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
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI0853
Ibrahim Adil Shah
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
1580
Bijapur
1627
?
438
OEMI1885
Saraswati (Anis Khaton)
vocalist
Talented daughter of Taansen
1545
Rewa
1620
Delhi
947
OEMI1656
Purushottam Thakur
composer
Composer of traditional Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
1561
Patbausi, near Barpeta
1619
Bhela, in the former state of Cooch-Behar
832
OEMI2077
Suratsen
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1539
Rewa, Madhta Pradesh
0.1615
Agra
his father Taansen
1034
OEMI2139
Tulsidas
Saint-poet, celebrated author of Raama Charita Maanas, the story of Sri Raama, in Avadhi, a dialect of the Hindi-speaking region of India
0.1532
?
1623
?
Naraharidaas
10951096
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
OEMI0147
Aniruddha
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
1553
?
1626
?
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
62
OEMI0719
Gopala Ata
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
1541
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
1611
?
Maadhavadeva
374
OEMI1958
Sheikh Bahauddin Burnawa
musician
Ascetic musician
0.158
0.168
970971
OEMI1171
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
0.1562
?
0.165
?
591
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI2223
Vitthal Vipuldev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
16
?
17
?
1139
OEMI0622
Faqirullah Saif Khan
Author of Raaga Darpan
17
?
?
1684
0826
Allahabad
317
OEMI0010
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
?
?
?
?
3
OEMI1077
Khushal Khan
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
0.16
Agra
168090
Delhi
his father Laai Khan Seni
555
OEMI0957
Joravar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
?
?
488
OEMI0061
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
?
?
?
Saraguri
29
OEMI0895
Jadunath Singh
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
449
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI1616
Pedda Dasari
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
807
OEMI1801
Ras Baras
author
?
?
888
OEMI1843
Sahachari Sukh
composer
composer
?
?
911
OEMI2189
Venkatamakhi
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
Nothing authentic is known
11221123
OEMI0326
Bhadrachala Ramadas
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
0.162
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
0.168
?
145
OEMI0900
Jagajjyotirmalla
Maharaana(king)of Nepal;ruled between 1617-33
449
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI1477
Narayanadeva Dvija
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
?
?
728
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI1122
Kshitrayya
composer
composer
1600
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
1680
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
574575
OEMI1544
Nityanandadeva
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
Assamese
16051608
Assam
1650
Assam
his elder brother Ramadeva
764
OEMI1863
Samraj
composer
singer, composer
1613
?
1700
?
924
OEMI1891
Sarmad
poet
Mystic poet
?
1657
Delhi
950
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
OEMI2163
Vangamani
author
?
?
1113
OEMI2182
Venabai
Performer of Marathi keertans
1627
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1678
?
saint-poet Raamdaas
1121
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI0824
Hassan Khan Seni
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
0.166
?
0.173
?
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
418419
OEMI1761
Ramdas （Swami）
Saint-poet of Maharashtra
1608
Jamba, Maharashtra
1681
?
878
OEMI1920
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
Sindhi devotional poet
1690
Sind [now in Pakistan]
1757
?
963
OEMI0414
Bullah Shah
poet
Mystic poet
1680
?
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
1752
?
?
204
OEMI0119
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
1670
?
probably Delhi
0.1742
?
Delhi
51
OEMI1833
Sadarang (Niyamat Khan)
vocalist
pioneer of khayaal?
khayaal
1670
?
1747
Delhi
908
OEMI1921
Shah Latif
poet
Mystic poet
1689
Sind, Pakistan
1752
?
963
OEMI0037
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
0.1692
?
?
0.1776
?
Delhi
Sadaarang
19
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI0368
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
0.1696
?
?
0.1778
?
?
Seni
his father Sadaarang
183
OEMI1738
Ramakanta Ata
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1649
Bali Sattra
1717
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
his father Daamodara Aataa
872
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI1732
Ramachandra Ata
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1687
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
1752
?
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
871
OEMI1804
Rasikdev
poet-devotee
?
?
891892
OEMI1883
Sarangapani
composer
composer
1680
?
1710
?
945
OEMI1970
Shridhar Nazrekar
Performer of Marathi keertan and author of aakhyaans
1658
Khadki, near Pune, Maharashtra
1729
?
974
OEMI1844
Sahaji Maharaja
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Thanjavur
?
?
911
OEMI1183
Lalit Kishori Dev
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
1680
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
1770
Vrindavan
594595
OEMI0888
Jacome Gonsalvez
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
1676
1742
447
OEMI0597
Dulha Khan
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Jaipur
0.1745
?
0.182
?
303
OEMI0054
Ahmad Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0820
Hasir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
18
?
?
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
418
P02009
OEMI1293
Masit Khan
Innovator of the Mastikhaani gat
0.173
?
?
0.18
?
?
655
OEMI0540
Dayar Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
?
?
?
?
Maharaja Takhat Singh
262
OEMI0951
Jodhe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
0.177
?
?
Khurjaa
483
OEMI1515
Natthe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1745
?
?
?
?
Khurjaa
741
OEMI1516
Natthu Khan
vocalist
Eminent exponent of the Gwaalior Khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
18
?
?
0.1884
?
?
Gwaalior khayaal
his father Kader Bakhsh
741
OEMI1581
Pan Khan
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
788
OEMI1994
Sitab Khan
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
982
OEMI0464
Chhota Naubat Khan
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
0.1756
?
?
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
236
OEMI1061
Kiwal Kishan
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
?
?
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
542
OEMI0249
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
Eminent exponent
0.1765
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
102
OEMI0923
Jatadhar
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
464
OEMI1538
Nirmal Shah
rudra veena player
Eminent performer of the rudra veena
0.176
Lucknow
0.183
Benares
his father Jeevan Shah
762
OEMI0974
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
494
OEMI1619
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
?
?
Kalahastayya（veena）
808
OEMI0501
Chokkanatha Naik
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
?
?
244
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1373
Muddu Venkatamakhi
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
?
?
?
?
690
OEMI1573
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Chennai
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
782
OEMI2184
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
composer
Composer
1700
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
1121
OEMI0248
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1762
?
0.1805
Delhi
his father Masit Khan
102
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
OEMI0174
Arunachala Kavi
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
1711
?
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1788
?
?
Ambalavana Kavirayar
76
OEMI0548
Deo Kavi
Author
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
1749
?
?
266
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367
OEMI2154
Vadammal
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
11061107
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI0754
Gulab Khan （Seni）
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
dhrupad
0.17
Delhi
0.1768
Jaipur, Rajasthan
his father Hassan Khan Seni
386
OEMI1514
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
khayaal
0.176
?
Gwalior
0.1837
?
Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
741
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
OEMI1663
Pyar Khan (Rudra Vina)
son of Bhupat Khan,grandson of khaayal luminary Sadaarang
1737
Delhi
?
834
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
OEMI0429
Chand Khan （Tabla）
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214