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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OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI0295
Baneswar Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1824
Assam
1914
Assam
118
OEMI0324
Bhabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of assam
1890
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1986
Vyasapara
Chandrakantadeva Serma, Dehiram Sarma
144145
OEMI0971
Kabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1864
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
1954
Saruthekerabari
Bhabiram Sarma,
493
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
P02258
OEMI0685
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
1940
Srinagar, Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
362
P00195
OEMI1627
Pithukuli Murugadas
Singer of south Indian bhajans
1920
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Brahmananda Paradesi
812
OEMI1646
Prem Singh
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
?
?
827
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI1537
Niranjan Kar
Singer of Paalaa keertan
1910
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Duryodhan Panda
762
OEMI1154
Lakpati Singh Leimapokapam
Singer of Manipuri nata sankeertana songs
1953
0812
Imphal, Manipur
his father Herachandra Singh, and mother Ibemhal Devi, Birahari Singh, Tolpishak Singh, Chaoba Singh, Gulapi Singh
587
OEMI2122
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
?
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
1974
?
Pithakowapara
1076
OEMI1200
Layanuram Bhattacharya
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
1840
?
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
1933
?
Vyasapara
606
OEMI1182
Lalit Chandranath Ojha
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali and Deodhani dancer of Assam
1923
0211
Sipajhar, Darrang district, Assam
his father and Thanuram Kalita Ojha
594
OEMI2099
Syed Abdul Hadi
Singer of light forms of music
1940
0701
Comilla,Bangladesh
1049
OEMI0987
Kale Khan (Lahore)
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
OEMI0456
Chhaila Bhai
Singer of light classical music
?
?
230
OEMI1264
Mani Embrantiri
Singer of Kathakali music
1885
?
Tchilakodu village,Manjeswaram,South Karnataka
1954
?
Aluva
639
OEMI1815
Rekibuddin Ahmed
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
1940
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
Ramizuddin Ahmed
899
P01175
OEMI1354
Mohammad Rafi
singer of Hindi films
1924
1224
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
1980
0830
Mumbai
680681
OEMI1955
Shaukat Ara Islam
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
1939
1227
Dhaka, Bangladesh
969
P00211
OEMI1721
Ram Kailas Yadav
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
1928
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
868
OEMI0003
Abbasuddin Ahmed
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
Bengal
?
?
?
?
12
P00155
OEMI0830
Himant Kumar Jamatia
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
1954
Trishabari, Tripura
423
OEMI1608
Parvin Mushtari
Singer of classical forms and Nazrul-geeti
1954
1213
Bangladesh
801
OEMI1426
Nabani Das
Singer of baaul
?
?
1964
?
?
711
OEMI0332
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
?
1977
1217
?
149
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI0094
Altaf Mahmud
Singer and music director
?
1930
1220
Barisal, Bangladesh
1971
0830
Dhaka
4445
OEMI0210
Azad Rahman
composer
Singer and music composer
Bangladesh
1944
Burdwan, West Bengal
90
OEMI1380
Muktaram Barua
Singer and Deodhani dancer
1932
03??
Rainakuchi village, Darrang district,Assam
his father Kalaram
692
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI0360
Bhim Kant Deka
Singer and dancer
1913
?
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
1971
?
?
174
OEMI0007
Abdul Gani Bayati
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
1909
?
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
1978
0819
Dhaka
2
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI1005
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1770
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
1820
?
Burdwan district,Bengal
508
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
OEMI0013
Abdul Latif
composer
Singer and composer
1930
?
Barisal,Bangladesh
Surendranath Das
5
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
OEMI0567
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
1923
?
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
284
OEMI1667
Radha Krishna Bhanj
singer
1928
1105
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
842
OEMI1869
Sanjida Khatun
singer
1933
0404
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sohrab Hussain, Mastan Gama, Munshi Raisuddin, Husna Bano Khanam
937
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1296
Master Madan
Singer
1927
1226
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
1942
0605
Shimla
656657
OEMI1341
Mohammad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
singer
?
1925
Hyderabad
Khudratullah Khan
677
OEMI1679
Raghunath Nanda
singer
1920
0812
Puri,Orissa
Govind Charan Nanda
856
OEMI1875
Sant Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1966
1116
942
OEMI1888
Sarat Chandra Sarma
singer
1913
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
948949
P00085
OEMI1806
Rasolanbai
singer
1902
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1215
Allahabad
892
OEMI1808
Rathiram Sarma
singer
1875
Salmara, Kamrup district, Assam
1933
Salmara
Baneswar Sarma
894
OEMI1840
Sagara Daivajna
singer
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
19
?
