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
Bhachu Bhandare
OEMI0325
145
1878
1909
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
Noted harmonium player
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
Bha Ra Tambe
1027
OEMI0323
144
1873
1941
1207
19-20
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known Marathi poet
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
OEMI0320
135
Mysore
1888
1936
19-20
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar
Bellari M. Seshagiriachar
OEMI0321
135
1935
1985
20
Bellari
Bangalore
vocalist, violinist
Well-known vocalist and violinist
his elder brother Narasimha Murthy
Bellari M. Venkatesachar
OEMI0322
135
Mysore
1933
20
Bellari, Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mundaragi Raghavendrachar, his elder brother Narasimha
P00134
Behere-bua （Ganesh Ramchandra）
OEMI0319
134
1890
1968
09??
19-20
Khurda, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
Khurda
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Ganapati-bua Bhilawadikar, Abdul Karim Khan
Bauli Bakhsh
OEMI0315
130
?
?
Eminent performer of the Delhi rabla haraanaa
Delhi rabla gharaanaa
his father Bade Kale Khan
Basit Khan
OEMI0314
129
0.1787
0.1887
18-19
?
?
composer
Reputed 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer
Bashir Khan
OEMI0313
129
Jaipur
1938
20
Jodhpur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa and harmonium player
Jaipur-Atraauli
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Bashir Ahmad Khan
OEMI0312
129
1903
20
Agra
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal grandfather Kallan Khan
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Barve P.N.
1230
OEMI0309
124
1918
20
Akola, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
P06562
Barkat Ali Khan
OEMI0306
123
1950
No
20
Patiala, Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
Barkatullah Khan
OEMI0308
123
0.186
1928
19-20
probably Patiala
Mumbai
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
OEMI0305
121
1790
1850
18-19
Maharastra
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
Abdulla Khan
dhrupad
Bapurao Pendharkar
1210
OEMI0304
121
1892
1937
0315
19-20
Jamkhindi, Maharashtra
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
Banujan
OEMI0301
121
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
Bapurao Ketkar
?
OEMI0302
121
1898
1954
1129
19-20
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
Banne Khan
1225
OEMI0298
120
1835
1910
?
19-20
Nausahana Nangali, Punjab
Hyderabad
vocalist
Vocalist
P00133
Banni Bai
OEMI0299
120
1912
1999
0227
20
Chittukkadu, Andhra Pradesh
?
Veteran Harikat
Bannijan
OEMI0300
120
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Bangalore Nagarathammal
1103
OEMI0297
119
Mysore
1878
1952
0519
19-20
Mysore
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
P01721
Bangalore K. Venkataram
0110
OEMI0296
119
1934
2003
1018
No
20-21
?
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Eminent ghatam player
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bande Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0294
117
Baroda
1906
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
khayaal
Balwantrao Panse
?
OEMI0288
116
0.1886
?
?
?
Reputed mridang player
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
?
OEMI0290
116
1851
1914
0922
19-20
Alibag,near Mumbai
Mumbai
Pioneer activist in music education
Balwantrao Vaidya
?
OEMI0291
116
1823
1895
?
19
Jamkhindi area,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0292
116
0.1839
1896
?
19
Ranaghat,Bengal
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
Balwantrao Pohre
?
OEMI0289
116
?
?
?
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
Inayat Hussain Khan
khayaal
Baltazard, Solvyns
?
OEMI0283
115
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
European painter,
Balwant-bua Bapat
?
OEMI0284
115
19039
?
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vasudev-bua Joshi(Gwalior gharaanaa),Kolhapur and Pune Gayan Samaj
P05978
Balram Pathak
?
OEMI0282
115
1930
1991
0216
No
20
Ishwarpur village,Bihar
?
sitar player
sitar player
Balwantrao Bhaiyya
?
OEMI0286
115
Gwalior
1925
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Gwalior
Gwalior
his mother,the famous dancer Chandrabhaga
P06309
Balwantrai Bhatt
?
OEMI0285
115
1921
No
20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Omkarnath Thakur
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
?
OEMI0281
114
Gwalior
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
?
OEMI0279
113
1849
1926
?
19-20
Bedag,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
khayaal
Balaswami Dikshitar
0621
OEMI0272
112
1786
1858
0216
18-19
Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and the first violinist in south Indian music.
His father Raamaswaami and elder brother,Muthuswaami Diikshitar
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
?
OEMI0277
112
?
19
?
?
Author of 19th-cent
Baldevji
?
OEMI0274
112
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
dhrupad
Baldev Prasad Nayak
?
OEMI0273
112
?
Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Baliram Pandey
?
OEMI0275
112
?
20
Mohappa,near Nagpur,Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player of the early 20th cent.
Balkoba Natekar
?
OEMI0276
112
1855
1910
?
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
P00131
Balasubrahmanya Sarma,M.S.
?
OEMI0270
111
1929
20
Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
G.paidiswami
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
Bala-saheb Guruji
?
