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
Khan Khanan Bairam Khan
OEMI1068
546547
?
?
singer,patron,
Afghan nobleman of Delhi who was very fond of music and patronized a singer called Raamdaas
P00008
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
?
OEMI0181
78
1937
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
Khadim Hussain Khan （Vocal）
OEMI1064
543
1905
1993
0111
20
Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of the Agra tradition
his father Altaf Hussain Khan, grandfather Inayat Khan, paternal grand-uncle Mehboob Khan, maternal great grand-uncle Kallan Khan
Radha Krishna Bhanj
1105
OEMI1667
842
1928
20
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
singer
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
Sundarabai of Surat
OEMI2066
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
Bade Munne （Khan Khayal）
OEMI0237
97
0.1912
?
Lucknow
Reputed exponent
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
?
OEMI0567
284
1923
20
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
Allah Dad Dhadhi
?
OEMI0088
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
P00129
Baidyanath Sharma
0823
OEMI0254
104105
1921
1990
20
Nagardini, Ganjam district, Orissa
?
Noted performer of daas kaathiaa, a form of Oriya folk music
Krishna Chandra Sahu
Bholanath Bhatt
?
OEMI0364
179180
1894
1970
?
19-20
Darbhanga,Bihar
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
His family
Binaoani Mohanty
0628
OEMI0382
192
1928
20
Cuttack,Orissa
sitar player,vocalist
Vocalist,sitar player,and teacher.
Allauddin Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
Purushottam Telang
OEMI1655
831832
1852
1920
19-20
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
?
OEMI0037
19
0.1692
0.1776
?
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
Sadaarang
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
?
OEMI0080
38
?
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
P00043
Kalpakam Swaminathan
0815
OEMI0994
506
Chennai
1922
20
Sethalapati village, Tamil Nadu
veena player,
Veena player, based in Chennai
his mother, and A. Anantha Krishna Iyer, T.L. Venkatarama Iyer, and a few others
Sadiq Ali Khan (Seni)
OEMI1837
909
1805
1970
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,rabaab player
exponent of the rudra veena and rabaab
Zaffar Khan, Pyar Khan, Basat Khan
P00248
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
0722
OEMI2207
11301131
1898
1975
0823
19-20
Miraj, a princely state of Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
his uncle, vocalist Keshavrao Patwardhan, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
Adibhatla Narayana Dasa
?
OEMI0039
21
1864
1945
?
19-20
?
?
Well-known Harikathaa performer and teacher
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
?
OEMI1393
696
?
19
?
?
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
Saraswati (Anis Khaton)
OEMI1885
947
1545
1620
16-17
Rewa
Delhi
vocalist
Talented daughter of Taansen
Khadim Hussain Khan （Sarangi）
OEMI1063
542543
1959
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kalicharan Patnaik （Kavichandra）
OEMI0990
503504
20
?
?
Twentieth-century Odissi poet, playwright, and scholar
Ajoy Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0063
2930
?
20
?
?
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
P00137
Bishan Dass Sharma
OEMI0393
195
Delhi
1929
20
Lahore
Maker of musical instruments
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
Joseph David Penkar
OEMI0959
488
1949
0906
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
writer
Writer of musical plays on Jewish religious themes, in Marathi, in the early 20th cent,
Lalgudi Jayaraman
0917
OEMI1181
593
Chennai
1930
20
Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Violin maestro
his paternal uncle Kandaswamy, father Gopalan
Poluri Govinda Kavi
OEMI1629
813
?
?
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
Priyambada Mohanty
OEMI1647
827828
1939
20
Cuttack, Orissa
Noted odissi danseuse
Banbihari Maity, Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar, Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra, Debaprasad Das
Purushottam Thakur
OEMI1656
832
1561
1619
16-17
Patbausi, near Barpeta
Bhela, in the former state of Cooch-Behar
composer
Composer of traditional Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Ali Bakhsh Khan (Bihar)
?
OEMI0077
38
Gidhaur in Bihar
?
?
rabaab player
Rabaab exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
P00005
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
?
OEMI0092
4243
?
0.1881
1972
0906
19-20
Shibpur, Tripura
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
Aman Ali Khan (Mumbai)
?
OEMI0096
4546
?
1888
1953
0211
19-20
Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and teacher of the Bhendi Bazaar gharaanaa
Bhendi Bazaar
Anil Krishna Deb Burman
OEMI0145
61
Tripura
1899
1942
19-20
Agartala, Tripura
Agartala
musician
Noted musician of Tripura
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0200
86
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
Challagali Krishnayyar
OEMI0424
213
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Haidar Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0773
398399
1846
1901
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,sursingaar player
Sursingaar and rudra veena player
Amir Khan, Bahadur Hussain Khan
Haidar Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Imdad Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
0614
OEMI0915
461
1925
20
Puridistrict,Orissa
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
0302
OEMI1140
580
1935
2008
0908
20-21
Kunnakudi,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Ramaswamy Sastri
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
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
OEMI2261
1159
1927
?-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
within family
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0676
360
1932
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra gharaanaa
his father, his maternal cousin Ghasit Khan and his paternal cousin Sher Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan Pathan
0405
OEMI0827
420
1882
1929
0205
19-20
Baroda
Delhi
musician
Noted Sufi musician and missionary
Hussain Bakhsh （Kishangarh）
OEMI0846
436
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
Markandeya Mohapatra Sharma
0718
OEMI1289
652
1915
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Narayan Mohapatra Sharma and Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar.
