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
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0197
84
0.183
0.1907
?
19
Lucknow
Bhawal,Bengal
tabla player
table player
Farukhaabaad
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
?
OEMI0037
19
0.1692
0.1776
?
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
Sadaarang
P00137
Bishan Dass Sharma
OEMI0393
195
Delhi
1929
20
Lahore
Maker of musical instruments
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
0302
OEMI1140
580
1935
2008
0908
20-21
Kunnakudi,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Ramaswamy Sastri
Ahmad Faraz
1212
OEMI0052
27
Peshawar,Pakistan, and London
1931
20
Noushera,Pakistan
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Amrital Datta
OEMI0123
52
Bengal
1858
1912
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
P00130
Durga Lal
?
OEMI0261
304
1948
1990
0131
20
Mahendragadh, Rajasthan
Delhi
Noted Kathak dancer
his father Omkar Lai, and Sunder Prasad, and Devi Lal
Duliya Rana
OEMI0599
303
0.1855
0.1935
19
?
Jaipur
writer, performer
Writer and performer of Shekhaawati khyaals of Rajasthan
Kalahasti Ayya
OEMI0981
500
?
?
veena player
Eminent veena exponent of the durbar of King TulajaII of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Mohammad Jan
OEMI1350
680
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Fida Hussain
Phul Mohammad
12??
OEMI1621
809
1926
20
Baharampur, Murshidabad district, Bangladesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Kader Baksh, Ram Govind Pathak, Mehdi Hussain Khan （of Rampur）, Girija Shankar Chakravarti
Sunil Santa
0414
OEMI2075
10311032
1915
1981
0411
20
Sri Lanka
?
musician
Musician, best remembered for his efforts to create a music tradition intrinsic to Sri Lanka
Kedamangalam Sadanandan
OEMI1042
533
1924
2008
0413
20-21
Paravur,Ernakulam district,Kerala
Paravur
performer of Kathaa prasangam
Mysore Karigiri Rao
?
OEMI1423
709
1853
1927
?
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Radheshyam Kathavachak
1225
OEMI1672
843
1890
19
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
Mrinalini Sarabhai
0507
OEMI1370
689
1928
20
Chennai
dancer,choreographer
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
P00237
Ramankutty Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1747
874
1925
20
Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Ravunni Menon
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
Kundanlal Gangani
OEMI1135
579
1926
1984
0716
20
Sujangarh,Rajasthan
Jaipur,Rajasthan
Kathak dancer
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
OEMI1742
873
1921
20
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
Bhaktabatsala Patra
0919
OEMI0340
155
1930
20
Ganjam, Orissa
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
Byachanna Narasingham
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
?
OEMI2254
1157
0.174
?
18
Atrauli
?
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
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
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
P00033
Gopal Krishna
OEMI0715
372
Delhi
Noted vichitra veena player
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
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
Khadilkar, K.P.
1123
OEMI1062
542
1872
1948
0826
19-20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Saigal, K.L.
0411
OEMI1847
914915
1904
1947
0118
20
Nawashehr, Jammu
Jullundar, Punjab
singer, actor
Subashi
?
OEMI2034
1010
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
0725
OEMI1015
515
1887
1934
0502
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Chengalvaraya Sastri
?
OEMI0453
229
1810
1900
0228
19
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Kushaba Nana Bhide
OEMI1142
581
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0997
506
1846
1888
?
19
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
Eminent veena player
his father Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Dhabakoti Ammal
?
OEMI0563
281
Tamil Nadu
1920
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Raghunath Dutta
0201
OEMI1678
856
1933
20
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
?
OEMI0277
112
?
19
?
?
Author of 19th-cent
Khapru-mama Parvatkar
OEMI1071
547
1880
1953
0903
19-20
Parvat village, Goa
Parvat village
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Raghuvir-mama
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
1015
OEMI2134
1088
1923
Imphal, Manipur
Performer of Manipuri dance
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
Bade Munne （Tabla）
OEMI0238
97
0.1845
0.1905
19
?
