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
OEMI1946
Shankarrao Vyas
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
films
1898
0123
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1956
1218
Mumbai
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
966
OEMI1965
Shiv Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1884
?
1933
Kolkata
972
OEMI1996
Sitaram Mundale
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1891
?
1947
1205
Mumbai
986
OEMI0226
Baburao Deshmukh
Benefactor and sponsor
1899
0712
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
1970
0710
?
94
OEMI0276
Balkoba Natekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1855
?
?
1910
?
?
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
112
OEMI0518
Damodar Nevalkar
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1884
?
?
1919
?
?
253
OEMI0564
Dhanammal(Vina)
veena player
Veena celebrity
1867
?
Chennai
1938
1015
Chennai
281
P00145
OEMI0606
Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
violinist
Eminent violinist
1893
11??
Bangalore, Karnataka
1964
1125
Hyderabad, Andhra
his brother, Venkata Krishnayya Naidu
306307
P00152
OEMI0795
Hanumandas Singh
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
0.184
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1939
Gaya
408409
OEMI0839
Hirabai Pednekar
music deirector
The first woman Marathi playwright and also the first woman music deirector of the Marathi stage
Marathi stage
1885
Nashik, Maharashtra
1951
?
432
OEMI0910
Jaishankar Sundari
Well-known singer-actor and director of the Gujarati stage
1889
0130
Undhai,Mehsana district,Gujarat,
1975
0122
456
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI1295
Master Krishnarao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer-actor of the Marathi stage
1898
0120
Alandi,near Pune,Maharashtra
1974
1020
Alandi
656
OEMI2193
Venkatesa Iyengar
veena player
Veena player
1888
?
1973
Mysore
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
1123
OEMI2241
Wazir Khan(Rampur)
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena exponent of his time.
1860
?
Rampur
1926
?
Ramupur
his father Amir Khan and his grandfather Bahadur Hussain Khan
11451146
OEMI0347
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Mumbai
1869
1017
Kathor, near Baroda
1922
0408
Pune
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
162163
OEMI0659
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
vocalist
Vocalist
1894
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
05??
?
family
344
OEMI0669
Ghanshyam Mukherji
violinist
Violinist
1872
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
1930
0101
Shantipur
Dakshina Charan Sen
354
P02845
OEMI0796
Haobam Atomba Singh
Eminent guru of Manipuri dance; also referred to as Tomba Singh
1885
1210
Imphal, Manipur
1975
0221
Imphal
409
P00188
OEMI1422
Mylapore Gowri Amma
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
0.1892
?
Chennai
1971
06??
Chennai
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
707
OEMI1770
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1871
Ozare, Sawantwadi [former princely state] Maharashtra
1945
0505
?
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Vithoba-anna Hadap
881
OEMI0531
Dattaram Parvatkar
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.1898
?
Parvati town,Goa
1973
0715
Mumbai
Khaprumama Parvatkar and Balkrishna-bua and Laxmanrao
259
OEMI0650
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
0.1896
?
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
1978
0717
Mumbai
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
329
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI1868
Sangameswara Sastri
veena player
veena maestro
1879
Peethapuram, Andhra
1931
?
926
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI0338
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
?
1920
Mumbai
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
154
OEMI1159
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
1864
0503
Tamil Nadu
1950
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
589
OEMI2267
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
OEMI0493
Chintoba Gurav
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1874
1122
?
1956
0403
?
241
OEMI0508
Clements,E.C.
Author of a pioneering work Introduction to the Study of Indian Music
1875
England
1935
?
247
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
OEMI0598
Dulichand （Seth）
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI0656
Gangoly, O.C.
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
1881
0801
Kolkata
1974
0209
?
332
OEMI0749
Govindrao Tembe
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
1881
0705
Sangavade Maharashtra
1955
0529
Delhi
383
OEMI0759
Gundo-bua Ingle
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
0.1876
Aundh
0.1925
Sangi, Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
389
OEMI0954
John Foulds
An early European pioneer in exploring Indian music
1880
Manchester, England
1939
Kolkata
487
OEMI1056
Keshavrao Apte
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
1862
Ujjain
1945
Indore
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
540
OEMI1094
Kotiswara Iyer
composer
Composer
1869
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
1938
1021
?
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
568
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1157
Lakshman Swami
Well-known Mathura-based artiste of Raas
1898
?
1973
?
588
OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1828
Rupasinha, H.W.
composer
singer, composer
1895
1124
Matara, Sri Lanka
1971
0424
?
M.G.Perera
905
OEMI1878
Sarabha Sasti
flautist
1872
Kumbhakonam
1904
Chennai
Natesa Pillai, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Ayyar
944
OEMI2056
Sukthankar,B.S.
patron,
Well-known patron of music and close friend of V.N. Bhatkhande
1891
0612
?
1940
0406
Mumbai
1028
OEMI2087
Suryaboro Singh
Noted exponent of nata sankeertana music and dance of Manipur
0.189
Imphal, Manipur
1939
Imphal
his maternal uncle Chingsubam Ibeton Singh
1039
OEMI2112
Tasadduk Hussain
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1879
?
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1946
?
?
Kallan Khan
1068
OEMI2188
Venkatagiriyappa
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1887
0426
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
1951
?
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
1122
OEMI0325
Bhachu Bhandare
Noted harmonium player
1878
Mumbai
1909
Mumbai
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
145
OEMI0608
Dwijendralal Roy
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
1863
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
1913
0517
Kolkata
307
P06356
OEMI0730
Gopeshwar Banerji
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
1880
Vishnupur, Bengal
1967
0729
Vishnupur
Vishnupur gharaanaa
his father Anantlal, his elder brother Ram Prasanna, Guru Prasad Mishra
376
OEMI0887
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
Ethnomusicologist
1891
0812
Groningen,Netherlands
1960
1207
Amsterdam
446
OEMI1048
Kesava Pillai,K.C
composer
composer,poet,scholar
1868
Kollam,Kerala
1913
0904
?
