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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OEMI0777
Haidarijan
Noted thumrii and soz singer of Lucknow
?
?
399400
OEMI0776
Haidar Bakhsh Khan
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the Sonipat-Paanipat gharaanaa
?
0.1875
?
the Sonipat-Paanipat gharaanaa
his father Changay Khan
399
OEMI0775
Haidar Bakhsh (Jaipur)
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of Jaipur
Jaipur
0.1777
?
0.1833
?
Dulhe Khan, Masit Khan
399
OEMI0774
Haidar Bakhsh (Chhaprauli)
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
?
1930
Kolhapur
the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
family and Bande Ali Khan
399
OEMI0773
Haidar Ali Khan (Nawab)
rudra veena player,sursingaar player
Sursingaar and rudra veena player
1846
?
1901
?
Amir Khan, Bahadur Hussain Khan
398399
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI0771
Hafiz Khan
sitar player
Noted sitar player
0.185
Jaipur
0.1909
?
his father Mammu Khan
398
OEMI0770
Hafiz Kalandhari
poet
Urdu poet
1901
Jalandhar, Punjab
1981
1221
Pakistan
398
P05786
OEMI0769
Hafiz Ali Khan
Sarod maestro of the lineage of Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
1888
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
1972
1228
Delhi
Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Nanhe Khan, uncle Murad Ali Khan,
397398
P00036
OEMI0768
Hafiz Ahmad Khan
vocalist
Hindustani vocalist
1926
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
397
P06425
OEMI0767
Habibuddin Khan
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
1899
Meerut
1972
0720
?
the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
his father Shammu Khan, Munir Khan
396
OEMI0766
Habib Paintar
Qavvaali singer
1915
?
1987
0222
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
396
OEMI0765
Gwaria Baba
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
1843
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
1938
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
his father and Dandi Swaami
395
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
OEMI0762
Gurusami Disikar
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
?
?
392
OEMI0761
Gurumurti Sastri (Paidala)
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
392
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0759
Gundo-bua Ingle
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Maharashtra
0.1876
Aundh
0.1925
Sangi, Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
389
OEMI0758
Gunadasa Kapuge
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
Sri Lanka
1945
0807
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
2003
0402
?
387
OEMI0757
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
1906
1216
Mumbai
1980
0608
Mumbai
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
387
P02179
OEMI0756
Gulab-bai
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
1920
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
1996
0713
?
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
386387
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh (Sant)
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI0754
Gulab Khan (Seni)
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
dhrupad
0.17
Delhi
0.1768
Jaipur, Rajasthan
his father Hassan Khan Seni
386
P02179
OEMI0753
Gulab Bai
Well-known singer of Jaipur
?
0.191
Mysore
Haidar Bakhsh
386
OEMI0752
Gul Bardhan
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
1928
Mumbai
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
386
P00151
OEMI0751
Gubbi Viranna
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
1891
0124
Gubbi village, Mysore region
1972
1018
Bangalore
384
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
OEMI0749
Govindrao Tembe
Noted music director of the Marathi stage and harmonium wizard
1881
0705
Sangavade Maharashtra
1955
0529
Delhi
383
P01413
OEMI0748
Govindrao Rajurkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
?
1983
0517
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Raja-bhaiya Poochwale
382
P02049
OEMI0747
Govindrao Burhanpurkar
Distinguished pakhaawaj exponent
1880
Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh
1957
?
382
OEMI0746
Govindrao Apte
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1958
1008
?
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
382
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
OEMI0744
Govindaswami Pillai
violinist
Well-known violinist
1878
Achyutamangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1931
03??
?
Panchapakesa Iyer, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagvatar
382
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya (Margadarsi)
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
OEMI0742
Govindarajan (Sirkazhi)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Tamil films
1933
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
1988
0323
Chennai
Swaminatha Pillai
381
OEMI0741
Govindamatya
Author
?
?
381
OEMI0740
Govinda Swami
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
1509
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
1589
?
381
OEMI0739
Govinda Marar (Shat-kala)
vocalist
Early 19th-cent. Karnatik vocalist
1798
Ramamangalam, Muvattupuzha district, Kerala
0.1842
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
Haripad Ramaswami Bhagvatar
380381
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
P00740
OEMI0737
Govind Ram
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
380
P06130
OEMI0736
Govind Prasad Jaipurwale
vocalist
Vocalist of the tradition of what is stated as the Kuvar Syaam gharaanaa of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1944
1110
?
1988
0212
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kuvar Syaam
his better-known father Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
380
P01280
OEMI0735
Govind Narayan Natu
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
1905
0514
?
?
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
380
OEMI0734
Govind Ballal Deval
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
1855
1113
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
1916
06??
?
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
380
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
P05290
OEMI0732
Gopinath
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
1908
?
?
1987
1009
?
