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
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
P00132
Balasubramaniyam,G.N.
01??
OEMI0271
111112
1910
1965
0501
20
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00032
Girija Devi
0508
OEMI0695
365366
Kolkata
1929
20
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
P00096
Mukta,T.
?
OEMI1379
692
1914
20
Chennai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Nayana Pillai
Krishna Iyer （Kundrakkudi）
OEMI1099
569
1816
1889
19
Kundrakkudi, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
It is not known
P00048
Kishori Amonkar
0410
OEMI1084
559
Mumbai
1931
20
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
Mir Taqi Mir
?
OEMI1312
662
1722
1810
?
18-19
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Reputed Urdu poet
Jahangir Khan(Tabla)
OEMI0908
451
Indore
1976
0511
20
Benares
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Indore durbar
P06425
Habibuddin Khan
OEMI0767
396
1899
1972
0720
No
19-20
Meerut
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
his father Shammu Khan, Munir Khan
Gami Khan
OEMI0648
327
1882
1956
06??
19-20
Delhi
Lahore, Pakistan
tabla player
Reputed tabla exponent of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
his father, Chhote Kale Khan
Biru Mishra
OEMI0392
194
Nepal durbar
188696
0.1935
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla and pakhaawaj player
Vishwanath Prasad, Madan Mohan Mishra
P00071
Nikhil Banerji
1014
OEMI1533
760
1931
1986
0127
20
Kolkata
?
sitar player
Reputed sitar player
his father Jitendra Banerji, Mustaq Ali Khan, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Annapurna Devi
P06087
Yusuf Ali Khan
?
OEMI2250
11551156
0.1887
1962
1014
19-20
Lucknow
?
sitar player
Reputed sitar exponent
Azam Khan Kalpiwale and Abdul Ghani Khan
Chandrabhaga
OEMI0436
217218
Gujarat
1889
19
?
Lucknow
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ghasit Khan
Manoranjan Sastri
03??
OEMI1284
644645
1911
1988
0104
20
Bheruwa,Darrang district,Assam
Guwahati,Assam
Reputed scholar of Ojaapaali music of Assam
Asadullah Khan
?
OEMI0182
7879
1858
1915
?
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed sarod player
Sharan Rani
0409
OEMI1952
968
1929
20
Delhi
Reputed sarod player
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
Abdul Majid Khan
?
OEMI0015
5
0.1888
1977
0319
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Reputed saarangi player
Abdulla Khan(d.1917)and Kale Khan
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
?
OEMI0113
50
0.182
0.1873
?
19
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
his father Umrao Khan
Dabir Khan
OEMI0511
249
1912
1972
20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist,rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena player and vocalist
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI2148
1102
0.1788
0.184
18-19
?
probably Rewa
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
Rajanikant Sen
OEMI1705
864
1865
1910
19-20
Bhangabari, Pabna district （now Bangladesh）
?
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
Siddharam Jadhav
0815
OEMI1983
976
1927
20
Mangalwedha, Solapur district, Maharashtra
Reputed player of sundri, a wind instrument of the blowin type
his elder brother Baburao
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
OEMI1492
731
1980
0613
20
?
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
Keshab Chandra Mitra
OEMI1051
540
0.1822
1901
19-20
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player
Ram Chakravarty
Dasari
?
OEMI0525
258
?
?
?
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
Bimal Roy
0113
OEMI0378
191
1911
1997
0411
20
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
?
OEMI2025
998999
1840
1914
0605
19-20
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
Balwantrao Panse
?
OEMI0288
116
0.1886
?
?
?
Reputed mridang player
Balwantrao Pohre
?
OEMI0289
116
?
?
?
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
Inayat Hussain Khan
khayaal
Bade Changeh Khan
OEMI0234
96
0.177
0.1857
18-19
Panipat
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of the durbar of Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar
khayaal
Bablibai Salgaonkar
OEMI0222
93
0.186
0.1925
19
Salgaon, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of her time
Agra
Natthan Khan
khayaal
Vidyadhari Devi
OEMI2200
1127
Kolkata
1874
1971
0510
19-20
Bhadoi, near Benares
Delhi
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and thumrii singer
khayaal
Sulaiman
OEMI2059
1029
Lucknow
?
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
Rajab Ali Khan
khayaal
Madhukar Pednekar
0227
OEMI1219
614615
1916
1967
0720
20
Mumbai
?
Reputed harmonium player
Shankarrao Rajapurkar and Annasaheb Mainkar
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
0110
OEMI2127
1083
1904
1987
0329
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
Bade Munne （Khan Khayal）
OEMI0237
97
0.1912
?
Lucknow
Reputed exponent
Kanailal Dhendi
?
