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
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0848
436437
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
1015
OEMI2134
1088
1923
Imphal, Manipur
Performer of Manipuri dance
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
OEMI1928
964
Mumbai, region
?
Author of the musical play
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
?
OEMI0055
27
?
?
?
?
singer
An early singer for disc-records
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
?
OEMI0281
114
Gwalior
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Balwantrao Ketkar
?
OEMI0287
115116
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
Antu-bua Apte
khayaal
Balwantrao Panse
?
OEMI0288
116
0.1886
?
?
?
Reputed mridang player
Chantai Das Oja
OEMI0444
221
?
?
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Girisa Ayyar （Vishalur）
OEMI0701
367
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Gokalram （Bhagat）
OEMI0705
370
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Gurusami Disikar
OEMI0762
392
?
?
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
Imam Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0861
439
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent）
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
Kamakoti Sastri
?
OEMI1000
507
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
composer
Composer of kritis
Krishna Rao, U.S.
OEMI1101
570
?
?
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
Lakshmi Narayana
OEMI1162
589
?
?
musician
Musician and author of Sangeeta Suryodaya
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
OEMI1166
591
?
?
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Nilakantha Ayyar （Nangavaram）
OEMI1529
756
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher, a direct disciple of Tyaagaraaja
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
OEMI1669
842843
?
?
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
Rameshwar Pathak
OEMI1765
879
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of early 20th cent. Darbhanga, Bihar
Satyabhamabai Pandharpurkar
OEMI1895
953
Sangli district, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of Marathi laavani
Godavaribai Punekar
Sudarshan Shastri
?
OEMI2045
1013
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player and author
Vishnupant Chhatre
OEMI2213
1136
1840
1905
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
Haddu Khan （vocalist）
Zinnat Barkatullah
1003
OEMI2266
1160
1951
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Noted danseuse
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
?
OEMI1392
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Ekambara Mudaliyar
OEMI0610
309
?
?
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
OEMI0823
418
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
Krishnarao Sangle
OEMI1115
573
?
?
writer
writer
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
OEMI1172
591
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Lala Bhagwandas
OEMI1175
592
?
?
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
?
OEMI1285
645
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Rambhau Saverkar
OEMI1753
876
Indore
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Indore
Haddu Khan
khayaal
Shadi Khan （Delhi）
OEMI1918
963
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar （r.1837-57）, the last Mughal emperor
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
OEMI1702
863
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI0367
183
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
Narayan-bua Gogate
OEMI1488
729
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1784
885
?
?
vocalist
tappaa singer
Imam Badi
tappaa
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Jiyajirao Scindia(Shinde)
OEMI0944
481
patron,
Royal patron of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh(r.1843-86)
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
OEMI0486
240
20
?
?
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
?
OEMI1299
657
?
?
?
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
Minakshi Shirodkar
?
OEMI1307
661662
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
P00245
Zia Fariduddin Dagar
OEMI2264
1160
1933
Rajasthan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
?
OEMI0568
284
?
?
?
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI0720
374
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
OEMI0872
442
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
the family
Lakshminarayan Rajak
OEMI1167
591
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
his father Chhotelal Rajak
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
OEMI0941
480
Kolkata
Author
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Aga Amir
?
OEMI0045
23
Pakistan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Baburam Sahai
OEMI0225
9394
Allahabad
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Bhava Bhatta
?
OEMI0359
169170
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
author
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chandidasa
OEMI0432
215216
?
?
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Chikka Subba Rao
OEMI0478
239
Mysore
?
?
Noted veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
his father Dodda Subba Rao
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
Chitrabai
OEMI0496
242
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Dhannabai
?
OEMI0566
283
?
?
?
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
Pannaabaai
khayaal
Fakruddin
?
OEMI0620
316317
Rahasthan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
Imam Badi
OEMI0858
439
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Shadi Khan
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Jagaddhara
OEMI0898
449
Scholar of the medieval period
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Kamalam
?
OEMI1006
508509
?
?
?
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
Kambal
?
OEMI1008
509
?
?
?
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times

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