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
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
Ram Marathe
1023
OEMI1722
868
1924
1989
1004
20
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
P00222
Sharada Sinha
OEMI1950
968
1953
20
Hulas, Bihar
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
Sunil Kothari
1220
OEMI2074
1031
Kolkata
1933
20
Mumbai
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Wali Dakkani
?
OEMI2236
1144
1668
1742
?
17-18
?
?
Early Urdu poet
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
OEMI1861
923
1495
1556
15-16
?
?
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
Gulubhai Jasdanwala
1216
OEMI0757
387
1906
1980
0608
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, patron
Vocalist and patron
Manji Khan, Alladiya Khan
Pallikurike Somanatha
OEMI1578
785
Telugu
13
?
?
author
Telugu author
Surendranath Bandopadhyay
1117
OEMI2081
1036
1886
1972
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa
the Vishnupur gharaanaa
his reputed father, Anantlal, eldest brother Ram Prasanna Bandopadhyay
Kalipada Pathak
OEMI0991
505
0.189
19-20
Howrah, Kolkata
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
Raya Ramananda
OEMI1813
897
1467
1525
15-16
?
?
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
Chaluvaraya Swamy, M.
OEMI0425
213
1908
1988
20
Mysore
?
veena player, author
Veena player, and author
Chikka Subba Rao, M. Venkatesa Iyengar
Muthuswami Pillai,V.S.
OEMI1417
706
1921
1992
20
Vaitheeswaran Koil,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam exponent
VazhdvoorvManicka Nattuvanar,Muthukumara Pillai
Haidar Khan （Jaipur-Atrauli）
OEMI0780
400
1936
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Competent vocalist and teacher of the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
the Jaipur-Atraauli gharaanaa
his paternal uncle Jahangir Khan, Rajasthan, and his famous brother Alladiya Khan
Bulakilal Yadav
?
OEMI0413
204
0.1923
2000
0408
20
?
Allahabad
tabla player
Tabla player
Lalji Shrivastav
Kashinath Panda
OEMI1035
524
1929
20
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
?
OEMI1526
755
1920
?
19-20
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
Sant Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1875
942
1966
1116
20
?
singer
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI2232
11431144
Indore
?
19
Agra
Indore
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Bande Ali Khan
Lalit Mohan Mukhopadhya
OEMI1184
595
1898
1944
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Talented dhrupad singer
his father Mahindra Nath
dhrupad
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Ekambara Mudaliyar
OEMI0610
309
?
?
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
P00210
Rajiv Taranath
1017
OEMI1710
865
1932
20
Bangalore, Karnataka
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
OEMI0336
153
20
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
Shankarrao Pandit
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
OEMI1702
863
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1784
885
?
?
vocalist
tappaa singer
Imam Badi
tappaa
P00184
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
?
OEMI1274
643
1922
20
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
0425
OEMI0358
169
1875
1919
0717
19-20
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
Krishnarao Ashtewale
OEMI1110
572
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
19
?
?
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Raghumatharao
Pyar Khan (Seni;sursingar)
OEMI1664
834835
1782
1849
18-19
presumably Lucknow
Lucknow
sursingaar player
Generally considered to be the co-innovator of the sursingaar along with his brother Zaffar Khan.
Chhajju Khan
Vasanthakumari, M.L.
0603
OEMI2168
11161117
1928
1990
1031
20
Chennai
Chennai
vocalist
vocalist
Ayyaswami Ayyar, Madras Lalithangi, G.N.Balasubramaniam, Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer, Vasanthakumari
Gopala Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI0720
374
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the durbar of Maharajas Amara Simha and Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
P00090
Sharatchandra Arolkar
1202
OEMI1953
968
1912
1994
0604
20
Karachi
Mumbai
vocalist
Senior vocalist of the Gwaalior tradition
Gwaalior
Laxmanrao Bodas, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Eknath Pandit, Krishnarao Mulay
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
?
OEMI0535
260
1905
1987
1103
20
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
?
reputed player of pakhaawaj
Pakhaawaj
P01069
Antsher Lobo
0305
OEMI0159
6768
1905
1986
0616
No
20
Calangute, Goa
Mumbai
Well-known exponent of comparative music and musicology
A. Scrinzi, O. Savini, Alladiya Khan
Baldevji
?
OEMI0274
112
Raja Vikram Singhji of Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Nineteenth-century dhrupad singer
his uncle Ram Gulamji,and Bade Mohammad Khan and Nabi Khan
dhrupad
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
0421
OEMI0406
201
1874
1957
10??
19-20
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
?
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
Chikkaramappa （Begada）
OEMI0479
239
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore during the reign of KrishnarajaWodeyar III
Venkatasubbayya
P00142
Datar,D.K.
1014
OEMI0530
259
1932
20
based in Mumbai
violinist
Noted violinist
Fredilis,M.
?
OEMI0637
321322
?
?
?
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Imam Badi
OEMI0858
439
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Shadi Khan
P00041
Jyotsna Bhole
0511
OEMI0969
491
Mumbai
1914
2001
0804
20-21
Bandod, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and singer-actress of the Marathi stage of the 1930s and 1940s
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Lakshmideva
OEMI1165
590591
1780
1858
18-19
Bardowa, Assam
Bali Sattra
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
his father , Bhadradeva
P00062
Manik Varma
05??
