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
Wahid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2231
1143
1985
1103
20
?
Karachi,Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
Wajid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2234
1144
1918
20-
Lucknow
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
Abid Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0029
1415
1867
1936
0612
19-20
Lucknow
Lucknow
tabla player
Ace performer of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa
Lucknow
Mohammad Khan(d.1879) and Munne Khan
Mehandi Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1317
666
1915
?
20
?
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
?
OEMI0058
28
?
0.1874
1976
0112
19-20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
tabla player
tabla maestro
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
?
OEMI0119
51
1670
0.1742
?
17-18
probably Delhi
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
Buniyad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0416
205
Rampur
0.1835
1918
?
19-20
Bareilly
Rampur
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur durbar
Faiz Mohammad Khan
?
OEMI0619
316
Baroda
0.1835
0.1904
?
19-20
probably Agra
Baroda,Gujarat
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
Latafat Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1196
604
1921
1986
1212
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Vilayat Hussain Khan and Faiyaz Khan
P00187
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1403
699
1880
1964
?
19-20
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Kallan Khan, Puttan Khan,Haidar Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
Fida Hussain Khan(Sarod)
?
OEMI0632
319320
1855
1927
?
19-20
?
Rampur
His distinguished career
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0634
320
Baroda
1883
1948
?
19-20
Rampur
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
his father Haidar Khan
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
?
OEMI2122
1076
1974
?
20
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
Pithakowapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
Ambika Charan Guha
?
OEMI0107
48
?
19
?
?
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
Adil Shah Sur
?
OEMI0040
22
1524
1557
?
16
?
?
musician
Afghan nobleman,reputedly a musician as well
Ajay Bardan
?
OEMI0062
29
Kolkata
1917
1991
0328
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Asgarijan
?
OEMI0185
81
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
Agra
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Madhusudan Kan
?
OEMI1220
616
Bengal
?
19
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
P01205
Munawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI1382
693
1933
1989
1013
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Barkat Ali Khan
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
Fida Hussain Khan(Sitar)
?
OEMI0633
320
0.1875
0.1927
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Son of Gwalior sitar veteran,Amir Khan.
Amir Khan
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
?
OEMI0061
29
?
17
?
Saraguri
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
Ata Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0198
8485
1898
1980
0810
19-20
Arauli
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Agra
Dilawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI0583
295
Rewa
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
Agra
khayaal
Fazue Lal Pandit
?
OEMI0627
319
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0197
84
0.183
0.1907
?
19
Lucknow
Bhawal,Bengal
tabla player
table player
Farukhaabaad
P06081
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0028
14
1908
1979
1210
No
20
Jaipur
Indore
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Jaipur
his father
P00008
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
?
OEMI0181
78
1937
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
?
OEMI0567
284
1923
20
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
Allah Dad Dhadhi
?
OEMI0088
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
Bholanath Bhatt
?
OEMI0364
179180
1894
1970
?
19-20
Darbhanga,Bihar
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
His family
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
?
OEMI0037
19
0.1692
0.1776
?
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
Sadaarang
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
?
OEMI0080
38
?
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
Ashiq Ali Khan(Jaipur)
?
OEMI0191
82
0.1905
?
?
Jaipur
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Adibhatla Narayana Dasa
?
OEMI0039
21
1864
1945
?
19-20
?
?
Well-known Harikathaa performer and teacher
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
?
OEMI1393
696
?
19
?
?
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
?
OEMI0056
27
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Ajoy Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0063
2930
?
20
?
?
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
Ali Bakhsh (Khyal)
?
OEMI0075
3738
Rajasthan
1864
1902
?
19-20
Mandawar, in the former state of Alwar, Rajasthan
Mandawar
writer
Writer of khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
Ali Bakhsh Khan (Bihar)
?
OEMI0077
38
Gidhaur in Bihar
?
?
rabaab player
Rabaab exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
P00005
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
?
OEMI0092
4243
?
0.1881
1972
0906
19-20
Shibpur, Tripura
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
Aman Ali Khan (Mumbai)
?
OEMI0096
4546
?
1888
1953
0211
19-20
Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and teacher of the Bhendi Bazaar gharaanaa
Bhendi Bazaar
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0200
86
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
Nasir Faiyazuddin Khan Dagar
?
OEMI1503
733
1934
1989
0207
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Khan
dhrupad
P00003
Abhinava Gupta
?
