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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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
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
Haidar Khan (Dagar)
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Ratilal Bhavsar
0617
OEMI1809
894
1928
2001
1024
20-21
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
near Pune
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
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
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
Chhajju Khan Seni
OEMI0458
230231
1740
1806
18-19
probably Jaipur
?
vocalist,rabaab player
Vocalist, rabaab player, and innovator
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
P06271
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
?
OEMI0573
287
1914
20
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
Hanumandas Singh
Krishna Iyengar (Madurai)
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Shiv Kumar Bai
OEMI1964
972
Benares
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Gajananrao Watve
?
OEMI0645
325326
1919
2009
0402
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
Govindrao Desai
Sadiq Ali Khan
OEMI1835
909
1910
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
Raje Khan
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
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
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
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
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
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Gulab Singh (Sant)
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Shad Khan
OEMI1916
962963
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
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
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
OEMI0701
367
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
OEMI1767
880
Bengal
1808
1850
19
Vishnupur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Vishnupur
within the family
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
Imdad Khan (Sahaswan)
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
P00114
Ali Bakhsh Khan
?
OEMI0076
38
0.185
1925
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the reputed duo Alia-Fattu
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Haidar Khan (Sahaswan)
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
?
OEMI0629
319
0.1881
1971
0826
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
Azmatullah Khan
OEMI0216
91
19
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
his father Rahmatullah Khan
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
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
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
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Zahur Bakhsh
?
OEMI2253
1157
Jodhpu
0.19
?
19-20
Atrauli
Jodhapur
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
his father Mantol Khan
Bashir Khan
OEMI0313
129
Jaipur
1938
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa and harmonium player
Jaipur-Atraauli
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Ujir Khan
OEMI2143
1101
Jaipur
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Keshav-bua Ingle
OEMI1055
540
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
Bala-saheb Guruji
?
OEMI0268
110
0.1846
0.192
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
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.
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
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
'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.
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
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Ghulam Rasol (Jodhpur)
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
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
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
Shabbu Khan
OEMI1915
962
Hyderabad
0.1936
20
?
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi
his family
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
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
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
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Chimman Khan
OEMI0481
239
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Shahab Khan
OEMI1923
963
Aurangabad town, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
his father (name not known)
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Latif Khan
?
OEMI1197
604
1875
19-20
Agra Uttar Pradesh
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra tradition
Agra
Pyar Khan
P01595
Sohan Singh
0422
OEMI2006
990
1918
1987
0203
20
Ludhiana district, Punjab
Punjab
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra Rangile style
Agra
Dilip Chandra Vedi, Umrao Khan, Faiyaz Khan (Baroda),
Abdulla Khan(Agra)
OEMI0020
7
0.1873
19221919
?
19-20
Agra
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa tradition
Agra
P06191
Anwar Hussain Khan
OEMI0161
70
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Hamid Khan
OEMI0789
401
1840
1909
19-20
Agra
Mysore
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his maternal grandfather Nanhe Khan
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
?
OEMI1395
696
Lucknow
?
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Lal Rababi (Bhai)
OEMI1174
591
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
Khurshaidjan
OEMI1075
555
Kanpur
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Sivakalundo
OEMI1999
987
Chennai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Pulin Behari Mitter
OEMI1648
828
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, an early disc-record artiste
Asgarijan
?
OEMI0185
81
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
Agra
Abdul Sattar
?
OEMI0018
6
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Gokulchandra Srichandan
OEMI0709
371
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
OEMI0333
149
Amritsar, Punjab
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
OEMI1129
578
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Narayanaswami Iyer (Thanjavur)
OEMI1483
729
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
OEMI1961
971
Cuttack, Orissa
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s

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