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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OEMI0711
Gomez, P.C.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
1904
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1984
1204
Dhaka
371
P05975
OEMI0940
Jitendra Abhisheki
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
1932
0915
Mangeshi,Goa
1998
1107
Pune
480
OEMI2013
Somapala, P.L.A.
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director
1921
0913
Colombo
1991
0326
Colombo
T.S. Sandarasekara
992
OEMI1306
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
?
?
?
?
660
OEMI1814
Raza Hussain
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Baroda
1891
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
Pyar Khan
897
P02378
OEMI0048
Agat A. Sangma
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1945
?
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
23
OEMI1263
Manhar Barve
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
1910
1220
Mumbai
1972
0526
?
Ganapatrao Barve
639
OEMI1912
Seshadri Gawai, R.V.
vocalist, harmonium player
Vocalist and harmonium player
1924
Davangere, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
Kalkote Channabasavayya, Panchakshari Gawai, Puttaraji Gawai
962
OEMI0265
Balakrishna Das
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
1928
0202
Puri,Orissa
109110
P00103
OEMI0549
Deodhar,B.R.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
1901
0911
Miraj,Maharashtra
1990
0310
Mumbai
Paluskar
266267
OEMI0823
Hassan Khan Dhadhi
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and eminent rudra veena player
?
?
418
P01797
OEMI0173
Arun Kumar Sen
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
1928
0606
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
2001
1214
Mumbai
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
76
OEMI0327
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
145
OEMI1241
Mahmuda Jan
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
?
?
622
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI1220
Madhusudan Kan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
Bengal
?
?
?
?
616
OEMI2275
Mehbob Khan
vocalist
Vocalist and composer, well-known by his pen-name 'Daras-piyaa'
0.1839
Atrauli
0.1915
Atrauli
his father Zahur Khan, Tanras Khan
666
OEMI1257
Manarang
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Manarang
634
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan (Dhrupad)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI0244
Badru Zaman Khan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
1938
Hyderabad
his family
98
OEMI2051
Sujan Khan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
?
?
Agra
10251026
P01827
OEMI1653
Purushottam Das
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1921
Barpeta Assam
1994
0620
Guwahati
his parents Krishnakanta Das and Boroda Bala Das, Bishuprasad Radha, and Bonkowar Anandiram Das
831
OEMI0761
Gurumurti Sastri (Paidala)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
392
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI0260
Duraiswami Iler (Pallavi)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1782
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1816
?
303304
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI2112
Tasadduk Hussain
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1879
?
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
1946
?
?
Kallan Khan
1068
OEMI2228
Vyas,C.R.
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
1923
1109
Barsi,Maharashtra
2002
1110
Mumbai
Agra within the Gwalior frame work
Govindrao Bhatambrekar, Rajaram-bua Paradkar, and Jagannath-bua Purohit
1142
OEMI0455
Chennakesavayya, N.
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1895
1105
Natanahalli village, near Mangalore, Mandya district, Karnataka
1986
?
229
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI0765
Gwaria Baba
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
1843
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1938
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
his father and Dandi Swaami
395
P06696
OEMI1388
Munne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of the early 1900s.
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI1481
Narayanaswami Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist (dhrupads and tap-khayaals) of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy (1863-1913)
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI0861
Imam Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th-cent)
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
439
OEMI0469
Chhote Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist (19th-cent.)
?
?
Haddu Khan
237
OEMI1459
Narasayya (Padala)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th cent.), noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1475
Narayana Sastrulu (Loka)
vocalist
Vocalist (19th cent.) and compiler of the first published volume of Tyaagaraaja's operatic works
?
?
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
728
OEMI0957
Joravar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist (17th-cent.)
?
?
488
OEMI0016
Abdul Rahim Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
0.186
?
Delhi
0.193
?
probably Hyderabad
his family(Ghulam Gaus Khan and Tanras Khan
6
OEMI0537
Daulat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
1920
?
Mumbai
Natthu Khan Khandare
260
OEMI0097
Amanat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1928
?
probably Narsingarh, Madhya Pradesh
1968
0103
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
46
OEMI0190
Ashiq Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1948
?
Patiala
82
P00176
OEMI1143
Kutub Ali Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
582
OEMI0820
Hasir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
18
?
?
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
418
P06015
OEMI1699
Rajab Ali Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1874
0903
Narsinghar,Madhya Pradesh
1959
0108
?
Mughlu Khan
861862
OEMI1838
Sadruddin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
1880
Jaipur
Haapur gharaanaa
910
OEMI2251
Yusuf Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Haapur
1156
OEMI1346
Mohammad Bashir Khan
vocalist
vocalist
Aligarh
1936
Jabra,Uttar Pradesh
679
OEMI0298
Banne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1835
1225
Nausahana Nangali, Punjab
1910
?
