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
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
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
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0675
360
19
?
?
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Ghantasala
1214
OEMI0672
355
1922
1974
?
20
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
OEMI0671
355
1876
1953
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
Ghanshyamdas Pakhawaji
OEMI0670
354355
1880
0.1915
19-20
Rajasthan
?
Pakhaawaj player
his father Shankarlal
Ghanshyam Mukherji
OEMI0669
354
1872
1930
0101
19-20
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
Shantipur
violinist
Violinist
Dakshina Charan Sen
P00149
Ghana Kant Bora
OEMI0668
354
1950
20
Majuli, Assam
?
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
Ghagge Nazir Khan
OEMI0667
353354
0.1845
1910
19-20
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Well-known khayaal singer
Mewaati gharaanaa
his father Wazir Khan, Haddu Khan
khayaal
Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
OEMI0666
353
0.179
0.188
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Founder of the Agra khayaal tradition
the Agra khayaal
khayaal
P00147
Gavari Devi
OEMI0665
350
1921
1990
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
P05853
Gautam, M.R.
0319
OEMI0664
350
1924
No
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
P00148
Gaurishankar Devilal
OEMI0663
350
1918
1992
0220
20
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
Mumbai
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
OEMI0662
349350
1890
19-20
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
Nityananda
Gauri Shankar Mishra
OEMI0661
349
0.1865
1945
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Birai Misir
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
OEMI0659
344
1894
1964
05??
19-20
Jaipur, Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
family
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
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
?
OEMI0650
329
0.1896
1978
0717
19-20
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
P00031
Gangubai Hangal
?
OEMI0657
332
1913
2009
0719
20-21
Dharwar, Karnataka
Dharwar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
her mother, Ambabai
Gangoly, O.C.
0801
OEMI0656
332
1881
1974
0209
19-20
Kolkata
?
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
P00147
Gangadhar Pradhan
OEMI0655
332
1948
20
Panikula village, Orissa
Odissi teacher and dancer
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
Gangadhar
OEMI0654
332
?
?
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
OEMI0653
331332
0.1808
0.1874
19
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
Mir Nasiram
dhrupad
Ganesilal Chaube
OEMI0652
331
Ganesilal
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
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
Gami Khan
OEMI0648
327
1882
1956
06??
19-20
Delhi
Lahore, Pakistan
tabla player
Reputed tabla exponent of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
his father, Chhote Kale Khan
Gama Maharaj
?
OEMI0647
326
1911
1974
0116
20
Benares
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
Gajen Barua
OEMI0646
326
1915
1977
0120
20
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
Jamugurihat
dancer
Noted dance exponent
Gajananrao Watve
?
OEMI0645
325326
1919
2009
0402
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Vocalist, known for Marathi bhaavgeet
Govindrao Desai
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
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
Gajanan Varma
?
OEMI0642
325
1926
20
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
writer, performer
writer and performer
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
P00029
Gahan Chandra Goswami
0404
OEMI0640
324
1900
1979
0118
20
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
Nikamul Sattra
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
?
OEMI0639
323
1890
1949
1226
19-20
Allahabad
?
violinist
Noted violinist
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
?
OEMI0636
321
1859
1948
?
19-20
Norwich,England
Salisbury,England
Author of The Music of Hindostan
P00028
Firoz Dastur
0930
OEMI0635
320
1919
2008
0509
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0634
320
Baroda
1883
1948
?
19-20
Rampur
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
his father Haidar Khan
Fida Hussain Khan(Sitar)
?
OEMI0633
320
0.1875
0.1927
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Son of Gwalior sitar veteran,Amir Khan.
Amir Khan
Fida Hussain Khan(Sarod)
?
OEMI0632
319320
1855
1927
?
19-20
?
Rampur
His distinguished career
P00146
Fida Hussain
?
OEMI0631
319
1899
?
19-20
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
?
OEMI0629
319
0.1881
1971
0826
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
OEMI2269
319
0.17
0.1768
18
probably Delhi
Delhi
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
Fazue Lal Pandit
?
