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
OEMI1541
Nissar Hussain Khan （Gwalior）
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
0.1844
Gwalior
0.1916
?
his foster-father Natthu Khan
763764
P00052
OEMI1199
Laxman Krishnarao Pandit
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Delhi
1934
?
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Gwaliior
Krishnarao and Shankarrao Pandit
606
OEMI1487
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1923
Palakkad, Kerala
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
729
OEMI2126
'Tiger'Varadachariar
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1876
0801
Kolathur,Tamil Nadu
1950
0131
Chennai
Appadurai Iyer and his son Ramachandran
1079
OEMI0470
Chhote Munne Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Lucknow
?
1927
Lucknow
237
P05988
OEMI1631
Prabha Atre
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Mumbai
1932
0913
Pune, Maharashtra
Kiraanaa
821
P06356
OEMI0730
Gopeshwar Banerji
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
1880
Vishnupur, Bengal
1967
0729
Vishnupur
Vishnupur gharaanaa
his father Anantlal, his elder brother Ram Prasanna, Guru Prasad Mishra
376
OEMI2016
Someswara Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
1891
?
1943
?
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
993
OEMI1712
Rajeshwari Devi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Benares
0.188
?
1940
?
865
OEMI1285
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI0858
Imam Badi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Benares
?
?
Shadi Khan
439
OEMI1079
Khwaja Ahmad Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
?
0.187
Tonk, Rajasthan
family
556
OEMI2261
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
?
1927
?
within family
1159
OEMI0988
Kale Khan （Saras-piya）
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
0.186
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
family
503
P05952
OEMI0135
Anant Manohar Joshi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Gwalior gharana
1881
0418
Kinhai, near Pune, Maharashtra
1967
0912
Mumbai
Gwalior
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Rahmat Khan
5758
OEMI1172
Lal Khan （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh
?
?
591
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
P06115
OEMI0093
Altaf Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
?
0.1878
?
Khurja, near Delhi
1964
?
Delhi
Khurjaa
44
OEMI0320
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1888
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
1936
?
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
135
OEMI0884
Ishtiyaq Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Sahaswaan tradition
?
?
his father Mustaq Hussain Khan
445
OEMI1649
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Tripura
1914
?
1973
?
828
OEMI0431
Chandan Chaube
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Vaishnava devotional music
1870
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1955
?
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
215
OEMI0166
Appukkutti Nattuvan
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri （1762-1827）of the Karnnatik trinity
?
?
7172
OEMI0156
Annu Akhtar
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
?
?
Agra
66
OEMI2069
Sundarabai Jadhav
vocalist
Noted vocalist, especially of light classical varieties
0.1886
?
1953
0603
Mumbai
Thakurdas-bua, Ghulam Rasool Khan, and Gamman Khan
1030
OEMI2132
Tiwadi Tejkaran
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
?
?
1085
OEMI2109
Tarini Charan Patra
vocalist
Noted vocalist.
1901
?
Pittal village,Ganjam district,Orissa
1979
0304
?
his elder brother Kamal Adika Parta
1067
OEMI0996
Kalyana Bharati
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI0200
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
?
?
?
?
86
P02712
OEMI1678
Raghunath Dutta
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
1933
0201
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
856
P00217
OEMI1870
Sanjukta Panigrahi
Odissi danseuse
1944
0824
Behampur, Orissa
1997
0624
Orissa
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
937
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
P00185
OEMI1322
Minati Mishra
Odissi danseuse and teacher
1934
Cuttack,Orissa
671
P02170
OEMI0655
Gangadhar Pradhan
Odissi teacher and dancer
1948
Panikula village, Orissa
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
332
OEMI1671
Radharani Mohapatra
vocalist
Odissi vocalist
Odissi
1934
0406
Cuttack,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar,Balakrishna Dash,Dhiren Das,Khitish Maitra
843
OEMI1117
Krishnashankar Shukla
old-timer in media music
1911
0817
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1992
0807
?
573
OEMI1082
Kirtidhara
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
?
?
558
OEMI1073
Khitish Chandra Maitra
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
1906
1008
Balasore district, Orissa
1980
Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
554
OEMI0449
Chaturbhujdas
One of the eight poet-devotees of the group called Ashtachhaap Kavi, of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect.
1540
?
1625
?
225226
OEMI1132
Kumbhandas
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
1472
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
1586
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
578579
OEMI1597
Paramanandadas
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
1497
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
1587
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
797
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
OEMI1342
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
originator
1825
Jaipur
1905
?
Mohammad Ali
677
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
OEMI2058
Sukumar Sahu
composer
Oriya composer
1907
0815
Balasore, Orissa
1028
OEMI1813
Raya Ramananda
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
1467
?
1525
?
