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
Sundaram Iyer （Umayalpuram）
OEMI2070
1030
20
?
?
Noted performer of ghatam （pot-drum）
Dattatraya Narayan Panchakshari
0512
OEMI0532
259
1912
1981
0821
20
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Harmonium player
his father,Narayan Panchakshari
Minakshi Shirodkar
?
OEMI1307
661662
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
OEMI1800
888
1906
19-20
?
Pune
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
V.N. Bhatkhande
P00245
Zia Fariduddin Dagar
OEMI2264
1160
1933
Rajasthan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Kesi, Narayanaswamy
OEMI1059
541
1919
20
Chennai
Noted flute player
T. Brinda
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
Achrekar,G.B.
?
OEMI0035
17
1885
1939
0603
19-20
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
Mumbai
musician
Musician and teacher
Augustus Willard
?
OEMI0204
88
?
?
?
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
Chandan Chaube
OEMI0431
215
1870
1955
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Vaishnava devotional music
Amba Shankar, Bauli-baba
Vaishnava devotional music
P00019
Chitta Babu
1013
OEMI0497
243
1936
20
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
veena player
Well-known veena player
Dhannabai
?
OEMI0566
283
?
?
?
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist,a pupil of the khayaal pioneer Sadaarang
Pannaabaai
khayaal
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Kaka Hathrasi
0918
OEMI0980
498
1906
1995
0918
20
?
Hathras
publisher
Veteran publisher, founder of the Sangeet Karyalaya in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Lalu Rababi
?
OEMI1193
601
?
?
?
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
Minapa
?
OEMI1311
662
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
P00096
Mukta,T.
?
OEMI1379
692
1914
20
Chennai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Nayana Pillai
Nilufar Yasmin
0213
OEMI1535
761
1948
20
Khulna, Bangkadesh
Singer, noted for Nazrul-geeti and some other forms of songs, presented on the Bangladesh radio, television, in films, and contests
P.C. Gomes and some other
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
Rajeshwari Devi
OEMI1712
865
Benares
0.188
1940
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Ranade, J.L.
0327
OEMI1787
885886
1905
1999
20
Ichalkaranji
?
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
Moroba Gondhali
Sahir Sable
OEMI1845
914
1923
20
Pasarani, Maharashtra
exponent of folk music and folk drama
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Somaraja Deva
OEMI2014
992
13
?
?
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
Tiwadi Tejkaran
OEMI2132
1085
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, of the durbar of the Jodhpur ruler Mahaaraaja Maan Singh （r.1803-43）, from 1830 till 1851.
William Jones
0920
OEMI2243
1147
1746
1794
?
18
England
Kolkata
Eminent scholar of Sanskrit, author, and jurist
Balakrishna Das
0202
OEMI0265
109110
1928
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and exponent of Oriyaa champu,chhand,janaanaa,Jayadeeva`s padas, and also music director for plays and films
Kalyana Bharati
?
OEMI0996
506
Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Raja Nawab Ali
OEMI1697
861
1935
20
?
?
patron,
scholar, patron, first president of the Marris(now Bhatkhande)
Kale Khan,Mohammad Ali Khan,Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
Sundarlal Vaidya
OEMI2072
1031
1840
19
Modoi village, Makhira district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet, singer, and performer of Raas-leelaa
Baburao Deshmukh
0712
OEMI0226
94
1899
1970
0710
19-20
Jalgaon region, Maharashtra
?
Benefactor and sponsor
Jhandilal Dwivedi
OEMI0936
475
1909
1992
0915
20
Palta,Chhatrapur district,Madhya Pradesh
Mridang player
Narayana Tirtha
OEMI1476
728
?
?
Playwright
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
P00188
Mylapore Gowri Amma
?
OEMI1422
707
0.1892
1971
06??
19-20
Chennai
Chennai
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
Basavaraj Rajjguru
0824
OEMI0310
128
1920
1991
0721
20
Elival, Kundgol region, Dharwad district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Ramzan Khan Rangile
OEMI1785
885
1800
18751900
19
Sikandarabad, Agra region, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sitaramayya （Todi）
OEMI1997
986
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of early 119th cent.
P05922
Bhimsen Joshi
0204
OEMI0361
177178
1922
20
Ron,Karnataka
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Dulichand （Seth）
OEMI0598
303
0.185
1920
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
dhrupad
Keshavrao Apte
OEMI1056
540
1862
1945
19-20
Ujjain
Indore
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Manhar Barve
1220
OEMI1263
639
1910
1972
0526
20
Mumbai
?
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Ganapatrao Barve
Nathmal Joshi
?
OEMI1512
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Roshan Jamil
0508
OEMI1819
902
1931
2002
0314
20-21
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dhaka
dancer-actress,teacher
Siyaram Tiwari
0121
OEMI2005
989
1921
20
Amta village, Darbhanga district, Bihar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
his maternal grandfather Vishnudeva Pathak
dhrupad
Venkatasubbayya
OEMI2191
1123
Mysore
1792
1838
18-19
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
P00030
Gajananrao Joshi
0630
OEMI0644
325
1911
1987
0628
20
Mumbai
?
violinist
Reputed violinist
P00075
Parvin Sultana
0525
OEMI1607
800
1950
20
Nauga prava,Assam
vocalist
vocalist
Chinmay Lahiri
Manohar-bua Joshi
?
