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
OEMI0676
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
1932
Agra
Agra gharaanaa
his father, his maternal cousin Ghasit Khan and his paternal cousin Sher Khan
360
OEMI0675
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
?
?
360
OEMI0674
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
dhrupad
0.18
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
0.188
Fatehpur Sikri
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
356
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0671
Ghanshyamlal Goswami
Performer of the pakhaawaj and harmonium
1876
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1953
?
355
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
P00149
OEMI0668
Ghana Kant Bora
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
1950
Majuli, Assam
?
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
354
OEMI0669
Ghanshyam Mukherji
violinist
Violinist
1872
Shantipur, Naidia district, Bengal
1930
0101
Shantipur
Dakshina Charan Sen
354
OEMI0666
Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
vocalist
Founder of the Agra khayaal tradition
khayaal
0.179
Agra
0.188
Agra
the Agra khayaal
353
P05853
OEMI0664
Gautam, M.R.
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
1924
0319
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
350
P00147
OEMI0665
Gavari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
1921
Jodhpur
1990
?
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
350
P00148
OEMI0663
Gaurishankar Devilal
Noted Kathak dancer
1918
Kanvari town, Rajasthan
1992
0220
Mumbai
his father Devilal, Shivlal and Sundar Prasad
350
OEMI0661
Gauri Shankar Mishra
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
0.1865
Benares
1945
Kolkata
Birai Misir
349
OEMI0660
Gauri
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
?
?
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
346
OEMI0659
Gauharjan （Jaipur）
vocalist
Vocalist
1894
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1964
05??
?
family
344
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
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
?
?
332
P05991
OEMI0657
Gangubai Hangal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
1913
?
Dharwar, Karnataka
2009
0719
Dharwar
her mother, Ambabai
332
P02170
OEMI0655
Gangadhar Pradhan
Odissi teacher and dancer
1948
Panikula village, Orissa
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
332
OEMI0656
Gangoly, O.C.
scholar
Noted scholar of art and music
1881
0801
Kolkata
1974
0209
?
332
OEMI0652
Ganesilal Chaube
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Ganesilal
?
?
331
OEMI0651
Ganesh Chaturvedi
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1864
?
1939
Mathura
331
OEMI0650
Ganpatrao Dewaskar
vocalist,
Vocalist and singer-actor of Marathi plays
0.1896
?
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
1978
0717
Mumbai
Rajab Ali Khan, Haidar Khan
329
OEMI0648
Gami Khan
tabla player
Reputed tabla exponent of the Delhi gharaanaa
1882
Delhi
1956
06??
Lahore, Pakistan
Delhi gharaanaa
his father, Chhote Kale Khan
327
OEMI0646
Gajen Barua
dancer
Noted dance exponent
1915
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
1977
0120
Jamugurihat
326
OEMI0647
Gama Maharaj
tabla player
Tabla player
1911
?
Benares
1974
0116
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Gama Maharaj （real name was Ramayan Prasad Mishra）
326
OEMI0642
Gajanan Varma
writer, performer
writer and performer
1926
?
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
325
OEMI0643
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
Satara
1905
1029
Satara
1996
0115
Pune
V.D. Paluskar
325
P06726
OEMI0644
Gajananrao Joshi
violinist
Reputed violinist
1911
0630
Mumbai
1987
0628
?
325
OEMI0641
Gaisberg,F.W.
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
1872
?
?
?
?
324
P00029
OEMI0640
Gahan Chandra Goswami
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
1900
0404
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
1979
0118
Nikamul Sattra
324
OEMI0638
Gaforan
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
323
OEMI0639
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
violinist
Noted violinist
1890
?
Allahabad
1949
1226
?
323
OEMI0636
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
Author of The Music of Hindostan
1859
?
Norwich,England
1948
?
Salisbury,England
321
OEMI0633
Fida Hussain Khan(Sitar)
sitar player
Son of Gwalior sitar veteran,Amir Khan.
0.1875
?
?
0.1927
?
?
Amir Khan
320
OEMI0634
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
Baroda
1883
?
Rampur
1948
?
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
his father Haidar Khan
320
P00028
OEMI0635
Firoz Dastur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1919
0930
Mumbai
2008
0509
Mumbai
320
OEMI0629
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
0.1881
?
?
1971
0826
?
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
319
OEMI2269
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
0.17
probably Delhi
0.1768
Delhi
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
319
OEMI0626
Fazal Hussain Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore of the early 1900s
Lahore
?
?
?
?
319
P00146
OEMI0631
Fida Hussain
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
1899
?
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
319
OEMI0627
Fazue Lal Pandit
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
319
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
OEMI0630
Feroze Nizami
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
1910
?
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
1975
1115
Lahore
319
OEMI0624
Fateh Ali
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Patiaalaa
318
OEMI0621
Fani Bala
Singer-actress
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
317
OEMI0622
Faqirullah Saif Khan
Author of Raaga Darpan
17
?
