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
P00199
Raghunath Prasanna
OEMI1680
856
1913
20
Benares
shehnai player
Gauri Shankar,Dauji Mishra
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
OEMI1767
880
Bengal
1808
1850
19
Vishnupur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Vishnupur
within the family
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
OEMI1782
884
?
?
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1799
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Bhai Gopal Singh
Sawai Pratap Singh
OEMI1902
958
?
?
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
Chand Khan
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
OEMI0349
163
20
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
Ganpatrao Pandit
Bishnu Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0394
195
1804
1900
19
Kaetpura, near Ranaghat, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Aadi Brahmo Samaaj
Hasmukh Khan, Dilavar Khan, Miya Miran, Rahim Khan
dhrupad
P00172
Kumaran Nair(Kizhpatam)
0530
OEMI1128
578
1915
20
Kerala
Kathakali artiste and teacher
Ravunni Menon
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Mohammad Ali Khan(Benares)
OEMI1340
677
1860
19
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
his father
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
OEMI1342
677
1825
1905
19-20
Jaipur
?
originator
Mohammad Ali
Radhika Prasad Goswami
OEMI1675
844
1863
1924
19-20
Vishnupur,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Ramshankar Bhattacharya
OEMI1779
884
1761
1853
18-19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
composer
composer
Vishnupur gharaanaa of Bengal
Gadadhar Bhattacharya
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
OEMI1841
911
20
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
vocalist
vocalist
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Varadarao Kamalakar Rao
OEMI2165
1114
1937
20
Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh
Mridangam player
V.V.Narayan Sastry, Yella Somanna, Palghat Mani Iyer
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
OEMI2257
1158
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
P00202
Kshemavathy(Kalamandalam)
?
OEMI2270
574
1948
20
Viyyoor village,Kerala
Moohini Aattam choreographer and dancer
Chinnammu Amma and Satyabhama
Moohini Aattam
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Joseph Kaimaparamban
OEMI0961
488
1924
20
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
P00166
Keshav Lakshman Badge
OEMI1053
540
1941
20
Pune, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
Krishnadasa Badajana
OEMI1104
571
16
?
?
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
Laila Arjumand Banu
0105
OEMI1152
586
1926
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramani Mohan Bhattacharya, Manju Khan, Gul Mohammad Khan, Yusuf Khan Koraishi, Gopal Dasgupta
Lalchand Yamla Jat
OEMI1180
593
1919
20
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
1031
OEMI1523
754755
1927
20
Clifton, England
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
OEMI1565
780
1903
1966
20
Mysore
Mysore
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
P00192
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
1018
OEMI1577
784
1882
1962
19-20
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
P00194
Paramananda Borbayan
OEMI1596
797
1936
20
Lahalial,Assam
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
Purushottam Damodar
OEMI1652
831
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
Ajoy Sinha Roy
1201
OEMI0065
30
Kolkata
1920
20
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Amritsen
OEMI0124
5253
0.1813
0.1893
19
Jhajjar, near Delhi
Jaipur
sitar player
Sitar and surabin （string） maestro
his father Rahimsen
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
Anandiram Das
OEMI0132
57
1909
1960
20
?
?
Assamese song writer
Anant Barve
OEMI0133
57
1856
1923
19-20
Manmad, Maharashtra
Pune
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Anant Fandi
OEMI0134
57
1744
1819
18-19
Maharashtra
?
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
Aniruddha
OEMI0147
62
1553
1626
16-17
?
?
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
Antu-bua Apte
OEMI0160
68
Maharashtra
0.182
0.191
19
Ramdurg, Karnataka
?
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
khayaal
Arabatta Navalar
OEMI0168
72
?
?
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
Bannijan
OEMI0300
120
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Banujan
OEMI0301
121
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
Durga Prasad
OEMI0303
304
0.192
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
P00136
Birju Maharaj
0204
OEMI0391
194
Delhi
1937
20
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Lachhu Maharaj
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
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
Chikka Rama Rao
OEMI0477
238239
Mysore
1890
1945
19-20
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
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
P00147
Gavari Devi
OEMI0665
350
1921
1990
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
P00149
Ghana Kant Bora
OEMI0668
354
1950
20
Majuli, Assam
?
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
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
Gopal Oriya
OEMI0718
374
19
?
?
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
Gopala Ata
OEMI0719
374
1541
1611
16-17
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
?
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Maadhavadeva
P00035
Guruvayur Dorai
OEMI0763
392
1935
20
Guruvayur, Kerala
Mridangam player
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
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
Inayat Hussain
OEMI0868
441
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
Indramohan Das
OEMI0878
443444
19
?
?
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
P00158
Ishitiaq Ahmad
OEMI0882
445
1919
1967
20
?
?
Sarod player
Kalidas Pal
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
Kader Bakhsh
OEMI0973
494
0.188
1934
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his father Axim Bakhsh
P00164
Kamala
0616
OEMI1001
507
1934
20
Mayuram,Tamil Nadu
Well-known Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Bharata Naatyam
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
La Meri
OEMI1146
583
?
?
American danseuse
Lachhiram
OEMI1147
585
1867
1937
19-20
Budasu,Rajasthan
?
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
Lalchand Boral
OEMI1179
592593
1870
1907
19-20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lalita Devi
OEMI1186
598
Benares
?
?
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Lalji-bua
OEMI1189
600
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lalu Ram Sahu
?
OEMI1194
601
1920
20
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste

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