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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Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Bageswari Devi
OEMI0245
101
1940
2000
0920
20
Kolkata
Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Sitaram Misra and Ganesh Prasad Misra
Hari Prasad Mishra
OEMI0806
411
1802
1868
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Chhoti Maina II
OEMI0472
237
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Nirmala Devi
OEMI1539
762
Mumbai
1996
0615
20
Benares
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Hassu Khan
OEMI0825
419
Gwalior
0.179
0.1855
18-19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
Shabbu Khan
OEMI1915
962
Hyderabad
0.1936
20
?
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi
his family
Achpal-miya
?
OEMI0034
17
0.178
0.1854
?
18-19
Delhi
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Delhi Qavvaal
Khudratullah Khan
OEMI1074
554
Hyderabad, Andhra,
1830
1920
19-20
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Hyderabad, Andhra, during the reign of Nizam Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Ghulam Rasol (Jodhpur)
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
'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.
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
OEMI0684
362
20
Lahore
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Umrao Khan
Jaggan Khan
OEMI0906
451
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Giribala Dasi
OEMI0694
365
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Alla Rakhi
?
OEMI0083
39
?
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allah Bandi
?
OEMI0087
41
Rajasthan
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allahdi
?
OEMI0091
42
Delhi
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Manmathnath Ray
?
OEMI1276
643
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lahiri, S.N.
OEMI1151
586
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
Bala-saheb Guruji
?
OEMI0268
110
0.1846
0.192
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Keshav-bua Ingle
OEMI1055
540
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Ujir Khan
OEMI2143
1101
Jaipur
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
Bashir Khan
OEMI0313
129
Jaipur
1938
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa and harmonium player
Jaipur-Atraauli
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Zahur Bakhsh
?
OEMI2253
1157
Jodhpu
0.19
?
19-20
Atrauli
Jodhapur
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Mathor Shankara Murthy
?
OEMI1298
657
1922
1993
0705
20
Muthalapura,Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist
Vocalist of the Karnatik style
Rama Jois,Simizhi Sundaram Iyer,R.R.Keshavamurthy,Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar,and Sattur Krishna Iyengar
Ghulam Haidar Khan
OEMI0680
361
1920
19-20
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Ghulam Hussain Khan
OEMI0681
361
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Azmatullah Khan
OEMI0216
91
19
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
?
OEMI0629
319
0.1881
1971
0826
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
Haidar Khan (Sahaswan)
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
P00114
Ali Bakhsh Khan
?
OEMI0076
38
0.185
1925
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the reputed duo Alia-Fattu
Imdad Khan (Sahaswan)
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
P06130
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
1110
OEMI0736
380
Rajasthan
1944
1988
0212
No
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
OEMI1767
880
Bengal
1808
1850
19
Vishnupur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Vishnupur
within the family
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
OEMI0701
367
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Vasantrao Deshpande
0502
OEMI2169
11171118
1920
1983
0730
20
Murtijapur, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist, actor-singer
vocalist, actor-singer
Suresh-babu Mane, Amanat Ali Khan, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Shad Khan
OEMI1916
962963
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Gulab Singh (Sant)
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Rangayya, C.
OEMI1793
887
1895
1984
19-20
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
Mysore city
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
Narayan Das
OEMI1464
726
1870
1934
19-20
Falaudi, Rajasthan
?
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
Navalram and Balaprasad
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
Sadiq Ali Khan
OEMI1835
909
1910
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
Raje Khan
Gajananrao Watve
?
OEMI0645
325326
1919
2009
0402
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
Govindrao Desai
Shiv Kumar Bai
OEMI1964
972
Benares
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Krishna Iyengar (Madurai)
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
P06271
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
?
OEMI0573
287
1914
20
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
Hanumandas Singh
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
Chhajju Khan Seni
OEMI0458
230231
1740
1806
18-19
probably Jaipur
?
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
Zohrabai (Agrewali)
OEMI2267
11601161
0.187
0.1911
19-20
Agra
Patna
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
Ganapati-bua Bhilavadikar
OEMI0649
328329
0.1861
1927
0823
19-20
Vathar village, near Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Sangli, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, reputed teacher, and an early musical guide of V.N. Bhatkhande
Vasudev-bua Joshi
Ratilal Bhavsar
0617
OEMI1809
894
1928
2001
1024
20-21
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
near Pune
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
Haidar Khan (Dagar)
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
Rasik Kavi
OEMI1803
891
1920
1988
0211
20
?
Chhabra, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Swaminatha Iyer (Tiruchi)
OEMI2091
1042
1920
1998
0519
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Subramania Iyer
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
OEMI1800
888
1906
19-20
?
Pune
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
V.N. Bhatkhande
P00082
Ramrao Naik
OEMI1777
883884
1909
1998
1021
20
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
Bangalore
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
P00216
Sangameshwar Gurav
1207
OEMI1867
926
1931
20
Madarakhandi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Vishwanath Joshi
OEMI2214
1137
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
Krishnarao Pandit
Ramaratnam, V.
OEMI1750
874875
1917
20
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
Shankarrao Vyas
0123
OEMI1946
966
1898
1956
1218
19-20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher, music director
Vocalist, teacher, and music director of films, mainly in the 1940s
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Shankarrao
films
Narayanrao Patwardhan
1125
OEMI1493
731
1925
2000
0103
20
Panchgani, Maharashtra
Delhi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and radio executive
his father
radio
Govindarajan (Sirkazhi)
OEMI0742
381
1933
1988
0323
20
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Swaminatha Pillai
Tamil films
Vishwanath Ringe
OEMI2215
1137
1921
20
?
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
Khushal Khan
OEMI1077
555
0.16
168090
17
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
his father Laai Khan Seni
Sabhisa Iyer, T.S.
OEMI1830
907
1872
1948
0522
19-20
Agra Mangudi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, violinist, teacher
vocalist, violinist, teacher
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
Shobha Gurtu
OEMI1967
973
Mumbai
1927
2004
0927
20-21
Belgaum, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Mirashi-bua
OEMI1325
671
1883
1966
0105
19-20
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
?
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Pahadi Sanyal
0222
OEMI1572
782
1906
1974
20
Darjeeling
Bengal
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Panchanadayyar(Tarangambadi)
OEMI1583
792
1824
1874
19
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer
Ramnidhi Gupta
OEMI1774
882
1741
1838
18-19
Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist,composer
vocalist,composer of tappaas
tappaa
Pankaj Mullick
0510
OEMI1587
793
1905
1978
0219
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist,
vocalist,creative musician,trendsetter of the 1930s
first by Durgadas Banerji,and later by Dhirendranath Tagore.
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Kamleshwari Devi
?
OEMI1009
510
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Mohammad Usman
OEMI1358
681682
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
Binaoani Mohanty
0628
OEMI0382
192
1928
20
Cuttack,Orissa
sitar player,vocalist
Vocalist,sitar player,and teacher.
Allauddin Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1018
515
1924
2000
0405
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher

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