OEMI0026
11
?
?
?
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
Aghawan
?
OEMI0049
23
Unav,near Lucknow
?
19
?
?
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Alamsen
?
OEMI0071
34
0.183
0.19
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
Eminent dhrupad exponent
Ali Bakhsh I
?
OEMI0074
37
Hyderabad
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Alla Rakhi
?
OEMI0083
39
?
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allah Bandi
?
OEMI0087
41
Rajasthan
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allahdi
?
OEMI0091
42
Delhi
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
Amarendra Nath Dutt
?
OEMI0101
47
1876
1916
0106
19-20
Kolkata
?
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Amir Bakhsh
?
OEMI0109
48
1882
1962
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Amir Minai
?
OEMI0117
51
1828
1900
?
19
Lucknow
Hyderabad
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P00123
Arghya Sen
?
OEMI0169
73
1935
20
Faridpur,Bangladesh
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Debabrata Biswas,Kamal Kumar Dasgupta,and Dilip Kamal Roy
Rabindra Sangeet
P06142
Arvind Parikh
?
OEMI0177
77
Mumbai
1927
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Athar Nafis
?
OEMI0199
85
1932
1980
1121
20
?
?
Pakistani poet
P00130
Durga Lal
?
OEMI0261
304
1948
1990
0131
20
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
Delhi
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
Devendranath Changkatti
?
OEMI0556
275
1890
?
19-20
Guwahati,Assam
?
vocalist
Vocalist
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
?
OEMI0722
374
1902
1990
0828
20
Kerala
?
composer
Noted composer and writer
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
Layanuram Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1200
606
1840
1933
?
19-20
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
P00063
Manilal Nag
?
OEMI1269
640
1939
20
Bankura,West Bengal
sitar player
Sitar player
Gokul Nag
Mir Taqi Mir
?
OEMI1312
662
1722
1810
?
18-19
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Reputed Urdu poet
Mukunda Das
?
OEMI1381
692693
1878
1934
?
19-20
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
?
composer
Poplar composer
Mushtaribai
?
OEMI1404
699700
0.19
1933
?
20
most probably Fatehbad or Fatehpur,Agra region,Uttar Pradesh
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Nabani Das
?
OEMI1426
711
1964
?
20
?
?
Singer of baaul
Nasibjan
?
OEMI1500
732
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist disc-record singer of the early 20th cent
Naval Sakhi
?
OEMI1518
749750
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
Performer of devotional dances
Wazir Chand
?
OEMI2239
1145
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player.
Master Ratan of Punjab
Wazirjan
?
OEMI2242
1146
Beneres
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Zahur Bakhsh
?
OEMI2253
1157
Jodhpu
0.19
?
19-20
Atrauli
Jodhapur
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
?
OEMI0263
109
1789
1848
?
18-19
?
?
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
Mubarak Ali Khan(Jaipur)
?
OEMI1371
689
0.1795
0.188
?
18-19
Lucknow
Jaipur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bade Mohammad Khan
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1372
689690
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
P02464
Asa Singh Mastana
?
OEMI0178
77
1926
1999
0523
No
20
Lahore
Delhi
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
Asad Ali Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI0180
78
0.1858
0.1918
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sursinger maestro
Baldev Prasad Nayak
?
OEMI0273
112
?
Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
?
OEMI0571
285
Assam
0.1883
1970
?
19-20
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
Athiyabari,Assam
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
?
OEMI1226
619
?
19
?
?
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
Mysore Karigiri Rao
?
OEMI1423
709
1853
1927
?
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
?
OEMI1424
709710
0.18
1885
?
19
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Abbasuddin Ahmed
?
OEMI0003
12
Bengal
?
?
?
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
P00012
Arunagiri Nathar
?
OEMI0176
76
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
15
?
?
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
P06309
Balwantrai Bhatt
?
OEMI0285
115
1921
No
20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Omkarnath Thakur
Bhim Kant Deka
?
OEMI0360
174
1913
1971
?
20
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
?
Singer and dancer
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
?
OEMI1306
660
?
?
?
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
?
OEMI0207
89
1831
1880
0531
19
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Aghornath Chakraborti
?
OEMI0050
2324
1920
Rajpur village of 24 Parganas,Bengal
Benares
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
Murad Ali Khan, Daulat Khan, and Srijanbai
dhrupad
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
?
OEMI0586
296
?
?
?
Poet

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