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
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
OEMI0137
58
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
?
OEMI0586
296
?
?
?
Poet
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
?
OEMI1376
691
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gwalior
Ghulam Mohammad （Sarangi）
OEMI0682
361
?
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
Ram Sarop Sharma
OEMI1727
870
?
?
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
Chunnilal Hathraswale
OEMI0506
245
?
?
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
OEMI0849
437
?
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
OEMI1406
703
?
?
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Gulab Singh （Sant）
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Purushottama Mishra
OEMI1657
832
Orissa
?
?
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
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
Sawai Pratap Singh
OEMI1902
958
?
?
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
Chand Khan
Tarabai Shirodkar
?
OEMI2105
1065
1889
1949
0706
Shiroda,Goa
?
Noted khyaal singer
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
?
OEMI1391
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
?
OEMI1394
696
0.1915
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dejendranath Bagchi
?
OEMI0547
264
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
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
Awadabai
?
OEMI0205
89
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Bhoja Raja
?
OEMI0363
179
?
?
?
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
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
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
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
Godavari
OEMI0704
370
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
P00033
Gopal Krishna
OEMI0715
372
Delhi
Noted vichitra veena player
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
Gopal Nayak
OEMI0717
373374
?
?
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
Kalu-miya
?
OEMI0995
506
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
La Meri
OEMI1146
583
?
?
American danseuse
Lalita Devi
OEMI1186
598
Benares
?
?
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Lalji-bua
OEMI1189
600
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Mehndi Hassan
OEMI1319
667
Jaipur
vocalist,composer
ghazal singer ,composer
ghazal
Meruswami
OEMI1321
669
?
?
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
Mohammad Pana
OEMI1353
680
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Usman
OEMI1358
681682
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Nanu Ram
OEMI1456
724
?
?
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
Nawabjan
?
OEMI1519
751
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Omdajan
OEMI1561
772
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Pir Bakhsh
OEMI1617
807
Jodhpur
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Raghunath Rath
OEMI1681
856
?
?
author
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
OEMI2000
987
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Srikantha
?
OEMI2028
1008
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
Author
Sudhakalasa
?
OEMI2047
1021
?
?
?
Author
P00207
Tombi Singh
OEMI2133
1088
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
Urmila Singh
OEMI2151
1104
?
singer
Contemporary folk singer
Radhesharan Singh
folk
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
?
OEMI0086
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
Kushaba Nana Bhide
OEMI1142
581
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
OEMI1609
801
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Radheshyam Sandilya
OEMI1673
843
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
?
OEMI2021
994
?
?
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Bhanudatta Misra
OEMI0341
156
?
?
Author of a Sanskrit work
Ganesilal Chaube
OEMI0652
331
Ganesilal
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kallinath Pandit
OEMI0993
505506
?
?
Also known as Chatura Kallinaath
Parasu Sekh Ojha
OEMI1600
798
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
singer.dancer
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
?
OEMI0115
50
?
?
?
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
OEMI0498
243
?
?
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic

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