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
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
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
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296
OEMI1376
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
?
Gwalior
691
OEMI2119
Thakur Lakshman Singh
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player
?
?
1936
?
?
Mahant Gopal Das
1072
OEMI0078
Ali Hussain Khan (Rudra Vina)
Veteran of the Sahaswan gharaanaa
Mumbai
185055
?
Lucknow
0.193
?
?
Sahaswan
38
OEMI0079
Ali Mohammad Khan (Badku-miya)
sursingaar player
Well-known sursingaar player, descendant of Taansen
?
0.1824
?
Lucknow
0.1885
?
Benares
38
OEMI0036
Achyutappa Nayak
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
17
OEMI1005
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1770
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
1820
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
508
OEMI1373
Muddu Venkatamakhi
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
?
?
?
?
690
OEMI1302
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
659
OEMI2244
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
Surbahaar player
Bengal
1864
?
?
1930
?
?
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
1148
OEMI0546
Dehiram Sarma Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1839
?
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
0.1919
?
Vyasapara
264
OEMI1525
Nazir Khan(Mathura)
sitar player
Sitar player
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
1890
?
Hyderabad
Amir Bakhsh(Gaundpuri) of Jaipur
755
OEMI0060
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
?
Mumbai
1894
?
Mumbai
29
OEMI0114
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
?
?
1860
?
Bihar
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
50
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI1434
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1857
?
Bengal
1934
?
Kolkata
717
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0373
Bidaram Krishnappa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Mysore
1866
?
Mysore
1931
?
?
Bhendi Bazaar
184185
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI1294
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1925
?
?
1992
?
Mumbai
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
655656
OEMI1304
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
1823
?
?
1896
?
Baroda
659660
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
OEMI2230
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
1882
?
Gujarat
1947
?
?
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
1143
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
OEMI0038
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
?
?
?
?
21
OEMI0292
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
0.1839
?
Ranaghat,Bengal
1896
?
?
116
OEMI1391
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
695
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
OEMI1303
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
1878
?
?
?
?
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
659
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
OEMI0033
Achhan Maharaj
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
0.1888
?
Lucknow
1946
?
?
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
17
OEMI0034
Achpal-miya
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
0.178
?
Delhi
0.1854
?
?
Delhi Qavvaal
17
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0116
Amir Khusrau
poet-musician, Sufi mystic
Thirteenth-century poet-musician and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate
0.1253
?
Patiala
1325
?
?
Qavvaal
5051
OEMI0174
Arunachala Kavi
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
1711
?
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1788
?
?
Ambalavana Kavirayar
76
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0192
Ashiq Hussain
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
?
?
1946
?
?
82
OEMI0205
Awadabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
?
?
89
OEMI0363
Bhoja Raja
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
?
?
?
?
179
OEMI0372
Bi Rahimanbai
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Charkhari
?
?
?
?
184
OEMI0374
Bikku Maharaj
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Benares
1863
?
?
1949
?
?
188
OEMI0408
Brhat Kasyapa
Quoted as an author
?
?
?
?
201
OEMI0527
Ali Bakhsh II
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI0528
Dasharathi Roy
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
1806
?
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
1857
?
?
258259
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0548
Deo Kavi
Author
?
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
1749
?
?
266
OEMI0611
Eknath
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
1548
?
Paithan,Maharashtra
1599
?
Paithan
310
OEMI0621
Fani Bala
Singer-actress
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
317
OEMI0624
Fateh Ali
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Patiaalaa
318
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