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
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Hari Prasad Mishra
OEMI0806
411
1802
1868
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Jiwanlal Maharaj
OEMI0943
480481
1828
1888
19
Morvi,Gujarat
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
Sitar and rudra veena player
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI1524
755
Jodhpur
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
OEMI0653
331332
0.1808
0.1874
19
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
Mir Nasiram
dhrupad
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0211
90
Lucknow
19
Kalpi
?
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Nanhe Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1449
723
1850
0.1915
19
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
probably Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player?
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Brahmananda Paradesi
?
OEMI0404
199
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Kannayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1021
516
1846
19
Tamli Nadu
Travancore,Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Krishnarao Ashtewale
OEMI1110
572
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
19
?
?
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Raghumatharao
Muthayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1409
704
1850
1900
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Narasimha Bhagavatar
OEMI1460
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Rama Iyengar
Shadi Khan （Benares）
OEMI1917
963
19
?
?
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
Venkitadri Swamigal
OEMI2195
1123
1806
1876
19
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Parameswara Bhagavatar (Palakkad)
OEMI1598
798
1815
1892
19
Palakkad region,Kerala
?
vocalist
vocalist
Narayanaswami Ayyar
OEMI1481
728
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
Narayana-maharaj Jalvankar
OEMI1478
728
1806
1868
19
?
?
Performer and writer of Marathi keertans
Narayanbhat Devrukhe
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Baldevji
?
OEMI0274
112
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
dhrupad
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Chandrabai
OEMI0435
217
Agra
1833
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Mansingh Vaidprakash
Chandrabhaga
OEMI0436
217218
Gujarat
1889
19
?
Lucknow
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ghasit Khan
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Kale Khan （Saras-piya）
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family
Mangubai
?
OEMI1262
639
0.185
0.194
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Gwalior durbar
Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Pahad Singh
OEMI1571
781
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Jaawli
Ramkumar Basak
OEMI1771
881
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Tiwadi Tejkaran
OEMI2132
1085
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
OEMI1120
573
19
?
?
Instrumentalist
Kalyana Bharati
?
OEMI0996
506
Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Nor Khan(Ratlam)
OEMI1554
766767
1870
19
Delhi
Ratlam,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Ramtaran Sanyal
OEMI1781
884
19
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Sawai Ram Singh
OEMI1903
958
Jaipur
19
?
?
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Sundarlal Vaidya
OEMI2072
1031
1840
19
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
Vaidiswarankoil
OEMI2157
1108
19
?
?
composer
composer
Vithaldas Joshi
OEMI2222
1139
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
pakhaawaj
keertan
Krishna Iyer （Kundrakkudi）
OEMI1099
569
1816
1889
19
Kundrakkudi, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
It is not known
Raghava Iyer (Coimbatore)
OEMI1676
855
1826
19
Vadesseri,South Travancore,Kerala
?
vocalist
vocalist
Parameswara Bhagavatar,Chidambara Nattuvan
Narayanaswami Pillai （Sirkazhi）
OEMI1484
729
19
?
?
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
Murad Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI1397
697
1889
?
19
?
Delhi
Reputed dhrupad singer
Nanhe Khan （Sarod）
OEMI1448
722723
1868
19
?
Gwalior
Sarod player?
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
Narasayya （Padala）
OEMI1459
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
?
OEMI2240
1145
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
his father Nizam Khan
Harinath Majumdar
OEMI0814
415
19
?
?
singer, poet
Baaul singer and poet of the 19th cent
Baaul
Murai Mohan Gupta
?
OEMI1398
697698
0.1824
0.1904
?
19
Barrackpore,Bengal
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
pakhaawaj
Pannalal Bajpayi
OEMI1589
794
19
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
OEMI2144
1102
19
?
?
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
Syaamaa Saastri
Vasudev-bua Joshi
OEMI2175
1118
0.189
19
?
Gwalior
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Hassu Khan
Bala-saheb Guruji
?
OEMI0268
110
0.1846
0.192
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rama Iyer （Lalgudi）
OEMI1730
870
1807
1867
19
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Sitaramayya （Todi）
OEMI1997
986
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
Krishnayya(Tsallagali)
OEMI1119
573
1822
1866
19
?
Thanjavur
veena player
veena player
Gowri
OEMI0750
383
Baroda
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Mirza Ghalib
OEMI1328
672
19
?
?
poet
Thakur Prasad
?
OEMI2120
1072
1856
?
19
?
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
Mirasi Rimju Ali
OEMI1326
672
19
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
?
OEMI0291
116
1823
1895
?
19
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player
Manohar-bua Joshi
?
OEMI1281
644
1888
?
19
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
Aundh region,Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
Ramchandra Vaidya
OEMI1759
877
1871
19
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
Kachchi Sastri
OEMI0972
493
19
?
?
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
?
OEMI2130
1085
1798
1904
?
18-20
?
Chennai
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
Tyaagaraaja
Basit Khan
OEMI0314
129
0.1787
0.1887
18-19
?
?
composer
Reputed 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer
Bade Changeh Khan
OEMI0234
96
0.177
0.1857
18-19
Panipat
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of the durbar of Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar
khayaal
Bade Mohammad Khan
OEMI0236
97
1755
1840
18-19
probably Lucknow
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and innovator
his father Shakkar Khan, his uncle Makkhan Khan
Hassu Khan
OEMI0825
419
Gwalior
0.179
0.1855
18-19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
Momin Khan
OEMI1366
685
1797
1852
0512
18-19
?
Delhi
poet
Zaffar Khan
?
OEMI2252
1157
0.1776
0.184
?
18-19
?
Benares
rabaab player
Eminent rabaab player
Seni
his father Chhajju Khan
Inayat Ali Khan
OEMI0867
440441
1790
0.1883
18-19
probably in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Dhaka
sarod player
A sarod pioneer
his father Hussain Ali Khan
Sher Khan
OEMI1963
971
0.1792
0.1862
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his paternal uncle Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
khayaal
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
OEMI0305
121
1790
1850
18-19
Maharastra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
Abdulla Khan
dhrupad
Mir Taqi Mir
?
OEMI1312
662
1722
1810
?
18-19
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Reputed Urdu poet

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