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
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
OEMI1943
966
1911
2004
0109
20-21
Apegaon, Maharashtra
Latur, Maharashtra
Pakhaawaj player
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
OEMI1139
580
?
?
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
OEMI1489
730
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Krishnarao Pandit
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
P00007
Annapurna Devi
OEMI0151
6465
Mumbai
1927
20
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Baburam Sahai
OEMI0225
9394
Allahabad
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
Bacha Mishra
OEMI0229
94
1876
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Bakhshu-miya
OEMI0257
106
0.175
18
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Baz Bahadur
OEMI0317
131132
152530
0.1594
16
?
?
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
Bhabiram Sarma
OEMI0324
144145
1890
1986
19-20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chanchal Sasi
OEMI0428
214
?
?
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
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
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
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
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
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
Chinnayya
OEMI0487
240
1806
1856
19
Tamil Nadu
?
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
Chirag
OEMI0494
241
Punjjabi
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Chitrabai
OEMI0496
242
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Chokhamela
OEMI0500
243
0.1338
?
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Giribala Dasi
OEMI0694
365
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
Gopalrao Joshi
OEMI0729
376
1897
1953
19-20
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
Nashik town
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
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
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Kale Khan （Saras-piya）
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family
P00044
Kanthe Maharaj
OEMI1024
517
1888
1968
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
tabla player
Baldev Sahari
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Khajurbai
OEMI1067
543
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Kiron
OEMI1081
558
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
Kohala
OEMI1089
560561
?
?
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
P00174
Kumudini Lakhia
OEMI1134
579
1935
20
Maharashtra
Kathak danseuse
Lahiri, S.N.
OEMI1151
586
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lakshmideva
OEMI1165
590591
1780
1858
18-19
Bardowa, Assam
Bali Sattra
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
his father , Bhadradeva
Lalan Fakir
OEMI1177
592
0.1774
1891
18-19
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Lalan Prasad
OEMI1178
592
0.1856
1926
19-20
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
Lalit Mohinidev
OEMI1185
595
0.1727
0.1805
18
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh

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