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
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Subba Rao,B.
?
OEMI2036
10101011
1894
1970
?
19-20
Basavapatna,Karnataka
?
Exponent of both Hindustani and Karnatik music.
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
Zohrabai
OEMI2268
1161
?
?
Singer
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
P00140
Chhota Gandharva
0510
OEMI0463
236
1918
1997
1231
20
Badale, near Koregaon, Maharashtra
?
Well-known singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Dattu-bua Bagalkotkar, Narhar-bua Patankar, Ganesh-bua Padhye. Sawai Gandharva, Sinde Khan
Maulaviram Misir
?
OEMI1305
660
0.188
1940
?
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Biharilal
Ramtaran Sanyal
OEMI1781
884
19
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Vithaldas Joshi
OEMI2222
1139
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
pakhaawaj
keertan
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Kasambhai Master
0310
OEMI1032
524
1906
1969
1028
20
Umbari village,north Gujarat
?
singer-actor of Gujarati player
Ramprasad Mishra
OEMI1775
882
1980
0822
20
Benares region
Gaya, Bihar
vocalist
vocalist
Bade Ramdasji
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
P02301
Dharmiklal Pandya
0811
OEMI0570
285
1932
No
20
Baroda,Gujarat
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
P00023
Narayana Iyengar, A.
OEMI1471
727
1905
1987
20
Devakottai, Tamil Nadu
?
veena player, teacher
Veena exponent and teacher
Sakharama Rao
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Ivor Dennis
0528
OEMI0886
445
1932
20
Seeduwa, Sri Lanka
vocalist, composer, teacher
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
Kotiswara Iyer
OEMI1094
568
1869
1938
1021
19-20
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
Mansingh Tomar
?
OEMI1286
645
1450
1517
?
15-16
?
?
?
Pingalshi Gadhvi
0727
OEMI1623
811
1914
1998
0531
20
Chhatvawa village, Junagadh district, Gujarat
Jamnagar, Gujarat
singer, author
Folk-singer and author of Gujarati folk literature of many genres
Gujarati folk
Rupasinha, H.W.
1124
OEMI1828
905
1895
1971
0424
19-20
Matara, Sri Lanka
?
composer
singer, composer
M.G.Perera
Srinivasan,M.B.
?
OEMI2031
1009
1925
20
Chittoor,Andhra
Music director of south Indian films
Visvavasu
OEMI2218
1138
?
?
?
ancient author
Jap(Jacob),Kunst
0812
OEMI0887
446
1891
1960
1207
19-20
Groningen,Netherlands
Amsterdam
Ethnomusicologist
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Jayarama lyer,T.K.
OEMI0930
470
1894
19-20
Kuttalam,near Kumbakonam,Tamli Nadu,
violinist
Violinist and a former conductor
Londhe,G.M.
0718
OEMI1209
608
1902
1944
1027
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai
Noted singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Abdul Latif
?
OEMI0013
5
1930
20
Barisal,Bangladesh
composer
Singer and composer
Surendranath Das
P00004
Allah Rakha Khan
0429
OEMI0090
4142
?
1919
2000
0203
20
Gurdaspur, Punjab
Mumbai
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
Abdul Hassan Qaisar
?
OEMI0010
3
?
17
?
?
Author of the work Margat-ul-Naghm(1676)
Bhurji Khan
0505
OEMI0371
184
1890
1949
0506
19-20
Jaipur area
Mumbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer and teacher
Jaipur-Atraauli
Alladiya Khan and Haidar Khan
khayaal
P02009
Masit Khan
?
OEMI1293
655
0.173
0.18
?
18
?
?
Innovator of the Mastikhaani gat
Sujan Khan
?
OEMI2051
10251026
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Agra
Bilas Baras Khan
?
OEMI0375
189
Pune
?
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of the Pune durbar
Pune durbar
dhrupad
P06664
Badal Khan
OEMI0232
95
0.1834
0.1937
No
19
?
Agra
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Paanipat gharaanaa
Paanipat
Dayar Khan
?
OEMI0540
262
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
Maharaja Takhat Singh
P00204
Mamman Khan
?
OEMI1255
633
0.1859
1940
0602
19-20
Delhi
Delhi
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player
Sangi Khan and Ghulam Hussain Khan
Sahabdad Khan
OEMI1842
911
1830
1880
19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
vocalist and sitar player
P00204
Maman Khan
OEMI2272
633
1945
20
Hissar, Haryana
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
folk music of Haryana
P00220
Shamim Ahmad Khan
OEMI1936
965
1938
20
Baroda
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
the Agra sharaanaa
maestro Ravi Shankar
Mohammad Amir Khan
OEMI1344
678679
1873
1934
19-20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Murad Ali
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Indrani Rahman
0919
OEMI0879
444
1930
1999
0207
20
Chennai
New York
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
Bharata Naatyam
Sinde Khan
OEMI1989
978979
1885
1950
0617
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Amir Khan
Niyamatullah Khan
OEMI1547
765766
0.1816
0.1902
19-20
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Sarod maestro, a pioneer
Purushottam Telang
OEMI1655
831832
1852
1920
19-20
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
0614
OEMI0915
461
1925
20
Puridistrict,Orissa
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
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.
