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
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Ibrahim Adil Shah
OEMI0853
438
1580
1627
16-17
Bijapur
?
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
Saraswati (Anis Khaton)
OEMI1885
947
1545
1620
16-17
Rewa
Delhi
vocalist
Talented daughter of Taansen
Purushottam Thakur
OEMI1656
832
1561
1619
16-17
Patbausi, near Barpeta
Bhela, in the former state of Cooch-Behar
composer
Composer of traditional Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Suratsen
OEMI2077
1034
0.1539
0.1615
16-17
Rewa, Madhta Pradesh
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Taansen
Tulsidas
OEMI2139
10951096
0.1532
1623
16-17
?
?
Saint-poet, celebrated author of Raama Charita Maanas, the story of Sri Raama, in Avadhi, a dialect of the Hindi-speaking region of India
Naraharidaas
Jagannath Kaviraya
OEMI0901
450
1560
1660
16-17
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Aniruddha
OEMI0147
62
1553
1626
16-17
?
?
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
Gopala Ata
OEMI0719
374
1541
1611
16-17
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
?
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Maadhavadeva
Sheikh Bahauddin Burnawa
OEMI1958
970971
0.158
0.168
16-17
musician
Ascetic musician
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
OEMI1171
591
0.1562
0.165
16-17
?
?
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
Dasopant
?
OEMI0529
259
1551
1616
?
16-17
?
?
Poet
Narharidevji
?
OEMI1496
731
0.1587
0.1688
?
16-17
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
Chaturbhujdas
OEMI0449
225226
1540
1625
16-17
?
?
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
Vitthal Vipuldev
OEMI2223
1139
16
17
16-17
?
?
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Faqirullah Saif Khan
?
OEMI0622
317
17
1684
0826
17
?
Allahabad
Author of Raaga Darpan
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
?
OEMI0010
3
?
17
?
?
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
Khushal Khan
OEMI1077
555
0.16
168090
17
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
his father Laai Khan Seni
Joravar Khan
OEMI0957
488
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
?
OEMI0061
29
?
17
?
Saraguri
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
Jadunath Singh
OEMI0895
449
17
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
'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.
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Pedda Dasari
OEMI1616
807
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Ras Baras
OEMI1801
888
17
?
?
author
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Bhadrachala Ramadas
OEMI0326
145
0.162
0.168
17
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
Jagajjyotirmalla
OEMI0900
449
17
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
OEMI1791
887
1612
1684
17
?
?
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
Narayanadeva Dvija
OEMI1477
728
17
?
?
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
Sukavi Narayanadeva
?
OEMI2053
1026
?
17
?
?
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Dilaram Mishra
?
OEMI0582
295
Benares
?
17
?
?
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
Nityanandadeva
OEMI1544
764
Assamese
16051608
1650
17
Assam
Assam
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
his elder brother Ramadeva
Samraj
OEMI1863
924
1613
1700
17
?
?
composer
singer, composer
Sarmad
OEMI1891
950
1657
17
?
Delhi
poet
Mystic poet
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Venabai
OEMI2182
1121
1627
1678
17
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
?
Performer of Marathi keertans
saint-poet Raamdaas
Ramananda Dvija
OEMI1743
873
17
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
his father Raamadeva Aataa
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
dhrupad
Ramdas （Swami）
OEMI1761
878
1608
1681
17
Jamba, Maharashtra
?
Saint-poet of Maharashtra
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
OEMI1920
963
1690
1757
17-18
Sind [now in Pakistan]
?
Sindhi devotional poet
Bullah Shah
?
OEMI0414
204
1680
1752
?
17-18
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
?
OEMI0119
51
1670
0.1742
?
17-18
probably Delhi
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
Sadarang (Niyamat Khan)
OEMI1833
908
1670
1747
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
pioneer of khayaal?
khayaal
Shah Latif
OEMI1921
963
1689
1752
17-18
Sind, Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
?
OEMI0037
19
0.1692
0.1776
?
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
Sadaarang
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
Wali Dakkani
?
OEMI2236
1144
1668
1742
?
17-18
?
?
Early Urdu poet
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
?
OEMI0368
183
0.1696
0.1778
?
17-18
?
?
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
Seni
his father Sadaarang
Ramakanta Ata
OEMI1738
872
1649
1717
17-18
Bali Sattra
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Daamodara Aataa
Chacha Vrindavandas
?
OEMI0418
207208
16971712
1791
?
17-18
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
Ramachandra Ata
OEMI1732
871
1687
1752
17-18
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
?
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
Rasikdev
OEMI1804
891892
17-18
?
?
poet-devotee
Sarangapani
OEMI1883
945
1680
1710
17-18
?
?
composer
composer
Shridhar Nazrekar
OEMI1970
974
1658
1729
17-18
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
?
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Lalit Kishori Dev
OEMI1183
594595
1680
1770
17-18
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
Jacome Gonsalvez
OEMI0888
447
1676
1742
17-18
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
Dulha Khan
OEMI0597
303
Jaipur
0.1745
0.182
18
?
?
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Ahmad Khan
?
OEMI0054
27
?
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
Hasir Khan
OEMI0820
418
18
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
P02009
Masit Khan
?
OEMI1293
655
0.173
0.18
?
18
?
?
Innovator of the Mastikhaani gat
Dayar Khan
?
OEMI0540
262
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Natthe Khan
?
OEMI1515
741
0.1745
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurjaa
Natthu Khan
?
OEMI1516
741
18
0.1884
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Eminent exponent of the Gwaalior Khayaal gharaanaa
Gwaalior khayaal
his father Kader Bakhsh
khayaal
Pan Khan
OEMI1581
788
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
18
?
?
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Sitab Khan
OEMI1994
982
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Kiwal Kishan
OEMI1061
542
18
?
?
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
OEMI0249
102
0.1765
18
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Eminent exponent
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
Jatadhar
OEMI0923
464
18
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
Nirmal Shah
OEMI1538
762
0.176
0.183
18
Lucknow
Benares
rudra veena player
Eminent performer of the rudra veena
his father Jeevan Shah
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0974
494
18
?
?
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
OEMI1573
782
Chennai
18
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
?
OEMI2254
1157
0.174
?
18
Atrauli
?
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
Arunachala Kavi
?
OEMI0174
76
1711
1788
?
18
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
Ambalavana Kavirayar
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
Vadammal
OEMI2154
11061107
18
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
OEMI1031
523
1724
1798
18
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
Gulab Khan （Seni）
OEMI0754
386
0.17
0.1768
18
Delhi
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
his father Hassan Khan Seni
dhrupad
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
?
OEMI1514
741
0.176
0.1837
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
khayaal
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
OEMI1239
622
1715
1790
18
?
?
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
OEMI1663
834
1737
18
Delhi
?
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
Hari Dikshit Pandit
OEMI0803
411
18
?
?
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
OEMI0260
303304
1782
1816
18
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Chand Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0429
214
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
Delhi tabla gharaanaa

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