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
OEMI0625
Fazal Hussain
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
0.1878
?
?
0.1949
?
?
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
318319
P00146
OEMI0631
Fida Hussain
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
1899
?
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
319
OEMI0995
Kalu-miya
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1007
Kamalbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI1211
Madanapala
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
?
?
?
?
611
OEMI1377
Mujaddid Niazi
vocalist
Vocalist
1924
0224
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
?
Lucknow
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
691692
OEMI1390
Munnibai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1428
Nabi Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
712
OEMI1431
Nagaridas
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1436
Najukjan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
?
?
717
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI2024
Sosale Ramadas
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
1890
?
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
1950
?
Mysore
995
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2037
Subbanna
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
1854
?
Mysore
1939
?
Mysore
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
1011
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0103
Amvadas-pant Agali
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1920
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1972
?
?
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
47
OEMI0368
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
0.1696
?
?
0.1778
?
?
Seni
his father Sadaarang
183
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
OEMI1292
Masilamani Mudaliyar
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Chennnai
?
?
?
?
655
P06532
OEMI1425
Mysore Vasudevachar
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
0.1865
?
Mysore
1961
?
?
710
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
OEMI0997
Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar
Eminent veena player
1846
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
1888
?
Thiruvananthapuram
his father Venkatadri Bhagavatar
506
OEMI0275
Baliram Pandey
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
?
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
?
112
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI0113
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
0.182
?
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
0.1873
?
Rampur
his father Umrao Khan
50
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0277
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
Author of 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI0418
Chacha Vrindavandas
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
16971712
?
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
1791
?
?
207208
OEMI0515
Dakshinamorti Sastri
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
?
?
?
?
252
OEMI1222
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Thanjavur
1844
?
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
1893
?
?
618
OEMI1279
Manohar Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1794
?
?
1874
?
?
643
OEMI1433
Nagaswami Bhagavatar
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Kathaa Kaalaksheepam
1894
?
Madurai,Tamil Nadu
1952
?
?
715
OEMI1271
Maniram Dutta Bayan(Muktiar)
Noted exponent of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
1879
?
?
1966
?
Kamalabari Sattra,Majuli,Assam
Bholanath Bayan Atoi
640
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0112
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1847
?
Gwalior
0.1915
?
Gwalior
50
OEMI0281
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
114
OEMI0287
Balwantrao Ketkar
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Sangli,Maharashtra
khayaal
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Antu-bua Apte
115116
OEMI0288
Balwantrao Panse
Reputed mridang player
?
?
0.1886
?
?
116
P00106
OEMI0585
Dilip Chandra Vedi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Delhi
1901
0324
?
1991
?
Delhi
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
295
OEMI1000
Kamakoti Sastri
composer
Composer of kritis
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
?
507
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1386
Munnan Khan(Murshidabad)
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player(second half, 19th cent.)
Murshidabad (now in Bangladesh)
?
?
?
?
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
694
OEMI1514
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
khayaal
0.176
?
Gwalior
0.1837
?
Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
741
OEMI1526
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
755
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
OEMI2045
Sudarshan Shastri
sitar player
Sitar player and author
?
?
?
?
1013
OEMI2103
Tanibai Ghorpade
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
khayaal
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
?
?
1931
?
Mumbai
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
1058
OEMI2130
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
1798
?
?
1904
?
Chennai
Tyaagaraaja
1085
OEMI2232
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Indore
?
Agra
?
Indore
Bande Ali Khan
11431144
OEMI2233
Wahid Khan（Sitar）
sitar player
Well-known sitar and surbahaar player
1895
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
his father Imdad Khan
1144
OEMI2235
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
composer
Illustrious disciple of composer Tyaagaraaja
1781
0218
probably Ayyampettai,former kingdom of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
Walajapet,near Chennai
his father Nalluswaamy
1144
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0279
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
khayaal
1849
?
Bedag,Maharashtra
1926
?
Miraj,Maharashtra
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
113
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI0623
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
Maker of musical instruments
1827
?
?
1898
?
?
317318
OEMI1392
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1396
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
1864
?
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
1927
?
?
Mughlu Khan
696697
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI1282
Manoharlal Sharma
Performer of swaang a type of folk musical play
?
?
1970
?
?
644
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1524
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
755
OEMI0286
Balwantrao Bhaiyya
vocalist,
Vocalist of Gwalior
Gwalior
?
?
1925
?
?
Gwalior
his mother,the famous dancer Chandrabhaga
115
OEMI0367
Bhupat Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
183
OEMI0514
Dakshina Charan Sen
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Bengal
1860
?
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
1925
?
Kolkata
251252
OEMI0560
Devji-bua Paranjape
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
0.1798
?
Pune,Maharashtra
1878
?
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
Gadgil-bua
279
OEMI1497
Narottamdas Thakur
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
0.1533
?
Kheturi,Bengal
?
?
731
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065
OEMI2128
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
Author
?
?
?
?
1083
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1307
Minakshi Shirodkar
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
661662
OEMI1308
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1971
?
?
662
OEMI2053
Sukavi Narayanadeva
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
?
?
?
?
1026
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI1511
Natharam Sharma Gaur
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays
nautanki plays
1874
?
Dariyapur village, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
1943
?
Hathras
740
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0274
Baldevji
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
112
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259