OEMI0268
110
0.1846
0.192
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
?
OEMI0263
109
1789
1848
?
18-19
?
?
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
P01948
Balabhau Umadekar(Kundal Guruji)
?
OEMI0262
109
1968
0604
No
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher, composer
Vocalist,teacher,and composer
Gwalior
Balakram Worlikar
?
OEMI0264
109
1930
2002
0419
20-21
?
Mumbai
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
Bakhshu-miya
OEMI0257
106
0.175
18
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Baijnath Misra
0801
OEMI0255
105
1915
1992
0222
20
Benares region
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Thakur Prasad
Bahram Khan
OEMI0253
104
1800
0.188
19
Ambaitha, Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Jaipur
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of the Jaipur durbar, and a stalwart of the Dagar tradition
His father Imam Khan, Baba Kalidas
dhrupad
Bahinabai
OEMI0252
104
?
?
Saint-Poetess
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
OEMI0249
102
0.1765
18
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Eminent exponent
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
Bahadur Singh
1019
OEMI0251
102
1903
1967
20
Kishangarh town, Layalpur district, Punjab
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mehtab Singh, Mirambaksh Bilvaliya, Baba Malang
Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
1024
OEMI0250
102
1775
1862
18-19
Delhi
Rangoon, Burma
Mughal Emperor, an ardent lover of the arts, and a poet known for is ghazals
P00352
Bahadur Khan
OEMI0247
101
1989
10??
No
20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Bageswari Devi
OEMI0245
101
1940
2000
0920
20
Kolkata
Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Sitaram Misra and Ganesh Prasad Misra
Bahadur Hussain Khan
OEMI0246
101
0.1808
0.187
19
?
?
sursingaar player
Sursingaar maestro of the Rampur royal durbar
Rampur royal durbar
Badri Prasad Mishra
OEMI0243
98
0.1903
1980
0423
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Badi Maina
OEMI0241
98
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Benares durbar
Benares
Badi Motibai
OEMI0242
98
Benares
0.1885
1977
0214
19-20
Darbhanga, Bihar
Benares
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist of Benares
Siyaji Maharaj, Mithailalji, Maujuddin Khan
Badru Zaman Khan
OEMI0244
98
1938
20
?
Hyderabad
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
his family
Bade Sabri Khan
OEMI0240
98
1962
20
?
Lahore
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Bade Munne （Tabla）
OEMI0238
97
0.1845
0.1905
19
?
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
Bade Mohammad Khan
OEMI0236
97
1755
1840
18-19
probably Lucknow
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and innovator
his father Shakkar Khan, his uncle Makkhan Khan
Bade Munne （Khan Khayal）
OEMI0237
97
0.1912
?
Lucknow
Reputed exponent
Bade Changeh Khan
OEMI0234
96
0.177
0.1857
18-19
Panipat
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of the durbar of Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar
khayaal
Bade Agha Khan
OEMI0233
96
1892
0.1944
19-20
Baghdad
Lucknow
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
P06664
Badal Khan
OEMI0232
95
0.1834
0.1937
No
19
?
Agra
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Paanipat gharaanaa
Paanipat
P00128
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
0404
OEMI0235
95
0.1901
1968
0423
20
Kasur
Hyderabad
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
his uncle Kale Khan, his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Bacha Mishra
OEMI0229
94
1876
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent of the Benares gharaanaa
Benares
his father Jagannath Mishra
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Baburao Gokhale
10??
OEMI0227
94
1893
1969
0525
19-20
Kurundwad, Maharashtra
?
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
Gurudev Patwardhan
Baburao Deshmukh
0712
OEMI0226
94
1899
1970
0710
19-20
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
?
Benefactor and sponsor
Babu Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI0223
93
0.1892
1941
1125
19-20
Narwar, Madhhya Pradesh
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Noted performer and teacher
Murad Khan
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Bablibai Salgaonkar
OEMI0222
93
0.186
0.1925
19
Salgaon, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of her time
Agra
Natthan Khan
khayaal
Babu Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0224
93
1899
29
Delhi
Kolkata
tabla player
Tablaa player?
his mother
Babaji Rane
OEMI0220
92
1874
1913
1122
19-20
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
?
Playwright and singer-actor of Marathi drama
P01269
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
OEMI0219
92
1880
1944
No
20
Hyderabad
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Azmatullah Khan
OEMI0216
91
19
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Azad Rahman
OEMI0210
90
Bangladesh
1944
20
Burdwan, West Bengal
composer
Singer and music composer
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0211
90
Lucknow
19
Kalpi
?
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
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
Ayet Ali Khan
0426
OEMI0206
89
1884
1967
09??
19-20
Shibpur, Bangladesh
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player, and teacher
Family
Ayilyam Tirunal Maharaja
?
OEMI0207
89
1831
1880
0531
19
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
Royal Palace, Thiruvananthapuram
patron,
Patron and connoisseur of music and related arts
Awadabai
?
OEMI0205
89
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)

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