539540
OEMI1113
Krishnarao Gore
singer-actor
1880
?
1940
0608
Wai Maharashtra
572
P00175
OEMI1137
Kunju Kurup(Guru)
Kathakali performer and teacher
1881
Takazhi,Alappuzha district,Kerala
1974
?
579580
OEMI0636
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
Author of The Music of Hindostan
1859
?
Norwich,England
1948
?
Salisbury,England
321
OEMI0930
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
1894
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
470
OEMI0455
Chennakesavayya, N.
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1895
1105
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
1986
?
229
OEMI1264
Mani Embrantiri
Singer of Kathakali music
1885
?
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
1954
?
Aluva
639
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI2246
Yashtka
musicologist
Ancient musicologist
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0005
Abdul Aziz Khan
musician
Durbar musician of Dharampur
Dharampur
?
?
1940
?
Mumbai
2
OEMI0011
Abdul Kadar Khan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1910
?
Rajasthan
1970
0309
?
3
OEMI0013
Abdul Latif
composer
Singer and composer
1930
?
Barisal,Bangladesh
Surendranath Das
5
P00001
OEMI0009
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
sitar player
sitar player
1929
0218
Jawara,Madhya Pradesh
3
OEMI0018
Abdul Sattar
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
6
OEMI0007
Abdul Gani Bayati
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
1909
?
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
1978
0819
Dhaka
2
OEMI0006
Abdul Gafur
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
2
OEMI0017
Abdul Salam
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
?
?
?
?
6
P00004
OEMI0090
Allah Rakha Khan
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
?
1919
0429
Gurdaspur, Punjab
2000
0203
Mumbai
4142
OEMI0097
Amanat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1928
?
probably Narsingarh, Madhya Pradesh
1968
0103
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
46
P05932
OEMI0111
Amir Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of exceptional merit.
1912
04??
Akola,Maharashtra
1974
0213
Kolkata
Bhendi Bazaar
his father Shah Mir Khan(d.1937)
4950
P05908
OEMI0120
Amjad Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
Delhi
1945
1009
Gwalior
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
51
OEMI0190
Ashiq Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1948
?
Patiala
82
OEMI0244
Badru Zaman Khan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
1938
Hyderabad
his family
98
OEMI1622
Phuljhuri Khan
tabla, esraaj player
Tabla and esraaj player
1920
Bramhanbaria, Bangladesh
1982
Dhaka
his paternal encles Aftabuddin Khan （in tabla） and Ayet Ali Khan （in esraaj）
809
P06002
OEMI2062
Sultan Khan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Mumbai
1941
Sikar, Rajasthan
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
1029
P00345
OEMI0215
Azmat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Mumbai
1911
0305
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
1975
0726
Mumbai
Altaf Hussain Khan
9091
OEMI0626
Fazal Hussain Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore of the early 1900s
Lahore
?
?
?
?
319
P01760
OEMI2249
Yunus Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1938
?
?
1991
0926
Delhi
Agra
his famous father,Vilayat Hussain Khan
1155
OEMI0240
Bade Sabri Khan
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
?
1962
Lahore
98
OEMI0752
Gul Bardhan
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
1928
Mumbai
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
386
OEMI0857
Iliyas Khan
sitar player
Sitar player
1920
Lucknow
1989
0302
Lucknow
439
P02053
OEMI0866
Imrat Khan
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
1936
Kolkata
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
440
OEMI1695
Rais Khan
sitar player
sitar player
1939
1125
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad Khan
860
OEMI2278
Mugna Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1915
?
?
saarangi ghaaraana
Kale Khan
691
OEMI0686
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1931
0303
Badayun, Uttar Pradesh
Fida Hussain Khan, Nissar Hussain Khan, K.C. Brahaspati
362
OEMI2100
Tabakkal Hussain Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist from Talwandi in Punjab
?
?
?
?
1050
OEMI0041
Afaq Hussain Khan
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
1930
0712
Lucknow
1990
0219
?
Lucknow
Abid Hussaion Khan and Wajad Hussain Khan
22
OEMI1346
Mohammad Bashir Khan
vocalist
vocalist
Aligarh
1936
Jabra,Uttar Pradesh
679
OEMI0294
Bande Hussain Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
khayaal
Baroda
1906
?
?
?
?
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
117
P00156
OEMI0875
Inder Lal Dhandra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1930
Udaipur, Rajasthan
his father Bihari Lal
443
P05631
OEMI0235
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
0.1901
0404
Kasur
1968
0423
Hyderabad
his uncle Kale Khan, his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale
95
OEMI0684
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Lahore
Kolkata
Umrao Khan
362
OEMI1559
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
composer
singer-composer
1948
1013
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
1997
0816
London
769
OEMI1924
Shahadat Hussain Khan
Sarod player
1958
07??
Comilla, Bangladesh
his father Abid Hussain Khan and uncle Bahadur Hussain Khan
963
OEMI0027
Abid Hussain Khan(Dhaka)
sitar player, sarod player
Sitar and sarod player
1928
0401
Shibpur,Comilla district
Ayet Ali Khan(brother of Allauddin Khan of Maihar)
14
P00352
OEMI0247
Bahadur Khan
sarod player
Noted sarod player
?
1989
10??
Kolkata
101