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
OEMI2231
Wahid Hussain Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
1985
1103
Karachi,Pakistan
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
1143
P06273
OEMI2234
Wajid Hussain Khan
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
1918
?
Lucknow
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
1144
OEMI0029
Abid Hussain Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
Ace performer of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa
1867
?
Lucknow
1936
0612
Lucknow
Lucknow
Mohammad Khan(d.1879) and Munne Khan
1415
OEMI1317
Mehandi Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1915
?
Gwalior
666
OEMI0058
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
tabla player
tabla maestro
?
0.1874
?
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
1976
0112
Lucknow
28
OEMI0119
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
1670
?
probably Delhi
0.1742
?
Delhi
51
OEMI0416
Buniyad Hussain Khan
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur
0.1835
?
Bareilly
1918
?
Rampur
Rampur durbar
205
OEMI0619
Faiz Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda
0.1835
?
probably Agra
0.1904
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
316
P01059
OEMI1196
Latafat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
1921
?
?
1986
1212
Kolkata
Agra
Vilayat Hussain Khan and Faiyaz Khan
604
P05734
OEMI1403
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
1880
?
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
1964
?
Delhi
Kallan Khan, Puttan Khan,Haidar Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
699
OEMI0632
Fida Hussain Khan(Sarod)
His distinguished career
1855
?
?
1927
?
Rampur
319320
OEMI0634
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
Baroda
1883
?
Rampur
1948
?
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
his father Haidar Khan
320
OEMI2122
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
?
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
1974
?
Pithakowapara
1076
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0040
Adil Shah Sur
musician
Afghan nobleman,reputedly a musician as well
1524
?
?
1557
?
?
22
OEMI0062
Ajay Bardan
Flute player
Kolkata
1917
?
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
1991
0328
Mumbai
29
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI0185
Asgarijan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
?
?
?
?
Agra
81
OEMI0203
Atulprasad Sen
composer
Composer
1871
?
Lucknow
1934
?
?
87
OEMI1220
Madhusudan Kan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
Bengal
?
?
?
?
616
P01205
OEMI1382
Munawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1933
?
?
1989
1013
?
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Barkat Ali Khan
693
OEMI2116
Tej Khan
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
?
?
?
?
1070
OEMI0633
Fida Hussain Khan(Sitar)
sitar player
Son of Gwalior sitar veteran,Amir Khan.
0.1875
?
?
0.1927
?
?
Amir Khan
320
OEMI0061
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
?
?
?
Saraguri
29
OEMI0198
Ata Hussain Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1898
?
Arauli
1980
0810
Kolkata
Agra
8485
OEMI0583
Dilawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
khayaal
Rewa
?
?
?
?
Agra
295
OEMI0627
Fazue Lal Pandit
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
319
OEMI0197
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
table player
0.183
?
Lucknow
0.1907
?
Bhawal,Bengal
Farukhaabaad
84
P06081
OEMI0028
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
1908
?
Jaipur
1979
1210
Indore
Jaipur
his father
14
P00008
OEMI0181
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
1937
?
Alwar,Rajasthan
78
OEMI0567
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
1923
?
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
284
OEMI0088
Allah Dad Dhadhi
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0364
Bholanath Bhatt
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1894
?
Darbhanga,Bihar
1970
?
?
His family
179180
OEMI0037
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
0.1692
?
?
0.1776
?
Delhi
Sadaarang
19
OEMI0080
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
?
?
?
?
?
38
OEMI0191
Ashiq Ali Khan(Jaipur)
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
0.1905
?
Jaipur
82
OEMI0039
Adibhatla Narayana Dasa
Well-known Harikathaa performer and teacher
1864
?
?
1945
?
?
21
OEMI1393
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI0056
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
?
27
OEMI0063
Ajoy Bhattacharya
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
?
?
?
?
2930
OEMI0075
Ali Bakhsh (Khyal)
writer
Writer of khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1864
?
Mandawar, in the former state of Alwar, Rajasthan
1902
?
Mandawar
3738
OEMI0179
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Agra
his family
78
OEMI0077
Ali Bakhsh Khan (Bihar)
rabaab player
Rabaab exponent of the Seni tradition
Gidhaur in Bihar
?
?
?
Seni
38
P00005
OEMI0092
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
?
0.1881
?
Shibpur, Tripura
1972
0906
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
4243
OEMI0096
Aman Ali Khan (Mumbai)
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and teacher of the Bhendi Bazaar gharaanaa
?
1888
?
Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh
1953
0211
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
4546
OEMI0200
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
?
?
?
?
86
OEMI1503
Nasir Faiyazuddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1934
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1989
0207
New Delhi
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Khan
733
P00003
OEMI0026
Abhinava Gupta
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
?
?
?
?
