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
OEMI0203
Atulprasad Sen
composer
Composer
1871
?
Lucknow
1934
?
?
87
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
OEMI0200
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
?
?
?
?
86
OEMI0201
Atmaram Pathare
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
1868
1010
Thane district,Maharashtra
1931
0905
?
86
OEMI0199
Athar Nafis
Pakistani poet
1932
?
?
1980
1121
?
85
OEMI0197
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
tabla player
table player
0.183
?
Lucknow
0.1907
?
Bhawal,Bengal
Farukhaabaad
84
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
P00126
OEMI0194
Ashraf Khan
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
83
OEMI0195
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Pune
0.1825
?
?
0.1875
?
Pune
83
OEMI0191
Ashiq Ali Khan(Jaipur)
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
0.1905
?
Jaipur
82
OEMI0188
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
1938
0531
Mumbai
82
OEMI0190
Ashiq Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1948
?
Patiala
82
P00377
OEMI0189
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
1920
1216
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
Vishnupur
82
OEMI0192
Ashiq Hussain
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
?
?
1946
?
?
82
P02665
OEMI0193
Ashok Ranade
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Mumbai
1937
1025
?
82
OEMI0183
Asgar Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of the durvar of Darbhanga,Bihar
0.1841
?
Gwalior
0.1912
?
Darbhanga
81
OEMI0185
Asgarijan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
?
?
?
?
Agra
81
P00125
OEMI0184
Asgaribai
vocalist
Vocalist
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
08??
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
Zahur Khan
81
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0179
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Agra
his family
78
P00008
OEMI0181
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
1937
?
Alwar,Rajasthan
78
OEMI0180
Asad Ali Khan(Rampur)
Sursinger maestro
0.1858
?
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1918
?
Rampur
78
P02464
OEMI0178
Asa Singh Mastana
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
1926
?
Lahore
1999
0523
Delhi
77
P01321
OEMI0177
Arvind Parikh
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Mumbai
1927
?
?
?
?
77
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
P01797
OEMI0173
Arun Kumar Sen
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
1928
0606
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
2001
1214
Mumbai
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
76
OEMI0174
Arunachala Kavi
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
1711
?
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
1788
?
?
Ambalavana Kavirayar
76
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0172
Arun Bhattacharya
University teacher,scholar,and author
Kolkata
1925
02??
Faridpur district,now in Bangladesh
1985
0509
Kolkata
76
P06155
OEMI0171
Arjun Sejwal
Pakhaawaj player
1934
0425
?
1992
1029
Mumbai
Paanse
74
P00123
OEMI0169
Arghya Sen
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
1935
?
Faridpur,Bangladesh
Debabrata Biswas,Kamal Kumar Dasgupta,and Dilip Kamal Roy
73
OEMI0168
Arabatta Navalar
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
?
?
72
P00122
OEMI0167
Appukutty Poduval, K.
Well-known player of the drum maddalam
1923
Tiruvilvamala, near Palakkad, Kerala
Venkichan Swamy
72
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
P00121
OEMI0162
Appa Jalgaonkar
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
1926
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
71
OEMI0165
Appu Marar （Pallavor）
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
1928
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
71
P06191
OEMI0161
Anwar Hussain Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
?
?
Agra
70
OEMI0160
Antu-bua Apte
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
khayaal
Maharashtra
0.182
Ramdurg, Karnataka
0.191
?
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
68
P00325
OEMI0158
Antonio de Figueiredo
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
1981
1105
?
67
OEMI0156
Annu Akhtar
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
?
?
Agra
66
P06662
OEMI0157
Anokhelal Mishra
tabla player
Noted tabla player
1914
Benares
1958
0310
?
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
66
P01441
OEMI0155
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
1926
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
65
OEMI0154
Annasami Sastri
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
1827
0407
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
1900
0217
?
65
OEMI0152
Anna-saheb Gharpure
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
0.185
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
1920
Pune
Vinayakrao Limaye
65
OEMI0153
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
1843
0303
?
