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
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
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.

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