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
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Attor Krishna Prisharati
?
OEMI0202
87
1876
1964
?
19-20
Attur village,Kerala
?
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0200
86
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
Atmaram Pathare
1010
OEMI0201
86
1868
1931
0905
19-20
Thane district,Maharashtra
?
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
Athar Nafis
?
OEMI0199
85
1932
1980
1121
20
?
?
Pakistani poet
P00127
Astad Debo
0713
OEMI0196
84
1947
20
Kolkata
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0197
84
0.183
0.1907
?
19
Lucknow
Bhawal,Bengal
tabla player
table player
Farukhaabaad
P00126
Ashraf Khan
?
OEMI0194
83
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre of Mumbai
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
?
OEMI0195
83
Pune
0.1825
0.1875
?
19
?
Pune
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Ashiq Ali Khan(Jaipur)
?
OEMI0191
82
0.1905
?
?
Jaipur
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
0531
OEMI0188
82
1938
20
Mumbai
Singer-actress of Marathi plays
Ashiq Ali Khan
?
OEMI0190
82
1948
?
20
?
Patiala
vocalist
Vocalist
P00377
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
No
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
Ashiq Hussain
?
OEMI0192
82
1946
?
20
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Panipat
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Asgar Ali Khan
?
OEMI0183
81
0.1841
0.1912
?
19
Gwalior
Darbhanga
Well-known sarod player of the durvar of Darbhanga,Bihar
Asgarijan
?
OEMI0185
81
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
Agra
P00125
Asgaribai
08??
OEMI0184
81
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
20
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Zahur Khan
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
P00008
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
?
OEMI0181
78
1937
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
Asad Ali Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI0180
78
0.1858
0.1918
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sursinger maestro
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
P02464
Asa Singh Mastana
?
OEMI0178
77
1926
1999
0523
No
20
Lahore
Delhi
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
P06142
Arvind Parikh
?
OEMI0177
77
Mumbai
1927
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
P01797
Arun Kumar Sen
0606
OEMI0173
76
1928
2001
1214
No
20-21
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
Mumbai
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
Arunachala Kavi
?
OEMI0174
76
1711
1788
?
18
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
Ambalavana Kavirayar
P00012
Arunagiri Nathar
?
OEMI0176
76
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
15
?
?
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Arun Bhattacharya
02??
OEMI0172
76
Kolkata
1925
1985
0509
20
Faridpur district,now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
University teacher,scholar,and author
P06155
Arjun Sejwal
0425
OEMI0171
74
1934
1992
1029
No
20
?
Mumbai
Pakhaawaj player
Paanse
P00123
Arghya Sen
?
OEMI0169
73
1935
20
Faridpur,Bangladesh
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Debabrata Biswas,Kamal Kumar Dasgupta,and Dilip Kamal Roy
Rabindra Sangeet
Arabatta Navalar
OEMI0168
72
?
?
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
P00122
Appukutty Poduval, K.
OEMI0167
72
1923
20
Tiruvilvamala, near Palakkad, Kerala
Well-known player of the drum maddalam
Venkichan Swamy
Appa Tulsi
OEMI0163
71
1920
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
Appu Marar （Pallavor）
OEMI0165
71
1928
20
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
P06191
Anwar Hussain Khan
OEMI0161
70
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Antu-bua Apte
OEMI0160
68
Maharashtra
0.182
0.191
19
Ramdurg, Karnataka
?
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
khayaal
P00325
Antonio de Figueiredo
OEMI0158
67
1981
1105
No
20
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Annu Akhtar
OEMI0156
66
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
P06662
Anokhelal Mishra
OEMI0157
66
1914
1958
0310
No
20
Benares
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player
Bhairav Prasad Mishra of Benares
Anna-saheb Gharpure
OEMI0152
65
0.185
1920
19-20
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
Pune
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
Vinayakrao Limaye
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
0303
OEMI0153
65
1843
1885
1102
19
?
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
P01441
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
OEMI0155
65
1926
No
20
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Annamacharya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer （15th cent.） considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
P01099
Anjanibai Malpekar
0422
OEMI0149
63
1883
1974
0807
No
19-20
Malpe, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua
Aniruddha
OEMI0147
62
1553
1626
16-17
?
?
composer
Acclaimed composer of Vaishnava-Sattriya music of Assam
Gopala Ata, Yadumoni
Anjanibai Lolekar
OEMI0148
62
Mumbai
1928
20
Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
Anil Mihiripenna
0810
OEMI0146
61
1933
20
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and teacher
Anil Krishna Deb Burman
OEMI0145
61
Tripura
1899
1942
19-20
Agartala, Tripura
Agartala
musician
Noted musician of Tripura
P00120
Anil Biswas
0714
OEMI0144
61
Mumbai
1914
2003
0531
20-21
Barisal
Delhi
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
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
Anantadas Goswami
OEMI0138
58
1790
18-19
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
OEMI0137
58
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0139
58
0.1832
0.1896
19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Vishnupur
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Anant Barve
OEMI0133
57
1856
1923
19-20
Manmad, Maharashtra
Pune
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Anant Fandi
OEMI0134
57
1744
1819
18-19
Maharashtra
?
Poet and performer of Marathi ballads
Anandiram Das
OEMI0132
57
1909
1960
20
?
?
Assamese song writer
Ananda Gajapati
OEMI0127
56
Andhra Pradesh
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Ananda Samarakon
0113
OEMI0129
56
1911
1962
0405
20
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
Ananda Shankar
1202
OEMI0130
56
1942
1999
0326
20
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
0822
OEMI0128
56
1877
1947
0909
19-20
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
P02135
Amubi Singh （Maisnam）
1121
OEMI0125
53
Manipur
1881
1972
0629
No
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
P02054
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
OEMI0122
52
1917
1998
0114
No
20
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
?
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
Amrital Datta
OEMI0123
52
Bengal
1858
1912
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
?
OEMI0119
51
1670
0.1742
?
17-18
probably Delhi
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
Amir Minai
?
OEMI0117
51
1828
1900
?
19
Lucknow
Hyderabad
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P05973
Amjad Ali Khan
1009
OEMI0120
51
Delhi
1945
20
Gwalior
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
?
OEMI0114
50
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
1860
?
19
?
Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
?
OEMI0113
50
0.182
0.1873
?
19
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
his father Umrao Khan
Amir Khan(Seni,Gwalior)
?
OEMI0112
50
0.1847
0.1915
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
?
OEMI0115
50
?
?
?
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
Ambika Charan Guha
?
OEMI0107
48
?
19
?
?
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
?
OEMI0108
48
Assam
?
20
?
?
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Amir Bakhsh
?
OEMI0109
48
1882
1962
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
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.
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Amvadas-pant Agali
?
OEMI0103
47
1920
1972
?
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
Amaradeva,W.D.
1205
OEMI0100
46
Sri Lanka
1927
20
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Amara Ranatunga
0822
OEMI0098
46
?
1939
20
Sri Lanka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Amanat Khan
?
OEMI0097
46
?
0.1928
1968
0103
20
probably Narsingarh, Madhya Pradesh
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
P06115
Altaf Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0093
44
?
0.1878
1964
?
No
19-20
Khurja, near Delhi
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Allahdi
?
OEMI0091
42
Delhi
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allah Bandi
?
OEMI0087
41
Rajasthan
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
?
OEMI0086
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
Allah Jilaibai
?
OEMI0089
41
?
1998
0903
20
Bikaner, Rajasthan
?
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
Allah Dad Dhadhi
?
OEMI0088
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
Alla Rakhi
?
OEMI0083
39
?
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
?
OEMI0082
39
Mysore
1823
1874
?
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore

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