OEMI0627
319
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Fazal Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0626
319
Lahore
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore of the early 1900s
Fazal Hussain
?
OEMI0625
318319
0.1878
0.1949
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
Fateh Ali
?
OEMI0624
318
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Patiaalaa
Farid-saheb Satarmaker
?
OEMI0623
317318
1827
1898
?
19
?
?
Maker of musical instruments
Faqirullah Saif Khan
?
OEMI0622
317
17
1684
0826
17
?
Allahabad
Author of Raaga Darpan
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
Fakruddin
?
OEMI0620
316317
Rahasthan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Faiz Mohammad Khan
?
OEMI0619
316
Baroda
0.1835
0.1904
?
19-20
probably Agra
Baroda,Gujarat
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
P00645
Faiyaz Khan
0208
OEMI0617
315316
1881
1950
1105
No
19-20
Agra
Baroda
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Agra
P00027
Emani Sankara Sastri
0923
OEMI0615
311
1922
1987
1223
20
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
P01784
Eknath Sarolkar
?
OEMI0613
311
?
No
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
Gwalior
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Eknath
?
OEMI0611
310
1548
1599
?
16
Paithan,Maharashtra
Paithan
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
Ekambara Mudaliyar
OEMI0610
309
?
?
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
Edwin Samaradivakara
0622
OEMI0609
309
1916
1959
1008
20
Katna, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
Dwijendralal Roy
OEMI0608
307
1863
1913
0517
19-20
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
Kolkata
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
Dwarkanath Ghosh
OEMI0607
307
1847
1938
19-20
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
P00145
Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
11??
OEMI0606
306307
1893
1964
1125
19-20
Bangalore, Karnataka
Hyderabad, Andhra
violinist
Eminent violinist
his brother, Venkata Krishnayya Naidu
P04603
Dwaram Bhava Narayana Rao
OEMI0605
306
1924
1999
0724
No
20
Visakhapatnam
?
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
his father, Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
Karnatik style
Durlabh Chandra Bhattacharya
OEMI0604
306
1872
1938
19-20
?
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Murari Mohan Gupta
Durgeswar Nath Oja
0307
OEMI0603
305306
1927
1994
0305
20
Pakadali, Darrang district, Assam
Pakadali, Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
his family, and Cheniram Nath, Ghotaram, and Haliram Sarma
Durgavara Kayastha
OEMI0602
305
16
?
?
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
Durga Prasad
OEMI0303
304
0.192
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
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
Duraiswami Iler （Pallavi）
OEMI0260
303304
1782
1816
18
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
OEMI0601
303
0.1865
0.1926
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
Dunstan de Silva, P.
0421
OEMI0600
303
1921
1988
1027
20
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
?
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
Duliya Rana
OEMI0599
303
0.1855
0.1935
19
?
Jaipur
writer, performer
Writer and performer of Shekhaawati khyaals of Rajasthan
Dulichand （Seth）
OEMI0598
303
0.185
1920
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Dulha Khan
OEMI0597
303
Jaipur
0.1745
0.182
18
?
?
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
P00026
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
OEMI0595
300
Mysore
1920
20
Mysore
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
OEMI0594
300
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
P00025
Domada Chittiabbayi
0801
OEMI0592
300
1933
20
Andhra
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Diwaliben Bhil
0602
OEMI0590
299
1943
20
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
Divudu lyer
?
OEMI0561
280
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
1901
?
19-20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
Dipali Nag
0222
OEMI0545
264
1922
20
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
Dipali Barthakur
OEMI0589
298
Assam
1941
20
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
modern Assamese songs
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
Dinanath Mangeshkar
1212
OEMI0587
297298
1900
1942
0424
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
?
OEMI0586
296
?
?
?
Poet
P00106
Dilip Chandra Vedi
0324
OEMI0585
295
Delhi
1901
1991
?
20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
Dilawar Khan
?
OEMI0584
295
Bengal
1909
?
19-20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
Delhi
Murad Khan
khayaal
Dilawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI0583
295
Rewa
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
Agra
khayaal

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