Bal Gandharva
0626
OEMI0259
107109
1888
1967
0715
19
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Legendary singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mehboob Khan
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Jodh Singh
OEMI0950
483
19
?
?
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
his father Tikaram
Mir Taqi Mir
?
OEMI1312
662
1722
1810
?
18-19
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Reputed Urdu poet
Phatik Chandra Kalita Ojha
OEMI1620
809
Assam
1910
1973
20
Phithakhowa village, Darrang district, Assam
Phithakhowa
Noted singer of Maanasaa Ojaapaali of Assam
Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Sundarabai Jadhav
OEMI2069
1030
0.1886
1953
0603
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist, especially of light classical varieties
Thakurdas-bua, Ghulam Rasool Khan, and Gamman Khan
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0974
494
18
?
?
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
Muthuswami Dikshitar
0324
OEMI1415
705706
1775
1835
1021
18-19
Tiruvarur,near Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tirunelveli district,Thanjavur,TamilNadu
vocalist, composer
Youngest of the Karnatik music trinity of vocalist-composers.
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
?
OEMI1306
660
?
?
?
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Kalanidhi Narayanan
OEMI0983
500
1927
20
Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
Anjanibai Lolekar
OEMI0148
62
Mumbai
1928
20
Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
OEMI1568
780
Mumbai
1929
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
P00139
Chengannur Raman Pillai
?
OEMI0454
229
1884
1980
1128
19-20
Chengannur, Kerala
?
Well-known Kathakali actor
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
Rajendra Narayan Ray
OEMI1711
865
1854
1903
19-20
?
?
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
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
Govindaswami Pillai
OEMI0744
382
1878
1931
03??
19-20
Achyutamangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist
Well-known violinist
Panchapakesa Iyer, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagvatar
Nana-saheb Panse
OEMI1440
719720
1800
1885
19
near Wai, Satara district, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Eminent pakhaawaj player
Manyaba Kuditkar, Chande-bua, Martand-bua
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
?
OEMI2230
1143
1882
1947
?
19-20
Gujarat
?
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
OEMI1841
911
20
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
vocalist
vocalist
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
Kanji Bhota Barot
OEMI1019
515
1919
1990
0928
20
Tinbla,Amrelidistrict,Saurashtra,Gujarat
Chalala,Saurashtra
Exponent of Gujarati folklore and music
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
Ananda Shankar
1202
OEMI0130
56
1942
1999
0326
20
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
P00136
Birju Maharaj
0204
OEMI0391
194
Delhi
1937
20
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Lachhu Maharaj
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
Godavari
OEMI0704
370
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Kasim Ali
OEMI1036
524
1827
1905
19-20
Benares
Bhawal,Bangladesh
rabaab player
rabaab player
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Pran Nath
1103
OEMI1638
825
1919
1996
0613
20
Lahore [now in Pakistan]
Berkeley, USA
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Srikantha
?
OEMI2028
1008
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
Author
Vadiraja
OEMI2155
1107
15-16
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
author of dance-dramas and songs
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
1225
OEMI0949
482
1902
1945
1029
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
?
OEMI0368
183
0.1696
0.1778
?
17-18
?
?
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
Seni
his father Sadaarang
P00051
Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
0805
OEMI1131
578
1898
1970
19-20
Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
violinist
Karnatik violinist
Tirukodikaval Ramaswamy Iyer,Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
Karnatik
Govinda Marar （Shat-kala）
OEMI0739
380381
1798
0.1842
18-19
Ramamangalam, Muvattupuzha district, Kerala
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Early 19th-cent. Karnatik vocalist
Haripad Ramaswami Bhagvatar
Deba Prasad Das
?
OEMI0541
262
1932
1986
0716
20
Kantapada near Cuttack,Orissa
?
Well-known Odissi dancer,choreographer,and teacher
Mohan Mahapatra and Singari Shyam Sundar Kar
Parasu Sekh Ojha
OEMI1600
798
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
singer.dancer
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
?
OEMI0115
50
?
?
?
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
P00168
Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
OEMI1066
543
1920
1990
20
Imphal
?
Manipuri dance exponent
his father Khoidong Singh, Ojha Chaoba Singh, Khoidum Sharma, Tharongoubi Devi
Surendranath Mazumdar
OEMI2082
1036
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad

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