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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OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0245
Bageswari Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1940
Kolkata
2000
0920
Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh
Benares
Sitaram Misra and Ganesh Prasad Misra
101
OEMI0806
Hari Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
1802
?
1868
?
Benares
411
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI0825
Hassu Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
0.179
Gwalior
0.1855
Gwalior
Gwalior
419
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
OEMI1915
Shabbu Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi gharaanaa
Hyderabad
?
0.1936
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Delhi
his family
962
OEMI0034
Achpal-miya
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
0.178
?
Delhi
0.1854
?
?
Delhi Qavvaal
17
OEMI1074
Khudratullah Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Hyderabad, Andhra, during the reign of Nizam Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
Hyderabad, Andhra,
1830
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
his father Rahmatullah Khan
554
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol (Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI0643
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
Satara
1905
1029
Satara
1996
0115
Pune
V.D. Paluskar
325
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
OEMI1756
Ramchandra Gosavi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
?
?
877
OEMI0684
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Lahore
Kolkata
Umrao Khan
362
OEMI0906
Jaggan Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
?
?
451
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
OEMI0083
Alla Rakhi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
39
OEMI0087
Allah Bandi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Rajasthan
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0091
Allahdi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Delhi
?
?
?
?
42
OEMI0118
Amirjan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
51
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1151
Lahiri, S.N.
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
586
OEMI1935
Shamim
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lucknow
?
?
964965
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
OEMI0268
Bala-saheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
0.1846
?
Gwalior
0.192
?
Gwalior
Gwalior
110
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI0357
Bhausaheb Guruji
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
169
OEMI2143
Ujir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
?
?
Jaipur
1101
P06666
OEMI0313
Bashir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa and harmonium player
Jaipur
Jodhpur
1938
?
Jaipur-Atraauli
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
129
OEMI2253
Zahur Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpu
?
Atrauli
0.19
?
Jodhapur
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
1157
OEMI0859
Imam Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Jodhpu
?
?
439
OEMI0885
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhpu
?
?
445
OEMI1428
Nabi Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
712
OEMI1298
Mathor Shankara Murthy
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
1922
?
Muthalapura,Karnataka
1993
0705
Bangalore
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
657
OEMI0680
Ghulam Haidar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
361
OEMI0951
Jodhe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
0.177
?
?
Khurjaa
483
P00692
OEMI0681
Ghulam Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
361
OEMI0791
Hamirji
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
404
OEMI0216
Azmatullah Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
his father Rahmatullah Khan
91
OEMI0629
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
0.1881
?
?
1971
0826
?
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
319
OEMI0782
Haidar Khan (Sahaswan)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
Rampur
?
?
some elders
400
OEMI0854
Ilahi Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
?
?
Rangile
439
P00114
OEMI0076
Ali Bakhsh Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the reputed duo Alia-Fattu
0.185
?
?
1925
?
?
38
OEMI0865
Imdad Khan (Sahaswan)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
?
?
Sahaswaan
440
P06130
OEMI0736
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1944
1110
?
1988
0212
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
380
OEMI1767
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Bengal
1808
Vishnupur
1850
?
Vishnupur
within the family
880
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI2169
Vasantrao Deshpande
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
1920
0502
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
1983
0730
Pune, Maharashtra
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
11171118
OEMI1558
Nunnijan
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
768769
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
OEMI1916
Shad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
?
?
962963
OEMI0793
Hanuman Kattuck
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Jaipur
?
?
408
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh (Sant)
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI1287
Mansukhram Nayak
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
?
?
?
?
645
OEMI1407
Muthachar, T.N.
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
?
1993
?
R.K. Ramanathan
703704
OEMI0886
Ivor Dennis
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
1932
0528
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
445
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI1793
Rangayya, C.
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
1895
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
1984
Mysore city
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
887
OEMI1464
Narayan Das
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
1870
Falaudi, Rajasthan
1934
?
Navalram and Balaprasad
726
OEMI0395
Bishnu Priya Samantasinghar
vocalist
Vocalist, first woman artiste of All India Radio, Cuttack
Cuttack
1927
0205
Puri, Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
195
OEMI1835
Sadiq Ali Khan
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
?
1910
Lucknow
Raje Khan
909
OEMI0645
Gajananrao Watve
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
1919
?
Miraj, Maharashtra
2009
0402
?
Govindrao Desai
325326
OEMI1964
Shiv Kumar Bai
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Benares
?
?
972
OEMI1636
Prafulla Kumar Deo
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
1925
1023
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
824
OEMI1098
Krishna Iyengar (Madurai)
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Mumbai
?
?
569
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0385
Bindijan
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
toppaa
1828
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
193
OEMI0458
Chhajju Khan Seni
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
1740
probably Jaipur
1806
?
230231
OEMI2267
Zohrabai (Agrewali)
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
0.187
Agra
0.1911
Patna
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
11601161
OEMI0649
Ganapati-bua Bhilavadikar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, reputed teacher, and an early musical guide of V.N. Bhatkhande
0.1861
Vathar village, near Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1927
0823
Sangli, Maharashtra
Vasudev-bua Joshi
328329
OEMI1809
Ratilal Bhavsar
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
1928
0617
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
2001
1024
near Pune
894
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan (Dagar)
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI1776
Ramprasanna Banerji
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
1871
07??
Vishnupur, Bengal
1930
?
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
882
OEMI1803
Rasik Kavi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1920
?
1988
0211
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
891
OEMI2091
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1920
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
1998
0519
?
Subramania Iyer
1042
OEMI1800
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
1906
Pune
V.N. Bhatkhande
888
P00082
OEMI1777
Ramrao Naik
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1909
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
1998
1021
Bangalore
883884
P00216
OEMI1867
Sangameshwar Gurav
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1931
1207
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
926
OEMI2214
Vishwanath Joshi
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
P01439
OEMI1750
Ramaratnam, V.
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
1917
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
874875
OEMI1946
Shankarrao Vyas
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
films
1898
0123
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1956
1218
Mumbai
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
966
OEMI1493
Narayanrao Patwardhan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and radio executive
radio
1925
1125
Panchgani, Maharashtra
2000
0103
Delhi
his father
731
OEMI0742
Govindarajan (Sirkazhi)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Tamil films
1933
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
1988
0323
Chennai
Swaminatha Pillai
381
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI1077
Khushal Khan
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
0.16
Agra
168090
Delhi
his father Laai Khan Seni
555
OEMI1830
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
1872
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
1948
0522
Chennai
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
907
P06735
OEMI1967
Shobha Gurtu
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Mumbai
1927
Belgaum, Karnataka
2004
0927
Mumbai
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
973
OEMI1325
Mirashi-bua
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1883
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
1966
0105
?
671
OEMI1572
Pahadi Sanyal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1906
0222
Darjeeling
1974
Bengal
782
OEMI1583
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
1824
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1874
?
792
OEMI1774
Ramnidhi Gupta
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
1741
Bihar
1838
Kolkata
882
OEMI1587
Pankaj Mullick
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
1905
0510
Kolkata
1978
0219
Kolkata
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
793
OEMI1332
Misra
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
?
1890
?
672
OEMI1009
Kamleshwari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
?
?
?
?
510
OEMI1585
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1840
?
?
792
OEMI1358
Mohammad Usman
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
681682
OEMI0382
Binaoani Mohanty
sitar player,vocalist
Vocalist,sitar player,and teacher.
1928
0628
Cuttack,Orissa
Allauddin Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
192
OEMI1018
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
1924
?
2000
0405
Kolkata
515