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
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Mohammad Ali Khan(Seni)
OEMI1343
677678
1834
1927
19-20
Lucknow
Gidhaur,Uttar Pradesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
his father
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
OEMI1406
703
?
?
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Nataraja Rama Krishna
?
OEMI1507
739
1933
20
Bali Island, Indonesia
Noted performer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam and Kuuchipuudi
Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur),Rajamma(Nayudupeta), Lakshmi Narayana Sastri(Vedantam).and Satyabhama(Pendyala)
Nissar Ali Khan （Seni）
OEMI1540
763
0.1814
0.188
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player,rabaab player
Sursingaar and rabaab exponent
his father, Zaffar Khan, his elder brother, Sadiq Ali
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
OEMI1641
826
1790
1858
18-19
?
?
patron,
Patron
P00078
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
0202
OEMI1687
857
1927
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
teacher, singer
Ramaswami Dikshitar
OEMI1752
875
1735
0.1817
18-19
Virinjiouram near Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
composer,vocalist
Well-known composer and vocalist
his father Muthuswaami Diikshitar, Melattur Veerabhadrayya, Venkata Vaidyanatha Diikshitar
Sardarbai Karadgekar
OEMI1889
949
1914
20
Karadge, Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
OEMI1933
964
1885
19-20
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Noted pakhaawaj player
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
OEMI2216
1137
1888
1964
19-20
Hupri
?
vocalist
vocalist
Dattopant Jambhekar
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
Padmanabhan Nair(Kalamandalam)
OEMI1566
780
1925
20
Kuruvattur,Palakkad district,Kerala
Kathakali artiste,teacher
Ravunni Menon(Pattikkamthodi)
Kathakali
P00147
Gangadhar Pradhan
OEMI0655
332
1948
20
Panikula village, Orissa
Odissi teacher and dancer
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
Gulab Singh （Sant）
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
Kanaka Srinivasan
?
OEMI1012
513514
1947
20
Chennnai
Dancer and choreographer of Bharata Naatyam
Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Purushottam Dongre
OEMI1654
831
1853
1908
19-20
?
?
Author of Marathi plays
Purushottama Mishra
OEMI1657
832
Orissa
?
?
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Sivendra Nath Basu
OEMI2004
989
Benares
1878
1941
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Vijay Raghava Rao
1103
OEMI2202
1127
Mumbai
1925
20-
Chennai
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Chokkalingam Pillai （music and dance）
Appu Marar （Pallavor）
OEMI0165
71
1928
20
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Harendra Krishina Shil
OEMI0801
410411
1880
1940
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Karamatullah Khan(Sarod)
OEMI1027
518
1848
1933
19-20
Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Niyamatullah Khan
Kunju Nair (Vazhenkada)
0608
OEMI1138
580
1925
20
Vazhenkada village,Palakkad,Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Koppan Nair(Kariyattil),Govinda Pisharodi(Kalluvazhi),Ravunni Menon(Pattikamthodi)
Lalit Chandranath Ojha
0211
OEMI1182
594
1923
20
Sipajhar, Darrang district, Assam
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali and Deodhani dancer of Assam
his father and Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Pandharinath Nageshkar
0316
OEMI1584
792
1913
20
Nageshi,Goa
tabla player
tabla player,teacher
Yashwant(Valle-mama) Bandiwadekar
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
OEMI1611
805
Thanjavur
1845
1902
19-20
?
Thanjavur
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar （Manambuchavadi）
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
OEMI1649
828
Tripura
1914
1973
20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Raja Ramchan Waghela
OEMI1698
861
16
?
?
patron,
ruler,royal patron
Rajendra Narayan Ray
OEMI1711
865
1854
1903
19-20
?
?
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
OEMI1742
873
1921
20
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
Sankaran Nambotirippad
OEMI1874
940
1955
20
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
?
Kathakali artiste and guru
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
OEMI1937
965
Mumbai
19
1920
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
his father Amir Khan
Shamsuddin Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1938
965
1890
1968
19-20
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Munir Khan, and Abdul Karim Khan
Bishnu Priya Samantasinghar
0205
OEMI0395
195
Cuttack
1927
20
Puri, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, first woman artiste of All India Radio, Cuttack
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
OEMI1929
964
0.1803
19
?
?
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
Bhaktabatsala Patra
0919
OEMI0340
155
1930
20
Ganjam, Orissa
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
Byachanna Narasingham
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
OEMI0451
227
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0502
244
19
?
?
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
P00025
Domada Chittiabbayi
0801
OEMI0592
300
1933
20
Andhra
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
Gauri Shankar Mishra
OEMI0661
349
0.1865
1945
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Birai Misir
Girish Chandra Ghosh
02??
OEMI0702
367
1842
1912
19-20
Kolkata
?
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
Gopal Chandra Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0712
372
Kolkata
1877
1941
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Vocalist
Bakhar Ali, Rahmat Khan
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Jagannath Kaviraya
OEMI0901
450
1560
1660
16-17
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
OEMI1129
578
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
P00177
Lakshmi Viswanathan
OEMI1163
590
1944
20
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer
Kanchipuram Ellappa Pillai
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Madavor Vasudevan Nair
?
OEMI1213
611
1929
20
Kerala
Kathakali artiste and teacher
Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai,Kurichi Panicker,and Chengannur Raman Pillai
Mallika Sarabhai
?
OEMI1253
631
1953
20
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Noted danseuse
Munir Khaton Begum
0202
OEMI1385
694
1934
20
Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Kiraanaa
Habib Khan
Nana-saheb Panse
OEMI1440
719720
1800
1885
19
near Wai, Satara district, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Eminent pakhaawaj player
Manyaba Kuditkar, Chande-bua, Martand-bua
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Narayan Paithankar
OEMI1467
726
1871
1938
19-20
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Parur Sundaram Iyer
OEMI1604
799800
1891
1974
19-20
Kerala
Chennai
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
P00195
Pithukuli Murugadas
OEMI1627
812
1920
20
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Singer of south Indian bhajans
Brahmananda Paradesi
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

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