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
Gulab Khan （Seni）
OEMI0754
386
0.17
0.1768
18
Delhi
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
his father Hassan Khan Seni
dhrupad
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Ramanathan, M.D.
0520
OEMI1744
873
1923
1984
0427
20
Manjapara, Palakkad, Kerala
Chennai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Devesa Bhagavatar and Tiger Varadachariar
Tanibai Ghorpade
?
OEMI2103
1058
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
1875
1931
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer of Kolhapur,Maharashtra
her mother Krishna Kolhapurkarin and Alladiya Khan
khayaal
Ganapati-bua Bhilavadikar
OEMI0649
328329
0.1861
1927
0823
19-20
Vathar village, near Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Sangli, Maharashtra
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist, reputed teacher, and an early musical guide of V.N. Bhatkhande
Vasudev-bua Joshi
Varahappa Dikshit Pandit
OEMI2166
1114
1795
1869
18-19
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
patron, veena player, pianist
patron, veena player, pianist
Dharmayya Ramaswamayya
Damodarlal Kabra
0317
OEMI0522
253
1926
1979
0804
20
Kuchaman[Marwad],Rajasthan
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Sarod player
Ali Akbar Khan(of Maihar)
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
P00069
Narayanrao Vyas
0404
OEMI1494
731
1902
1984
0401
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Yashwantrao Kerkar
0221
OEMI2248
1153
1914
1989
1217
20
Keri town, Goa
Mumbai
tabla player
Veteran tabla player.
Gopinath Mangeshkar, Balle-mama, and Habibuddin Khan
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
0304
OEMI1991
982
1908
1975
0316
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,teacher
Veteran Odissi vocalist and teacher
Gadi Jagannath Pratihari, Kalpatara Nayak, Mana Govinda Mohanty, Chintamani Mishra, and Harihhara Rayguri
Feroze Khan(Patiala)
?
OEMI0629
319
0.1881
1971
0826
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Patiaalaa gharaanaa
Patiaalaa
Natthe Khan
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
OEMI2203
1128
18
18-19
?
?
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
P00325
Antonio de Figueiredo
OEMI0158
67
1981
1105
No
20
Loutolim, Salcete, Goa
?
Noted exponent of Western classical music
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
OEMI1492
731
1980
0613
20
?
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
Someswara Bhagavatar
OEMI2016
993
1891
1943
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Bangalore
Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar
P00132
Balasubramaniyam,G.N.
01??
OEMI0271
111112
1910
1965
0501
20
?
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Narayanaswamy, K.S.
0927
OEMI1486
729
1914
1999
1209
20
Koduvayur, near Palakkad, Kerala
?
veena player
Veteran veena player of the Thavancore style
Thavancore style
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Rukminibai Tampuratti
OEMI1826
905
1800
1838
19
?
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
0827
OEMI0523
254
1908
1972
0626
20
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
P00165
Kanak Rele
?
OEMI1011
513
1937
20
Mumbai
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
Makulloluwa,W.B.
0217
OEMI1245
623
1922
1984
0908
20
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
?
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Paluskar,D.V.
0518
OEMI1579
785786
1921
1955
1025
20
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
vocalist
Vishnu Digambar and Chintamanrao Paluskar.
Putturaj Gawai
OEMI1662
834
1914
20
Dharwar district,Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Panchakshari Gawai
Raman, C.V.
1107
OEMI1741
872873
1888
1970
1121
19-20
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
Nobel prize winner in physics （1930）
P00085
Rasolanbai
OEMI1806
892
1902
1974
1215
20
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
singer
Sankaradeva
OEMI1871
939940
1449
1568
15-16
Alipukhuri Bardowa of the present Nagaon district, Assam
Bhela Kakatkuta [near Madhupur] in the old state of Cooch-Behar, now part of Bengal
Great Vaishnava saint of Assam who laid the foundations of the Sattriiya school of devotional music and dance.
Kusumabara
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P00095
Suchitra Mitra
?
OEMI2044
1013
1924
20
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet

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