Hyderabad
120
P06562
OEMI0306
Barkat Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Patiala, Punjab
1950
Lahore, Pakistan
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
123
OEMI0459
Chhange Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1857
?
231
OEMI1040
Kayam Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
532
OEMI1335
Mitthu Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
673
OEMI1336
Miyajan Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1880
Patiala,Punjab
1919
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Kalu Khan
675
OEMI1421
Muzaffar Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1858
Delhi
?
Maste Khan
706707
OEMI1515
Natthe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1745
?
?
?
?
Khurjaa
741
OEMI1854
Salem Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Agra gharaanaa
917
OEMI2245
Yashin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1935
?
Dhaka,Bangladesh
his father Gul Mohammad Khan
1153
OEMI2231
Wahid Hussain Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
1985
1103
Karachi,Pakistan
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
1143
OEMI0312
Bashir Ahmad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1903
Agra
Kolkata
his maternal grandfather Kallan Khan
129
OEMI1317
Mehandi Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1915
?
Gwalior
666
P01269
OEMI0219
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1880
Hyderabad
1944
Delhi
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
92
OEMI0855
Ilahijan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
439
OEMI1240
Mahmod Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
1920
probably Bhadvar,Rajasthan
622
OEMI1246
Malati Pande
vocalist
vocalist
1930
0419
Wardha,North Maharashtra
625
P01205
OEMI1382
Munawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1933
?
?
1989
1013
?
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Barkat Ali Khan
693
P01446
OEMI1886
Saraswati Rane
vocalist
vocalist
1916
Miraj, Maharashtra
2006
1010
Pune
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
948
OEMI1989
Sinde Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1885
?
1950
0617
Mumbai
his father Amir Khan
978979
OEMI0198
Ata Hussain Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1898
?
Arauli
1980
0810
Kolkata
Agra
8485
OEMI1536
Nimai Harichandan
vocalist
Vocalist
1901
0709
Kendrapada, Cuttack district, Orissa
1983
0720
?
761762
OEMI1655
Purushottam Telang
vocalist
Vocalist
1852
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
1920
?
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
831832
OEMI0179
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Agra
his family
78
OEMI0044
Afzal Hussain
vocalist
Vocalist
1916
0801
Nagina,near Lucknow
Muhammad Hussain
23
OEMI0051
Ahmad Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0074
Ali Bakhsh I
vocalist
Vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
?
?
37
OEMI0095
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
vocalist
Vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
Qavvaal-bachhe
45
P00125
OEMI0184
Asgaribai
vocalist
Vocalist
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
08??
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
Zahur Khan
81
OEMI0243
Badri Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1903
1980
0423
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
98
OEMI0545
Dipali Nag
vocalist
Vocalist
1922
0222
Agra
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
264
OEMI0556
Devendranath Changkatti
vocalist
Vocalist
1890
?
Guwahati,Assam
?
?
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
275
OEMI1144
Kutub Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
582
OEMI1404
Mushtaribai
vocalist
Vocalist
0.19
?
most probably Fatehbad or Fatehpur,Agra region,Uttar Pradesh
1933
?
Agra
699700
OEMI1887
Saraswatibai
vocalist
vocalist
1850
?
?
Sakharam
948
OEMI2077
Suratsen
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1539
Rewa, Madhta Pradesh
0.1615
Agra
his father Taansen
1034
OEMI0781
Haidar Khan (Saharanpur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Imam Bakhash, brother Bairam Khan
400
OEMI1372
Mubarak Ali Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
689690
OEMI0273
Baldev Prasad Nayak
vocalist
Vocalist
?
Rajasthan
?
?
112
P00079
OEMI1692
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
vocalist
vocalist
1901
Udaipur,Rajasthan
1975
1120
Delhi
858
P01070
OEMI0148
Anjanibai Lolekar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mumbai
1928
Goa
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
62
OEMI0387
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
vocalist
Vocalist
1866
Barisal
1940
Barisal
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
193
OEMI0864
Imdad Khan (Agra)
vocalist
Vocalist
0.18
Agra
0.186
Agra
agra gharaanaa
his family
440
OEMI1543
Nitai Charan Sinha
vocalist
Vocalist
1916
02??
Cuttack, Orissa
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
764
OEMI2173
Vasudevan (Neyyantinkara)
vocalist
Vocalist
1940
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
1118
OEMI1568
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
vocalist
vocalist
Mumbai
1929
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
780
P02206
OEMI1155
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
vocalist
Vocalist
1911
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
588
P06774
OEMI1224
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1907
?
Allahabad
619