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
Awadabai
?
OEMI0205
89
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla 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
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
Bannijan
OEMI0300
120
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Banujan
OEMI0301
121
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
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
Bhanumathi, P.
0907
OEMI0343
157
1924
2005
1224
20-21
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
Chennai
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah
Bhoja Raja
?
OEMI0363
179
?
?
?
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
Bi Rahimanbai
?
OEMI0372
184
Charkhari
?
19
?
?
Mid 19th cent. singer of Charkhari,Uttar Pradesh
Bikku Maharaj
?
OEMI0374
188
Benares
1863
1949
?
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Chaturlal
OEMI0450
226
0.1925
1965
1014
20
Udaipur
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
Chikka Rama Rao
OEMI0477
238239
Mysore
1890
1945
19-20
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
Curt Sachs
0129
OEMI0510
248
1881
1959
0205
19-20
Berlin
New York
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
Ali Bakhsh II
?
OEMI0527
37
Hyderabad
?
?-19?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dasharathi Roy
?
OEMI0528
258259
1806
1857
?
19
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
?
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Eknath
?
OEMI0611
310
1548
1599
?
16
Paithan,Maharashtra
Paithan
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
Fateh Ali
?
OEMI0624
318
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Patiaalaa
Fazal Hussain
?
OEMI0625
318319
0.1878
0.1949
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
Gajen Barua
OEMI0646
326
1915
1977
0120
20
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
Jamugurihat
dancer
Noted dance exponent
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
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gina Blau
0428
OEMI0692
364
1906
1998
1023
20
?
New York
American exponent of Indian dances
Bhupesh Gupta
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
Godavari
OEMI0704
370
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
Gopal Nayak
OEMI0717
373374
?
?
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
Gopal Oriya
OEMI0718
374
19
?
?
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
Gopala Ata
OEMI0719
374
1541
1611
16-17
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
?
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Maadhavadeva
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
Hari Vallabh I
OEMI0808
411
17
?
?
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
Harichandan
OEMI0810
412
?
?
Author of the work
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Inayat Hussain
OEMI0868
441
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
Indramohan Das
OEMI0878
443444
19
?
?
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
Kader Bakhsh
OEMI0973
494
0.188
1934
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his father Axim Bakhsh
Kalu-miya
?
OEMI0995
506
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kamala Jharia
?
OEMI1002
507508
1907
1980
1220
20
Jharia,Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Khadilkar, K.P.
1123
OEMI1062
542
1872
1948
0826
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Kshitij Basu
OEMI1124
575
1914
1982
0122
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
La Meri
OEMI1146
583
?
?
American danseuse
Lachhiram
OEMI1147
585
1867
1937
19-20
Budasu,Rajasthan
?
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
Lalchand Boral
OEMI1179
592593
1870
1907
19-20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lalita Devi
OEMI1186
598
Benares
?
?
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Lalji-bua
OEMI1189
600
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lallu Singh
OEMI1190
600
0.1928
2000
0824
20
?
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
tabla player
Tabla player and teacher
Madho Singh
Lalmani Mishra
0811
OEMI1191
600
1924
1979
0717
20
Kanpur
Benares
musicologist
Musicologist and teacher
Lalu Ram Sahu
?
OEMI1194
601
1920
20
Bajrangpur town,Rajnandgaon district,Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Madanlal Vyas
?
OEMI1212
611
Mumbai
1922
20
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Mahendra Bhatt
01??
OEMI1233
621
1989
20
Rajasthan
violinist
violinist
Manmohan Bhatt
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Master Madan
1226
OEMI1296
656657
1927
1942
0605
20
Shimla,Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Singer
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
Mehndi Hassan
OEMI1319
667
Jaipur
vocalist,composer
ghazal singer ,composer
ghazal
Meruswami
OEMI1321
669
?
?
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
Mohammad Pana
OEMI1353
680
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Usman
OEMI1358
681682
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
Mohan Khokar
1230
OEMI1361
682
1924
1999
0917
20
Quetta, now in Pakistan
Chennai
historian,archive-holder of Indian dances
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Nandlal Sharma
0611
OEMI1445
722
1909
1990
1130
20
Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teadher
Rajab Ali Khan
Nanja Raja
OEMI1453
723
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
Nannu Sahai
OEMI1454
723
1892
1926
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Nanu Ram
OEMI1456
724
?
?
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
Narayan Das
OEMI1464
726
1870
1934
19-20
Falaudi, Rajasthan
?
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
Navalram and Balaprasad

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