1885
1102
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
65
OEMI0150
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Telugu
1408
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
1503
?
64
P01099
OEMI0149
Anjanibai Malpekar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1883
0422
Malpe, Goa
1974
0807
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua
63
P01070
OEMI0148
Anjanibai Lolekar
vocalist
Vocalist
Mumbai
1928
Goa
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
62
OEMI0147
Aniruddha
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
1553
?
1626
?
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
62
P00120
OEMI0144
Anil Biswas
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Mumbai
1914
0714
Barisal
2003
0531
Delhi
61
OEMI0146
Anil Mihiripenna
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
1933
0810
Sri Lanka
61
OEMI0145
Anil Krishna Deb Burman
musician
Noted musician of Tripura
Tripura
1899
Agartala, Tripura
1942
Agartala
61
P00118
OEMI0142
Angurbala Devi
vocalist
Singer-actress of Bengali plays and films; also well-known as a light classical vocalist and a radio singer
1901
Kolkata
1984
0106
Kolkata
Gauri Shankar, Kali Misra, Jamiruddin Khan
60
OEMI0140
Anantarama Bhagavatar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1867
1027
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
1919
?
58
OEMI0138
Anantadas Goswami
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
1790
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
58
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
OEMI0137
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Mysore
58
OEMI0139
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
0.1832
Vishnupur
0.1896
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
58
OEMI0132
Anandiram Das
Assamese song writer
1909
?
1960
?
57
OEMI0133
Anant Barve
Playwright of Marathi musicals
1856
Manmad, Maharashtra
1923
Pune
57
OEMI0134
Anant Fandi
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
1744
Maharashtra
1819
?
57
OEMI0130
Ananda Shankar
composer
Composer
1942
1202
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1999
0326
Kolkata
56
OEMI0128
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
1877
0822
Colombo, Sri Lanka
1947
0909
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
56
OEMI0131
Anandadasa
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
56
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
OEMI0129
Ananda Samarakon
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
1911
0113
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
1962
0405
?
56
P02135
OEMI0125
Amubi Singh （Maisnam）
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Manipur
1881
1121
Imphal, Manipur
1972
0629
Imphal
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
53
P02054
OEMI0122
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
1917
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
1998
0114
?
52
OEMI0123
Amrital Datta
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Bengal
1858
Kolkata
1912
Kolkata
52
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
P05908
OEMI0120
Amjad Ali Khan
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
Delhi
1945
1009
Gwalior
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
51
OEMI0119
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
1670
?
probably Delhi
0.1742
?
Delhi
51
OEMI0117
Amir Minai
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
1828
?
Lucknow
1900
?
Hyderabad
51
OEMI0118
Amirjan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
51
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI0114
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
?
?
1860
?
Bihar
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
50
OEMI0113
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
0.182
?
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
0.1873
?
Rampur
his father Umrao Khan
50
OEMI0112
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1847
?
Gwalior
0.1915
?
Gwalior
50
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0106
Ambayiram
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0109
Amir Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1882
?
?
1962
?
Mumbai
Jhajjar
48
OEMI0101
Amarendra Nath Dutt
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
1876
?
Kolkata
1916
0106
?
47
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0103
Amvadas-pant Agali
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1920
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1972
?
?
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
47
OEMI0097
Amanat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1928
?
probably Narsingarh, Madhya Pradesh
1968
0103
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
46
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI0100
Amaradeva,W.D.
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Sri Lanka
1927
1205
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0098
Amara Ranatunga
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1939
0822
Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0095
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
vocalist
Vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
Qavvaal-bachhe
45
P06115
OEMI0093
Altaf Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
?
0.1878
?
Khurja, near Delhi
1964
?
Delhi
Khurjaa
44
OEMI0091
Allahdi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Delhi
?
?
?
?
42
OEMI0087
Allah Bandi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Rajasthan
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI0088
Allah Dad Dhadhi
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0083
Alla Rakhi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
39
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39