OEMI1010
513
0.1861
1901
?
19-20
Gaya
Gaya
Reputed esraaj exponent
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
?
OEMI1304
659660
1823
1896
?
19
?
Baroda
Reputed dhrupad singer
Ramchatur Mallik
1005
OEMI1760
877878
1906
1990
0111
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
Basti, near Patna
Reputed dhrupad singer
his father Ranjitram Mallik, uncle Kshitipal Mallik
Murad Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI1397
697
1889
?
19
?
Delhi
Reputed dhrupad singer
Sukhsen
?
OEMI2055
1027
0.175
0.18
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
0612
OEMI1506
733734
1889
1936
0612
19-20
Indore
Indore
Reputed dhrupad exponent
his father Allabande Khan and an uncle Zakiruddin Khan
Ram Gopal
OEMI1719
868
0.192
2003
1012
20-21
?
London
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
P00008
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
?
OEMI0181
78
1937
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Dasharathi Roy
?
OEMI0528
258259
1806
1857
?
19
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
?
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
Masilamani Mudaliyar
?
OEMI1292
655
Chennnai
?
19
?
?
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Basit Khan
OEMI0314
129
0.1787
0.1887
18-19
?
?
composer
Reputed 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer
Kudau Singh
OEMI1125
576
1815
1907
19-20
Banda
Datia
renowned pakhaawaj exponent
Laalaa Bhavaani Prasaad
Naushad Ali
1225
OEMI1517
745746
1919
2006
0506
20-21
Lucknow
Mumbai
composer
Renowned composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
P06152
Nikhil Ghosh
1228
OEMI1534
760761
1918
1995
0303
20
Barisal Bangladesh
Mumbai
tabla player,musicologist
Renoened tabla maestro, acclaimed teacher, educationist, and musicologist
legends Amir Hussain Khan, Ahmedjan Thirakwa
P00222
Sharada Sinha
OEMI1950
968
1953
20
Hulas, Bihar
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
P00025
Domada Chittiabbayi
0801
OEMI0592
300
1933
20
Andhra
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
Tarun Kumar Singh
?
OEMI2111
1068
1912
20
Imphal,Manipur
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
P00204
Maman Khan
OEMI2272
633
1945
20
Hissar, Haryana
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
folk music of Haryana
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
?
OEMI1303
659
1878
?
19-20
?
?
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
Mardana （Bhai）
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Shaukat Ali Khan
OEMI1954
969
1911
20
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
Mohammad Ali Khan(Seni)
OEMI1343
677678
1834
1927
19-20
Lucknow
Gidhaur,Uttar Pradesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
his father
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Ali Bakhsh Khan (Bihar)
?
OEMI0077
38
Gidhaur in Bihar
?
?
rabaab player
Rabaab exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
Afruddin Khan
?
OEMI0042
23
?
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Habib Paintar
OEMI0766
396
1915
1987
0222
20
?
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Qavvaali singer
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
OEMI1549
766
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Gopalayya （Pallavi）
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
Chacha Vrindavandas
?
OEMI0418
207208
16971712
1791
?
17-18
Vrindavan Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Prolific poet composer of devotional songs
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
1031
OEMI1523
754755
1927
20
Clifton, England
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Clarence Wijewardena
0802
OEMI0507
246
1943
1996
1213
20
Haputale, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Popular Sri Lanka singer, composer, and lyricist
Kolar Nagaratnam
OEMI1090
563
20
?
?
vocalist
Popular concert vocalist of 1900-25
Bidaram Krishnappa
Mukunda Das
?
OEMI1381
692693
1878
1934
?
19-20
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
?
composer
Poplar composer
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Manasvi
OEMI1258
635
1904
1969
0703
20
Prantij village near Ahmedabad,Gujarat
?
Poet,known also for his lyrics in Gujarati plays and films
Moropant
OEMI1369
686687
1729
1794
18
Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
?
poet,keertan singer
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Ram Joshi
OEMI1720
868
0.1758
1813
06??
18-19
Solapur district, Maharashtra
?
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
Sundarlal Vaidya
OEMI2072
1031
1840
19
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
Sakharam Sarnaik
OEMI1850
915
19
?
?
poet, playwright
Saganbhau
OEMI1839
910
1778
1849
18-19
Jejuri, Pune region, Maharashtra
?
composer
poet, composer
Kazi Nazrul Islam
0524
OEMI1041
532
1899
1976
0829
19-20
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesha
musician
poet-musician
Damodardas
?
OEMI0521
253
1617
1647
?
17
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
Lalit Mohinidev
OEMI1185
595
0.1727
0.1805
18
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
Sarasdev
OEMI1884
946
?
?
poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh

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