?
1684
0826
Allahabad
317
OEMI0618
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
0213
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
1984
1120
Lahore,Pakistan
316
OEMI0619
Faiz Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda
0.1835
?
probably Agra
0.1904
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
316
OEMI0614
Ellappa Mudaliar
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Bharata Naatyam
1908
?
Kanchipuram
1974
?
?
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
311
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
P01784
OEMI0613
Eknath Sarolkar
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
?
?
?
?
Gwalior
311
OEMI0616
Irode Viswanatha lyer
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
1905
?
?
1988
0914
New Delhi
311
OEMI0611
Eknath
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
1548
?
Paithan,Maharashtra
1599
?
Paithan
310
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI0609
Edwin Samaradivakara
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
1916
0622
Katna, Sri Lanka
1959
1008
?
309
OEMI0607
Dwarkanath Ghosh
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
1847
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
1938
Kolkata
307
OEMI0608
Dwijendralal Roy
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
1863
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
1913
0517
Kolkata
307
OEMI0604
Durlabh Chandra Bhattacharya
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1872
?
1938
Kolkata
Murari Mohan Gupta
306
P04603
OEMI0605
Dwaram Bhava Narayana Rao
violinist
Well-known violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik style
1924
Visakhapatnam
1999
0724
?
his father, Dwaram Venkaraswamy Naidu
306
OEMI0602
Durgavara Kayastha
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
?
?
305
P00130
OEMI0261
Durga Lal
Noted Kathak dancer
1948
?
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
1990
0131
Delhi
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
304
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
OEMI0600
Dunstan de Silva, P.
Music director, radio executive, and teacher
1921
0421
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
1988
1027
?
303
OEMI0599
Duliya Rana
writer, performer
Writer and performer of Shekhaawati khyaals of Rajasthan
0.1855
?
0.1935
Jaipur
303
OEMI0597
Dulha Khan
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Jaipur
0.1745
?
0.182
?
303
OEMI0598
Dulichand （Seth）
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI0601
Duraiswami Iler （Manattattai）
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1865
?
0.1926
?
his paternal uncle Manattattai Ramaswami Iyer
303
OEMI0593
Don Bastian, C.
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
?
?
300
OEMI0594
Doraswamy Iyer, N.S.
vocalist
Vocalist, and a disc-record singer of the 1900s.
?
?
300
P00026
OEMI0595
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
Mysore
1920
Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
300
P00025
OEMI0592
Domada Chittiabbayi
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
1933
0801
Andhra
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
300
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
P00024
OEMI0588
Dinkar Kaikini
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Mumbai
1927
1002
Mumbai
2010
0123
Mumbai
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
298
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0586
Dimbh Muni Krishnadas
Poet
?
?
?
?
296
OEMI0584
Dilawar Khan
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Bengal
?
?
1909
?
Delhi
Delhi
Murad Khan
295
OEMI0583
Dilawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
khayaal
Rewa
?
?
?
?
Agra
295
P00106
OEMI0585
Dilip Chandra Vedi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Delhi
1901
0324
?
1991
?
Delhi
patiaalaa
Uttam Singh
295
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
P06740
OEMI0581
Dhyanesh Khan
Sarod player
1942
0506
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
1991
1011
Kolkata
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
293
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0578
Dhruba Charan Ratha
tabla player
Tabla player
1917
0415
Ghantiali,Cuttack,Orissa
Raghunath Mallick and Balaichand Das
290
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
OEMI0577
Dholekar,A.S.
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
1895
?
Mumbai
1969
05??
Mumbai
289
OEMI0575
Dhirendranath Bose
Sarod player and teacher
1878
?
Bengal
1953
?
Kolkata
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
287
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI0576
Dhirendranath Das
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
1904
0804
Kolkata
1961
1125
?
287
P06271
OEMI0573
Dhirendra Chandra Mitra
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly known for Nazrul geeti
1914
?
Kolkata
Hanumandas Singh
287
OEMI0572
Dhir Ali-miya
Flute player and music director
1920
0101
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
1984
1214
?
his uncle Sadiq Ali
286
P02301
OEMI0570
Dharmiklal Pandya
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
1932
0811
Baroda,Gujarat
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
285
OEMI0569
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
Eminent veena player and scholar
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
285
OEMI0571
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Assam
0.1883
?
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
1970
?
Athiyabari,Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.
285
OEMI0568
Dharmapuri Subbarayar
composer
Well-known composer of jaavali
?
?
?
?
284
OEMI0567
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
1923
?
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
284
OEMI0566
Dhannabai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Pannaabaai
283
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0564
Dhanammal(Vina)
veena player
Veena celebrity
1867
?
Chennai
1938
1015
Chennai
281
OEMI0565
Dhanapandian,D.A.
Performer of Tamil Kathaa Kaalakshepam
1921
?
?
1997
1110
?
281
OEMI0562
Dewan Raghunath
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
?
?
?
?
280
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280