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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI1234
Mahendra Deb Burman
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
1917
?
1995
?
621
OEMI1560
Omkarnath Thakur
vocalist
vocalist
1897
0624
Jahaj,Gujarat
1967
1229
?
771772
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI0060
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
?
Mumbai
1894
?
Mumbai
29
OEMI0307
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
123
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI0801
Harendra Krishina Shil
patron,
Patron
1880
Kolkata
1940
Kolkata
410411
OEMI0903
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
450
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
P02294
OEMI1505
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
1933
0909
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1994
0507
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
733
OEMI1585
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1840
?
?
792
OEMI1649
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Tripura
1914
?
1973
?
828
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865
OEMI1742
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
1921
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
873
OEMI1874
Sankaran Nambotirippad
Kathakali artiste and guru
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
1955
?
940
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI1434
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1857
?
Bengal
1934
?
Kolkata
717
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0201
Atmaram Pathare
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
1868
1010
Thane district,Maharashtra
1931
0905
?
86
OEMI0297
Bangalore Nagarathammal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Mysore
1878
1103
Mysore
1952
0519
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
119
OEMI0373
Bidaram Krishnappa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Mysore
1866
?
Mysore
1931
?
?
Bhendi Bazaar
184185
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0512
Dadasaheb Asarkar
Flute player and flute manufacturer
1895
1215
Amravati, North Maharashtra
1965
0515
?
249
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI0804
Hari Nagabhoshanam
violinist
Well-known violinist
1884
1224
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
1959
0907
?
411
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
P00686
OEMI0946
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
1911
Kolkata
1997
0218
Kolkata
481
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
P02813
OEMI1253
Mallika Sarabhai
Noted danseuse
1953
?
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
631
OEMI1304
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
Reputed dhrupad singer
1823
?
?
1896
?
Baroda
659660
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
OEMI1465
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
726
OEMI1467
Narayan Paithankar
Author of Marathi musical plays
1871
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
1938
?
726
OEMI1604
Parur Sundaram Iyer
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
1891
Kerala
1974
Chennai
799800
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1926
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
1900
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
1992
06??
?
963964
P00109
OEMI2118
Thakur Jaidev Singh
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1893
0919
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
1986
0527
?
1071
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
OEMI0085
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Mumbai
1855
0810
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
1946
0316
Mumbai
3941
OEMI0038
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
?
?
?
?
21
OEMI0292
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
0.1839
?
Ranaghat,Bengal
1896
?
?
116
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI1675
Radhika Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1863
Vishnupur,Bengal
1924
Kolkata
844
OEMI1975
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
1871
?
1934
?
974
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0587
Dinanath Mangeshkar
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
1900
1212
Mangeshi,Goa
1942
0424
Pune
297298
OEMI0609
Edwin Samaradivakara
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
1916
0622
Katna, Sri Lanka
1959
1008
?
309
P00027
OEMI0615
Emani Sankara Sastri
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
1922
0923
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
1987
1223
?
311
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
P00029
OEMI0640
Gahan Chandra Goswami
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
1900
0404
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
1979
0118
Nikamul Sattra
324
OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0920
Jankibai(Allahabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
1875
Benares
1934
0518
Allahabad
462
P02280
OEMI0961
Joseph Kaimaparamban
Performer of Kathaa Prasangam, a veteran of the modern form of this art in Kerala
1924
Cherthala, Alapuzha district, Kerala
488
OEMI1019
Kanji Bhota Barot
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
1919
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
1990
0928
Chalala,Saurashtra
515
OEMI1026
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
Author of the Urdu work
?
1865
?
518
OEMI1044
Kelucharan Mahapatra
dancer and guru
1926
0801
Raghurajpur village,Puri district,Orissa
2004
0407
Bhubaneshwar,Orissa
537538
P00166
OEMI1053
Keshav Lakshman Badge
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
1941
Pune, Maharashtra
540
P02579
OEMI1096
Krishna Chandra Naik
Chhau dancer
1915
?
1987
0820
Varipada, Orissa
569
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
P02523
OEMI1180
Lalchand Yamla Jat
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
1919
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
593
OEMI1523
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Professor Emeritus of music and ethnomusicology,University of California,author and audio-visual documentator.
1927
1031
Clifton, England
754755
OEMI1565
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
1903
Mysore
1966
Mysore
780
P04026
OEMI1577
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
1882
1018
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
1962
?
784
P00194
OEMI1596
Paramananda Borbayan
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
1936
Lahalial,Assam
797
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
P00226
OEMI2020
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
1928
0103
Sikkim
993
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
OEMI0034
Achpal-miya
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
0.178
?
Delhi
0.1854
?
?
Delhi Qavvaal
17
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0116
Amir Khusrau
poet-musician, Sufi mystic
Thirteenth-century poet-musician and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate
0.1253
?
Patiala
1325
?
?
Qavvaal
5051
OEMI0130
Ananda Shankar
composer
Composer
1942
1202
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1999
0326
Kolkata
56
OEMI0131
Anandadasa
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
56
OEMI0132
Anandiram Das
Assamese song writer
1909
?
1960
?
57
OEMI0133
Anant Barve
Playwright of Marathi musicals
1856
Manmad, Maharashtra
1923
Pune
57
OEMI0134
Anant Fandi
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
1744
Maharashtra
1819
?
57
OEMI0168
Arabatta Navalar
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
?
?
72
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0192
Ashiq Hussain
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
?
?
1946
?
?
82
OEMI0205
Awadabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
?
?
89
OEMI0209
Ayyaval
composer
Composer of devotional songs
?
?
90
OEMI0230
Bachu Bawa
tabla player
Tabla player
?
1914
?
94
OEMI0256
Baiju Bawra
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
?
?
105
P00133
OEMI0299
Banni Bai
Veteran Harikat
1912
Chittukkadu, Andhra Pradesh
1999
0227
?
120
OEMI0300
Bannijan
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
120
OEMI0301
Banujan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
?
?
121
OEMI0363
Bhoja Raja
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
?
?
?
?
179