897
OEMI0915
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
1925
0614
Puridistrict,Orissa
461
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867
OEMI2189
Venkatamakhi
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
Nothing authentic is known
11221123
OEMI1726
Ram Sahai
tabla player
Outstanding tabla player, originator of the Benares tradition in tabla
0.1815
Benares
0.1868
Benares
Benares
870
OEMI1046
Kisarbai Kerkar
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
1892
0713
Keri,Goa
1977
0916
Mumbai
538539
P05928
OEMI0838
Hirabai Barodekar
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage
1905
0529
Miraj, Maharashtra
1989
1120
Pune, Maharashtra
her elder brother Sureshbabu Mane, her father Abdul Karim
431432
OEMI0676
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
1932
Agra
Agra gharaanaa
his father, his maternal cousin Ghasit Khan and his paternal cousin Sher Khan
360
P00072
OEMI1542
Nissar Hussain Khan （Sahaswan）
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
1907
0403
?
1993
0716
?
his grandfather Haidar Khan
764
OEMI1061
Kiwal Kishan
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
?
?
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
542
P06155
OEMI0171
Arjun Sejwal
Pakhaawaj player
1934
0425
?
1992
1029
Mumbai
Paanse
74
OEMI0670
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
Pakhaawaj player
1880
Rajasthan
0.1915
?
his father Shankarlal
354355
OEMI1852
Sakharam-pant Agale
pakhaawaj player
1858
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
1918
Satara, Maharashtra
Nana Panse
916
OEMI1943
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
Pakhaawaj player
1911
Apegaon, Maharashtra
2004
0109
Latur, Maharashtra
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
966
OEMI1571
Pahad Singh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
?
?
Jaawli
781
OEMI1771
Ramkumar Basak
pakhaawaj player
?
?
881
P00083
OEMI1569
Pagaldas Swami
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
1920
0815
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
781
OEMI0918
Janardhanrao Joshi
Pakhaawaj player
462
OEMI1244
Makhanji Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
1876
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
1951
Mathura
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
623
OEMI1605
Parvat Singh(Chhote)
pakhaawaj player
1876
Gwalior
1951
0718
?
800
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI0291
Balwantrao Vaidya
Pakhaawaj player
1823
?
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
1895
?
?
116
OEMI1615
Patwardhan
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1868
Miraj, Maharashtra
0.1916
Miraj
806
OEMI0227
Baburao Gokhale
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
1893
10??
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
1969
0525
?
Gurudev Patwardhan
94
OEMI0275
Baliram Pandey
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
?
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
?
112
OEMI0846
Hussain Bakhsh （Kishangarh）
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
?
?
436
OEMI1977
Shyam Kumbhar
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
0.1466
?
?
975
OEMI1849
Sakharam Mridangacharya
pakhaawaj player, teacher
1879
1025
Indore
1967
0119
?
Balwantrao, Shankar-bhaiya, Panse
915
OEMI0199
Athar Nafis
Pakistani poet
1932
?
?
1980
1121
?
85
OEMI1641
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
patron,
Patron
1790
?
1858
?
826
OEMI0801
Harendra Krishina Shil
patron,
Patron
1880
Kolkata
1940
Kolkata
410411
OEMI0598
Dulichand （Seth）
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI0207
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
1831
?
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
1880
0531
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
89
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0849
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
patron,musician
Patron and musician
?
?
437
OEMI0800
Harendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,musician
Patron and musician
0.1887
Ramgopalpur, now in Bangladesh
0.195
?
tabla; Natthu Khan, Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Masid Khan, Maulaviram, Abid Hussain Khan
410
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI1031
Kartika Tirunal Maharaja
patron,
patron and poet who ruled Travancore,a princely state in Kerala.
1724
?
1798
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
523
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI0370
Bhupendra Krishna Ghosh
patron,musician
Patron of musicians.
1896
?
Bengal
1941
?
?
184
OEMI1161
Lakshmandas Seth
patron,
Patron of the arts
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
589
P00104
OEMI0390
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
1903
0715
Gouripur
1975
0703
Kolkata
194
OEMI1903
Sawai Ram Singh
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Jaipur
?
?
958
OEMI1902
Sawai Pratap Singh
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
?
?
Chand Khan
958
OEMI2166
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
1795
Thanjavur
1869
Thanjavur
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
1114
OEMI0889
Jadava Krishna Basu
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
1848
Bengal
1926
447
OEMI1437
Nala Najan
Performer
1932
0628
Pennsylvania,USA
2002
0107
New York,USA
718
OEMI1791
Ranganathaswami Nigadikar
composer
performer and composer of Marathi aakhyaans for keertans
1612
?
1684
?
887
OEMI1239
Mahipati-bua Tahrabadkar
performer and poet of Marathi keertans
1715
?
1790
?
622
P00227
OEMI2023
Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance
1913
?
Khurai Kongapal Sajor,Manipur
Hijam Borajao Singh, Oinam Ibungo Singh and a few others
995
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
P00194
OEMI1596
Paramananda Borbayan
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
1936
Lahalial,Assam
797
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783