Thakur Jagdish Singh 'Din'
0113
OEMI2117
1071
1905
1982
1215
20
Raigarh Madhya Pradesh
Raigarh
tabla player
Noted pakhaawaj and tabla player
his uncle Thakur Lakshman Singh and in pakhaawaj from Baba Thakurdas and in tabla from Munir Khan,Natthu Khan,and Abid Hussain
Abha Alam
1226
OEMI0023
8
1947
1976
1121
20
Madaripur,Faridpur district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Mithun Dey
P00003
Abhinava Gupta
?
OEMI0026
11
?
?
?
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
Afzal Hussain
0801
OEMI0044
23
1916
20
Nagina,near Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Muhammad Hussain
Aghawan
?
OEMI0049
23
Unav,near Lucknow
?
19
?
?
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Alain Danielou
1004
OEMI0070
34
France
1907
1994
0127
20
Paris
?
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
Alamsen
?
OEMI0071
34
0.183
0.19
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
Eminent dhrupad exponent
Ali Bakhsh I
?
OEMI0074
37
Hyderabad
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
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.
Altaf Mahmud
1220
OEMI0094
4445
?
1930
1971
0830
20
Barisal, Bangladesh
Dhaka
Singer and music director
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
Amara Ranatunga
0822
OEMI0098
46
?
1939
20
Sri Lanka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Amarendra Nath Dutt
?
OEMI0101
47
1876
1916
0106
19-20
Kolkata
?
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Amir Bakhsh
?
OEMI0109
48
1882
1962
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P00118
Angurbala Devi
OEMI0142
60
1901
1984
0106
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Singer-actress of Bengali plays and films; also well-known as a light classical vocalist and a radio singer
Gauri Shankar, Kali Misra, Jamiruddin Khan
Anil Mihiripenna
0810
OEMI0146
61
1933
20
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
Annu Akhtar
OEMI0156
66
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
P06142
Arvind Parikh
?
OEMI0177
77
Mumbai
1927
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
P00125
Asgaribai
08??
OEMI0184
81
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
20
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Zahur Khan
Athar Nafis
?
OEMI0199
85
1932
1980
1121
20
?
?
Pakistani poet
P00092
Azambai Pisal
OEMI0212
90
1905
1986
0728
20
Maharashtra
Koolhapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bhurji Khan, Govindrao Saligram, Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
Azim Bakhsh
OEMI0214
90
1857
1908
19-20
probably Indore
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
his uncle Ramzan Khan
Babaji Rane
OEMI0220
92
1874
1913
1122
19-20
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
?
Playwright and singer-actor of Marathi drama
Badri Prasad Mishra
OEMI0243
98
0.1903
1980
0423
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
OEMI0249
102
0.1765
18
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Eminent exponent
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
Bal Gandharva
0626
OEMI0259
107109
1888
1967
0715
19
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Legendary singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mehboob Khan
P00130
Durga Lal
?
OEMI0261
304
1948
1990
0131
20
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
Delhi
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
Bauli Bakhsh
OEMI0315
130
?
?
Eminent performer of the Delhi rabla haraanaa
Delhi rabla gharaanaa
his father Bade Kale Khan
Bhanumathi, K.
12??
OEMI0342
157
1922
20
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Papanasam Vadivelu Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Bindu Bala
OEMI0386
193
?
?
Singer-actress of the Bengali stage sometime during 1900-10
Biru Mishra
OEMI0392
194
Nepal durbar
188696
0.1935
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla and pakhaawaj player
Vishwanath Prasad, Madan Mohan Mishra
Biswanath Rao
OEMI0399
196197
1872
1925
1218
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Benares
Kashinath Mishra
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
OEMI0476
238
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Dipali Nag
0222
OEMI0545
264
1922
20
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
Devendranath Changkatti
?
OEMI0556
275
1890
?
19-20
Guwahati,Assam
?
vocalist
Vocalist
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
Dhruba Charan Ratha
0415
OEMI0578
290
1917
20
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
tabla player
Tabla player
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Duliya Rana
OEMI0599
303
0.1855
0.1935
19
?
Jaipur
writer, performer
Writer and performer of Shekhaawati khyaals of Rajasthan
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Gauharjan
OEMI0658
343344
18705
1929
19-20
probably Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mysore
Singer-dancer, a legend in her lifetime
her mother, Adeline Victoria Hemmings, Becha Mishra, Ali Bakhsh, Nazir Khan
Ghulam Ali
OEMI0677
360
Pakistan
1940
20
Kaleke village, Sialkot district
Well-known ghazal singer
his father, Ghulam Ali Khan, his brothers Barqat Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
?
OEMI0722
374
1902
1990
0828
20
Kerala
?
composer
Noted composer and writer
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
Habib Paintar
OEMI0766
396
1915
1987
0222
20
?
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Qavvaali singer

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