377
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi (Kalamandalam)
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
P06356
OEMI0730
Gopeshwar Banerji
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
1880
Vishnupur, Bengal
1967
0729
Vishnupur
Vishnupur gharaanaa
his father Anantlal, his elder brother Ram Prasanna, Guru Prasad Mishra
376
OEMI0729
Gopalrao Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1897
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
1953
Nashik town
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
376
OEMI0728
Gopalkrishna Bhobhe
Music critic
1921
0806
Nerul, Goa
1968
0213
?
375
OEMI0727
Gopalayya (Pallavi)
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
?
?
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya
375
OEMI0726
Gopalasambayya
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
?
?
375
OEMI0725
Gopalakrishna Yati
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
375
OEMI0724
Gopalakrishna Sastri
A pioneer (18th cent.) in theatrical arts
?
?
375
OEMI0723
Gopalakrishna Bharati
vocalist,composer
Celebrated composer and vocalist
1810
Narimanan, near Mudikondon, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1896
375
OEMI0722
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
composer
Noted composer and writer
1902
?
Kerala
1990
0828
?
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
374
OEMI0721
Gopala Krishna Iyer (Marungapuri)
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik style
1883
0424
Madurai
1968
1215
?
Karur Venkataramayya
374
OEMI0720
Gopala Iyer (Pallavi)
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
374
OEMI0719
Gopala Ata
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
1541
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
1611
?
Maadhavadeva
374
OEMI0718
Gopal Oriya
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
?
?
374
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
P00034
OEMI0716
Gopal Mishra
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
0.192
Benares
1977
1222
Delhi
his grandfather Ganeshji Mishra, Bade Ramdas Mishra
372373
P00033
OEMI0715
Gopal Krishna
Noted vichitra veena player
Delhi
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
372
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0713
Gopal Chandra Chakravarti
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and an early khayaal singer of Bengal
dhrupad, khyaal
0.1832
?
1899
Kolkata
Gopal Prasad Mishra, Haddu and Hassu Khan
372
OEMI0712
Gopal Chandra Bandopadhyaya
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1877
?
1941
Benares
Bakhar Ali, Rahmat Khan
372
OEMI0711
Gomez, P.C.
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and music teacher
1904
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1984
1204
Dhaka
371
OEMI0710
Gokuldas Dhanji
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent., based in Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
371
OEMI0709
Gokulchandra Srichandan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
371
OEMI0708
Gokulchand Pujari
Mridang player and singer
1872
Sasani, Uttar Pradesh
0.1947
Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Kudau Singh
371
P06519
OEMI0707
Gokul Nag
sitar player
Noted sitar and surbahaar player
1908
Bankura district, Bengal
1983
0325
Kolkata
his father Govinda Nag
371
OEMI0706
Gokhibai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
0.182
Punjab
187580
?
Bairam Khan
370371
OEMI0705
Gokalram (Bhagat)
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Jodhpur
?
?
370
OEMI0704
Godavari
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
?
?
370
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367
OEMI0699
Giriraja Brahmam
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
?
?
367
P02680
OEMI0698
Giriraj Prasad
Performer of swaang
?
?
366367
OEMI0697
Girin Chakraborty
singer
Folk singer
folk
?
?
366
OEMI0696
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher, a pioneer in revitalizing the khayaal in Bengal
khayaal
Bengal
1885
1218
Behramupur, Murshidabad region, Bengal
1948
0425
Kolkata
Radhika Prasad Goswami, Muzaffar Khan, Mohammad Ali Khan
366
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
P00042
OEMI0693
Ginde, K.G.
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher
1925
1226
Belhongale, Belgaum district, Karnataka
1994
0713
Kolkata
S.N. Ratanjankar
365
OEMI0692
Gina Blau
American exponent of Indian dances
1906
0428
?
1998
1023
New York
Bhupesh Gupta
364
P00105
OEMI0691
Ghulam Sabir Khan (Bade)
Saarangi maestro
?
1962
?
Patiaalaa gharaanaa
It is not known
363
P00699
OEMI0690
Ghulam Sabir Khan
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Moradabad
?
his father Hussain Bakhsh
363
OEMI0689
Ghulam Raza Khan
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
?
?
363
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol (Lucknow)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol (Jodhpur)
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI0686
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
1931
0303
Badayun, Uttar Pradesh
Fida Hussain Khan, Nissar Hussain Khan, K.C. Brahaspati
362
P02258
OEMI0685
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
1940
Srinagar, Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
362
OEMI0684
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Lahore
Kolkata
Umrao Khan
362
OEMI0683
Ghulam Mohammad (Surbahar)
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
0.1856
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
362
OEMI0682
Ghulam Mohammad (Sarangi)
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
361
P00692
OEMI0681
Ghulam Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
361
OEMI0680
Ghulam Haidar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
361
OEMI0679
Ghulam Ghaus Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Atraululi, Uttar Pradesh, of the early 19th cent.
dhrupad
?
?
361
OEMI0678
Ghulam Ali Khan
sarod player
A sarod pioneer of the 19th-cent.
?
?
360361