （Sant）
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Nazir Khan(Mathura)
?
OEMI1525
755
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
1890
?
19
?
Hyderabad
sitar player
Sitar player
Amir Bakhsh(Gaundpuri) of Jaipur
Purushottam Dongre
OEMI1654
831
1853
1908
19-20
?
?
Author of Marathi plays
Purushottama Mishra
OEMI1657
832
Orissa
?
?
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Sivendra Nath Basu
OEMI2004
989
Benares
1878
1941
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
?
OEMI0114
50
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
1860
?
19
?
Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
?
OEMI1395
696
Lucknow
?
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
OEMI1611
805
Thanjavur
1845
1902
19-20
?
Thanjavur
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar （Manambuchavadi）
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
OEMI1649
828
Tripura
1914
1973
20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Raja Ramchan Waghela
OEMI1698
861
16
?
?
patron,
ruler,royal patron
Rajendra Narayan Ray
OEMI1711
865
1854
1903
19-20
?
?
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
OEMI1937
965
Mumbai
19
1920
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
his father Amir Khan
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
OEMI1929
964
0.1803
19
?
?
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
?
OEMI0082
39
Mysore
1823
1874
?
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
?
OEMI0108
48
Assam
?
20
?
?
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
OEMI0451
227
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0502
244
19
?
?
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
Gopal Chandra Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0712
372
Kolkata
1877
1941
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Vocalist
Bakhar Ali, Rahmat Khan
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Jagannath Kaviraya
OEMI0901
450
1560
1660
16-17
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
OEMI1129
578
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
?
OEMI1304
659660
1823
1896
?
19
?
Baroda
Reputed dhrupad singer
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
?
OEMI1375
691
?
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
OEMI1782
884
?
?
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1799
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Bhai Gopal Singh
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1890
950
1965
06??
20
?
?
singer
Sawai Pratap Singh
OEMI1902
958
?
?
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
Chand Khan
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
OEMI0349
163
20
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
Ganpatrao Pandit
Mohammad Ali Khan(Benares)
OEMI1340
677
1860
19
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
his father
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
?
OEMI1391
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
?
OEMI1394
696
0.1915
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
OEMI2257
1158
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
Dejendranath Bagchi
?
OEMI0547
264
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
P01413
Govindrao Rajurkar
OEMI0748
382
1916
1983
0517
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Krishna Chandra Naik
OEMI1096
569
1915
1987
0820
20
?
Varipada, Orissa
Chhau dancer
Krishnadasa Badajana
OEMI1104
571
16
?
?
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
?
OEMI1303
659
1878
?
19-20
?
?
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
Purushottam Damodar
OEMI1652
831
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
Acheria
?
OEMI0032
16
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Ajoy Sinha Roy
1201
OEMI0065
30
Kolkata
1920
20
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Anandiram Das
OEMI0132
57
1909
1960
20
?
?
Assamese song writer
Aniruddha
OEMI0147
62
1553
1626
16-17
?
?
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
Arabatta Navalar
OEMI0168
72
?
?
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Ashiq Hussain
?
OEMI0192
82
1946
?
20
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Awadabai
?
OEMI0205
89
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Bannijan
OEMI0300
120
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Banujan
OEMI0301
121
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
Bhoja Raja
?
OEMI0363
179
?
?
?
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
Bi Rahimanbai
?
OEMI0372
184
Charkhari
?
19
?
?
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Bikku Maharaj
?
OEMI0374
188
Benares
1863
1949
?
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
Ali Bakhsh II
?
OEMI0527
37
Hyderabad
?
?-19?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
Fateh Ali
?
OEMI0624
318
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Patiaalaa
Fazal Hussain
?
OEMI0625
318319
0.1878
0.1949
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
Gangadhar
OEMI0654
332
?
?
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
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gina Blau
0428
OEMI0692
364
1906
1998
1023
20
?
New York
American exponent of Indian dances
Bhupesh Gupta
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin

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