910
OEMI2268
Zohrabai
Singer
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan (Kiraanaa) and Abdul Wahid Khan
1161
OEMI1242
Mahmudunnabi
singer
1941
1216
Burdwan region,Bengal
1990
1220
Dhaka,Bangladesh
622
OEMI1363
Mohan Upreti
singer
1925
?
1997
0606
New Delhi
682
OEMI1429
Nadira Begum
Singer
1948
0810
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
713
OEMI1780
Ramsingh Thakur
singer
1909
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
2002
0418
Lucknow
884
OEMI1860
Samina Choudhuri
singer
1966
0824
Khulna, Bangladesh
923
OEMI1920
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
Sindhi devotional poet
1690
Sind [now in Pakistan]
1757
?
963
P00014
OEMI0398
Bismillah Khan
Shehnai wizard
Benares
1914
0521
dumraon, near Bhojpur, Bihar
2006
0821
Benares
Ali Bakhsh
195196
OEMI0627
Fazue Lal Pandit
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
319
OEMI1962
Sheikh Munna
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
971
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
P00199
OEMI1680
Raghunath Prasanna
shehnai player
1913
Benares
Gauri Shankar,Dauji Mishra
856
OEMI1945
Shankarrao Gaikwad
Shehnai player
Pune
?
1971
0517
Pune, Maharashtra
966
OEMI2067
Sundarabai of Benares
vocalist
She was vocalist of sawaal-jawaab, birhaa, and kajri songs in the 20th-century
Kolkata
?
?
1030
OEMI2068
Sundarabai of Charkhari
vocalist
She was vocalist of khayaal in the 20th-century
khayaal
?
?
1030
OEMI2066
Sundarabai of Surat
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
?
?
1030
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI1477
Narayanadeva Dvija
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
?
?
728
OEMI0061
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
?
?
?
Saraguri
29
P00090
OEMI1953
Sharatchandra Arolkar
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
1912
1202
Karachi
1994
0604
Mumbai
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
968
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
OEMI0974
Kader Bakhsh (Pakhawaj)
Scion of an early (18th cent.) pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
494
OEMI0966
Jyotindranath Tagore
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
1849
Kolkata
1925
Ranchi, Bihar
490
OEMI1603
Parthasarathy,T.S.
scholar,writer,promoter in the field of performing arts
1913
0908
Chennai
2006
1013
?
799
OEMI2230
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
1882
?
Gujarat
1947
?
?
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
1143
OEMI1212
Madanlal Vyas
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Mumbai
1922
?
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
611
OEMI0030
Abraham Panditar
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
1859
0802
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
1919
0831
?
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
15
OEMI1697
Raja Nawab Ali
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
?
1935
?
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
861
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI0912
Jaisukhlal Shah
scholar and teacher
1907
0413
Bharuch,Gujarat
1989
0118
Mumbai
457
OEMI0380
Bimalindu Mukherji
sitar player
Scholar and exponent of sitar
Bhilai,Chhattisgarh
1926
?
Mymensing district[now in Bangladesh]
191
OEMI2229
Vyas,D.G.
Scholar
?
?
1966
?
Mumbai
1142
P00149
OEMI0668
Ghana Kant Bora
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
1950
Majuli, Assam
?
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
354
OEMI1448
Nanhe Khan (Sarod)
Sarod player?
?
1868
Gwalior
his weii-known father Ghulam Ali Khan
722723
OEMI1150
Lahari Deb Burman
Sarod player of Tripuna
1922
Agartala
1988
Agartala
586
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI1924
Shahadat Hussain Khan
Sarod player
1958
07??
Comilla, Bangladesh
his father Abid Hussain Khan and uncle Bahadur Hussain Khan
963
OEMI1243
Majru Khan
Sarod player
1810
?
1884
?
Pyar Khan
623
OEMI1383
Munduru Khan
Sarod player
0.181
?
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1884
?
Rampur
693694
OEMI2146
Umar Khan
Sarod player
Kolkata
?
1982
0222
Dhaka, Bangladesh
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
1102
OEMI1853
Sakhawat Hussain Khan
sarod player
1877
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
1955
07??
Lucknow
Safayet Hussain Khan, Asadullah Khan, Karamatullah Khan
916
OEMI1344
Mohammad Amir Khan
sarod player
1873
?
1934
Kolkata
Murad Ali
678679
P06740
OEMI0581
Dhyanesh Khan
Sarod player
1942
0506
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
1991
1011
Kolkata
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
293