OEMI1267
640
1926
1996
1110
20
Pune,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Benares and Punjabi style
Jagannath-bua Purohit,Bholanath Bhatt,and Azmat Hussain Khan
P01175
Mohammad Rafi
1224
OEMI1354
680681
1924
1980
0830
20
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
Mumbai
singer of Hindi films
Nayak Baiju
?
OEMI1520
751
0.1465
0.154
?
15
Champaner village,North Gujarat
?
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
Patnaik, D.N.
0201
OEMI1610
805
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
20
?
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Ragini Devi
OEMI1686
857
1896
19-20
Michigan,USA
?
American danseuse
Ramdas Kamat
0218
OEMI1763
878
1931
20
Goa
Well-known Marathi stage actor and singer
his father Dharma （Shantaram） Kamat
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Sarmad
OEMI1891
950
1657
17
?
Delhi
poet
Mystic poet
Simha Bhopala
OEMI1988
977
c.14-15
?
?
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
Sushila Mishra
OEMI2090
1039
0.192
1998
0808
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Author and connoisseur of both Karnatik and Hindustani music
Vishnu Mahajani
11??
OEMI2209
1134
1851
1923
02??
19-20
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Poet and playwright
Govindarajan （Sirkazhi）
OEMI0742
381
1933
1988
0323
20
Seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, teacher, and singer-actor in Tamil films
Swaminatha Pillai
Tamil films
Giriraja Brahmam
OEMI0699
367
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
Narayanaswamy, K. （Umayalpuram）
0504
OEMI1485
729
1929
20
Umayalpuram, Tamil Nadu
Ghatam player
his father Kothandarama Iyer
Shyamamani Devi
OEMI1979
975
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
Shori-miya （Ghulam Nabi）
OEMI1968
973
0.174
1803
18-19
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
Mirza Mahmod Ali
OEMI1330
672
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
Wazir Khan(Hapur)
?
OEMI2240
1145
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist
his father Nizam Khan
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Satyanarayana, R.
OEMI1897
953
1927
20
Mysore city, Karnataka
Reputed author and scholar of music and dance
his mother Varalakshmi
Makhanji Pakhawaji
OEMI1244
623
1876
1951
19-20
Mathura Uttar Pradesh
Mathura
pakhaawaj player
Madan Mohan,Gangaram,Bhawani Shankar
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Akshay Chowdhury
?
OEMI0069
34
?
?
?
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
P00103
Deodhar,B.R.
0911
OEMI0549
266267
1901
1990
0310
20
Miraj,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and eminent teacher
Paluskar
Gundo-bua Ingle
OEMI0759
389
Maharashtra
0.1876
0.1925
19-20
Aundh
Sangi, Maharashtra
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Aundh, a small princely state in Maharashtra
Gwalior gharaanaa,durbar of Aundh
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar
John Menezes
OEMI0955
487
1906
20
Sao Mathias, Divar Island, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western music
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
Muktaram Barua
03??
OEMI1380
692
1932
20
Rainakuchi village, Darrang district,Assam
Singer and Deodhani dancer
his father Kalaram
Ramchandra, C.
0112
OEMI1755
876877
1918
1982
0105
20
Puntambe Chitli, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Mumbai
composer
Well-known composer of mainly Hindi film music
Shankarro Sapre
Hindi film music
Sheikh Munna
OEMI1962
971
Lucknow
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Tasadduk Hussain
?
OEMI2112
1068
1879
1946
?
19-20
Agra,Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Kallan Khan
Bhachu Bhandare
OEMI0325
145
1878
1909
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
Noted harmonium player
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
Lakshmandas Seth
OEMI1161
589
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
patron,
Patron of the arts
Bhaskar-bua Joshi
1231
OEMI0348
163
1914
20
Karanj, Pune district, Maharastra
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Shivram-bua Vaze, Dinkar Pathak, Haribhau Ghangrekar
Bose,R.N.
?
OEMI0403
198
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Shambhu （Master）
OEMI1931
964
20
?
?
Singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays of the 1900s
P06554
Abdul Karim Khan
1111
OEMI0012
3
1872
1937
1027
No
19-20
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
Abban Khan
?
OEMI0002
1
1922
19-20
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
Saharanpur
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Behnam Khan Dagar(c.1800-1887)
Dhrupad
Bade Agha Khan
OEMI0233
96
1892
0.1944
19-20
Baghdad
Lucknow
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
P06099
Yunus Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2249
1155
1938
1991
0926
20
?
Delhi
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Agra
his famous father,Vilayat Hussain Khan
Hasir Khan
OEMI0820
418
18
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
Rahim Khan
OEMI1688
857
?
?
sitar player,rudra veena player
rudra veena and sitar player
Amritsen
Abdulla Khan(Delhi)
?
OEMI0021
7
Delhi
?
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
P00156
Inder Lal Dhandra
OEMI0875
443
1930
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
his father Bihari Lal
Bullah Shah
?
OEMI0414
204
1680
1752
?
17-18
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Jamaluddin Khan
OEMI0913
460
Baroda
1858
1928
19-20
most probably Jaipur
Baroda
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Amiruddin Khan
Munduru Khan
?
OEMI1383
693694
0.181
0.1884
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sarod player
Shaukat Ali Khan
OEMI1954
969
1911
20
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
P00113
Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan
0321
OEMI0073
37
Kolkata
1939
20
?
shehnai player
Noted shehnai player
P01269
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
OEMI0219
92
1880
1944
No
20
Hyderabad
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
Ishtiyaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0884
445
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Sahaswaan tradition
his father Mustaq Hussain Khan

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