OEMI1281
644
1888
?
19
Wadatha village,Maharashtra
Aundh region,Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted 19-cent. vocalist.
P00074
Jasraj(Pandit)
0120
OEMI0922
463
1930
20
Hissar,Haryana
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
Abdul Ghani Khan
?
OEMI0008
2
1938
?
19-20
Khajurgaon[present-day Rae Bareilly],Uttar Pradesh
Khajurgaon
sitar player
sitar player
Azami Khan Kalpiwale
Akil Ahmed Khan
?
OEMI0068
33
?
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher, of the Agra tradition
Agra
Phuljhuri Khan
OEMI1622
809
1920
1982
20
Bramhanbaria, Bangladesh
Dhaka
tabla, esraaj player
Tabla and esraaj player
his paternal encles Aftabuddin Khan （in tabla） and Ayet Ali Khan （in esraaj）
Bade Sabri Khan
OEMI0240
98
1962
20
?
Lahore
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Karim Khan
OEMI1029
519
1857
1919
19-20
Jaipur
?
sitar player
sitar Player
Sadiq Ali Khan
OEMI1835
909
1910
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
Raje Khan
Afaq Hussain Khan
0712
OEMI0041
22
1930
1990
0219
20
Lucknow
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
Lucknow
Abid Hussaion Khan and Wajad Hussain Khan
Shahadat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1924
963
1958
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Abid Hussain Khan and uncle Bahadur Hussain Khan
Chhote Khan
OEMI0468
237
1827
1912
19-20
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Kudau Singh
Kale Khan
OEMI0985
502
1942
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his elder brother Azim Bakhsh
Natthe Khan
?
OEMI1515
741
0.1745
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurjaa
Ujir Khan
OEMI2143
1101
Jaipur
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jaipur darbar of the 1860s, during the reign of Maharaja Ram Singh
Jaipur
Chhote Munne Khan
OEMI0470
237
Lucknow
1927
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Faiz Mohammad Khan
?
OEMI0619
316
Baroda
0.1835
0.1904
?
19-20
probably Agra
Baroda,Gujarat
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
Khwaja Ahmad Khan
OEMI1079
556
0.187
?
Tonk, Rajasthan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
family
Gulab Bai
OEMI0753
386
0.191
?
Mysore
Well-known singer of Jaipur
Haidar Bakhsh
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
Madurai Mani lyer
1025
OEMI1221
617618
1912
1968
0608
20
Madurai
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Karnatik music
Allah Dad Dhadhi
?
OEMI0088
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
Kalicharan Patnaik （Kavichandra）
OEMI0990
503504
20
?
?
Twentieth-century Odissi poet, playwright, and scholar
Challagali Krishnayyar
OEMI0424
213
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Abha Alam
1226
OEMI0023
8
1947
1976
1121
20
Madaripur,Faridpur district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Mithun Dey
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Azim Bakhsh
OEMI0214
90
1857
1908
19-20
probably Indore
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
his uncle Ramzan Khan
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jadunath Singh
OEMI0895
449
17
Author of Abhinaya Darpana Prakaas,a 17th-cent
Loknath Pal
0320
OEMI1208
608
1923
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Sadashiv Pal,and Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar and Khitish Maitra
Norjahan
OEMI1556
767
1928
2000
1223
20
Kassur village,near Lahore,Pakistan
Lahore
singer-actress
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
P00223
Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalwan
OEMI1973
974
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Nautankii artiste and writer-composer
Nautanki
Inayat Hussain Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0870
441442
1894
1938
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player ?
his father Imdad Khan, Allabande Khan, Daulat Khan, Alladiya Khan
Kandappa Nattuvanar
OEMI1016
515
1899
1941
02??
19-20
?
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Kannuswami Pillai, Nellaiyappa
Bhim Kant Deka
?
OEMI0360
174
1913
1971
?
20
Devananda village,Darrang district,Assam
?
Singer and dancer
Haidar Bakhsh （Chhaprauli）
OEMI0774
399
1930
19-20
?
Kolhapur
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
family and Bande Ali Khan
Haidar Bakhsh （Jaipur）
OEMI0775
399
Jaipur
0.1777
0.1833
18-19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of Jaipur
Dulhe Khan, Masit Khan
Ghulam Abbas Khan （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0675
360
19
?
?
For some time from 1828 he was attached to Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Sabha as a pakhaawaj player
Kamalakant Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1005
508
1770
1820
?
18-19
Burdwan district,Bengal
Burdwan district,Bengal
composer
Singer and composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Vasudevan （Neyyantinkara）
OEMI2173
1118
1940
20-
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Gulab Singh （Sant）
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
?
OEMI0060
29
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
1894
?
19
Mumbai
Mumbai
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
?
OEMI0108
48
Assam
?
20
?
?
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Gauri Shankar Mishra
OEMI0661
349
0.1865
1945
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Birai Misir

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