11
OEMI0049
Aghawan
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Unav,near Lucknow
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0051
Ahmad Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0071
Alamsen
Eminent dhrupad exponent
0.183
?
Gwalior
0.19
?
Gwalior
34
OEMI0074
Ali Bakhsh I
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI0083
Alla Rakhi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
39
OEMI0087
Allah Bandi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Rajasthan
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0091
Allahdi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Delhi
?
?
?
?
42
OEMI0095
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
vocalist
Vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
Qavvaal-bachhe
45
OEMI0101
Amarendra Nath Dutt
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
1876
?
Kolkata
1916
0106
?
47
OEMI0106
Ambayiram
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0109
Amir Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1882
?
?
1962
?
Mumbai
Jhajjar
48
OEMI0117
Amir Minai
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1828
?
Lucknow
1900
?
Hyderabad
51
OEMI0118
Amirjan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
51
P00123
OEMI0169
Arghya Sen
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
1935
?
Faridpur,Bangladesh
Debabrata Biswas,Kamal Kumar Dasgupta,and Dilip Kamal Roy
73
P01321
OEMI0177
Arvind Parikh
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Mumbai
1927
?
?
?
?
77
OEMI0199
Athar Nafis
Pakistani poet
1932
?
?
1980
1121
?
85
P00130
OEMI0261
Durga Lal
Noted Kathak dancer
1948
?
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
1990
0131
Delhi
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
304
OEMI0407
Brhaspati,K.C.
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1918
?
Rampur
1979
?
?
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
201
OEMI0411
Buddi Sani
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Balwantrao Vaidya
203
OEMI0556
Devendranath Changkatti
vocalist
Vocalist
1890
?
Guwahati,Assam
?
?
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
275
OEMI0638
Gaforan
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
323
OEMI0722
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
composer
Noted composer and writer
1902
?
Kerala
1990
0828
?
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
374
OEMI1200
Layanuram Bhattacharya
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
1840
?
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
1933
?
Vyasapara
606
P05933
OEMI1269
Manilal Nag
sitar player
Sitar player
1939
?
Bankura,West Bengal
Gokul Nag
640
OEMI1312
Mir Taqi Mir
Reputed Urdu poet
1722
?
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1810
?
Lucknow
662
OEMI1381
Mukunda Das
composer
Poplar composer
1878
?
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
1934
?
?
692693
OEMI1404
Mushtaribai
vocalist
Vocalist
0.19
?
most probably Fatehbad or Fatehpur,Agra region,Uttar Pradesh
1933
?
Agra
699700
OEMI1426
Nabani Das
Singer of baaul
?
?
1964
?
?
711
OEMI1500
Nasibjan
vocalist,
Vocalist disc-record singer of the early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
732
OEMI1518
Naval Sakhi
Performer of devotional dances
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
749750
OEMI2239
Wazir Chand
sitar player
Sitar player.
?
?
?
?
Master Ratan of Punjab
1145
OEMI2242
Wazirjan
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Beneres
?
?
?
?
1146
OEMI2253
Zahur Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpu
?
Atrauli
0.19
?
Jodhapur
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
1157
OEMI0263
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
1789
?
?
1848
?
?
109
OEMI1371
Mubarak Ali Khan(Jaipur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
0.1795
?
Lucknow
0.188
?
Jaipur
Bade Mohammad Khan
689
OEMI1372
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
689690
P02464
OEMI0178
Asa Singh Mastana
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
1926
?
Lahore
1999
0523
Delhi
77
OEMI0180
Asad Ali Khan(Rampur)
Sursinger maestro
0.1858
?
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1918
?
Rampur
78
OEMI0273
Baldev Prasad Nayak
vocalist
Vocalist
?
Rajasthan
?
?
112
OEMI0571
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Assam
0.1883
?
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
1970
?
Athiyabari,Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.
285
OEMI1226
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI1423
Mysore Karigiri Rao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
1853
?
?
1927
?
Mysore
709
OEMI1424
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
0.18
?
?
1885
?
Mysore
709710
OEMI0003
Abbasuddin Ahmed
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
Bengal
?
?
?
?
12
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
P06309
OEMI0285
Balwantrai Bhatt
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1921
?
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Omkarnath Thakur
115
OEMI0360
Bhim Kant Deka
Singer and dancer
1913
?
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
1971
?
?
174
OEMI1306
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
?
?
?
?
660
OEMI0207
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
1831
?
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
1880
0531
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
89
P06689
OEMI0024
Abhay Narayan Mallick
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
1937
?
Amta,Bihar
9
OEMI0050
Aghornath Chakraborti
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
Rajpur village of 24 Parganas,Bengal
1920
Benares
Murad Ali Khan, Daulat Khan, and Srijanbai
2324
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296