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
Krishna Rao, U.S.
OEMI1101
570
?
?
Noted Bharata Naatyam exponent
Prafulla Kumar Deo
1023
OEMI1636
824
1925
20
Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for his knowledge of jhumar songs and Chhaau dance
Shyam Sundar Dhir
OEMI1978
975
1897
1988
0116
19-20
Gadamadhupur, Cuttack, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Jagabandhu Dhir, Hanuman Prasad Jaipurwale and Ram Prasad
Zinnat Barkatullah
1003
OEMI2266
1160
1951
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Noted danseuse
include Gauhar Jamil, G.A. Mannan, Dulal Talukdar, Rahija Khanam Jhunu, and Baburam Singh
Munnibai(mid-19th cent.)
?
OEMI1392
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Haripada Chowdhari
OEMI0815
415
1911
1989
0114
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player and teacher
maestro Pannalal Ghosh
Mallikarjun Mansur
1231
OEMI1254
631632
1910
1992
0912
20
Mansur village,near Dharwar,Karnataka
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Sarat Chandra Sarma
OEMI1888
948949
1913
20
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
singer
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
Narayan Chandra Goswami
OEMI1463
726
1942
20
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Krishnarao Chonkar
1225
OEMI1111
572
1908
1996
0912
20
?
Mumbai
Singer-actor
Mohanrao Palekar,Gulubhai Jasdanwala
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
OEMI1961
971
Cuttack, Orissa
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
0725
OEMI1907
960961
1908
2003
0131
20-21
Tirukodikaval, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist who preserved the south Indian classicism of the masters of the mid-20th cent
his brother Narayanaswami Iyer
Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, A.M.
OEMI0486
240
20
?
?
A pioneer in modern compilation of musical compositions
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
Venkatagiriyappa
0426
OEMI2188
1122
Mysore
1887
1951
19-20
Heggadedevana Kote village, near Mysore
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the Mysore durbar
his maternal grandmother Dodda Subbarao, maternal uncle Chikka Subbarao
Dwijendralal Roy
OEMI0608
307
1863
1913
0517
19-20
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
Kolkata
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
Nongthon Singh,N.
0215
OEMI1552
766
1935
20
Imphal,Manipur
tabla player
performer of tabla and other drums
Kavasji Jamshedji
OEMI1039
532
?
?
Singer-actor
Jacome Gonsalvez
OEMI0888
447
1676
1742
17-18
Pioneer of Sinhala Christian music in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Aziz Khan
?
OEMI0005
2
Dharampur
1940
?
20
?
Mumbai
musician
Durbar musician of Dharampur
Ahmed Ali Khan
?
OEMI0057
2728
0.1875
1920
?
19-20
Rampur
Rampur
Distinguished sarod player
P00176
Kutub Ali Khan
OEMI1143
582
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Azmatullah Khan
OEMI0216
91
19
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
Agra region
vocalist
Vocalist of the mid-19th cent.
his father Rahmatullah Khan
Kalbe Ali Khan
OEMI0984
502
0.1836
0.1887
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Rampur state
Ras Rag Khan
OEMI1802
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Imdad Hussain Khan
OEMI0863
439440
0.1848
1920
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Indore
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Sahabdad Hussain Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
Chhote Kale Khan
OEMI0467
237
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
Joravar Khan
OEMI0957
488
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
Natthan Khan
?
OEMI1513
741
0.184
0.1907
?
19
Agra
Mysore
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Agra
his uncle Ghulam Abbas Khan
Tanras Khan
?
OEMI2104
10591060
0.1814
0.1885
?
19
Dasna,near Delhi
Hyderabad
Khyaal stalwart
Bashir Ahmad Khan
OEMI0312
129
1903
20
Agra
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal grandfather Kallan Khan
Buniyad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0416
205
Rampur
0.1835
1918
?
19-20
Bareilly
Rampur
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur durbar
Arun Bhattacharya
02??
OEMI0172
76
Kolkata
1925
1985
0509
20
Faridpur district,now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
University teacher,scholar,and author
Gokuldas Dhanji
OEMI0710
371
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent., based in Mumbai
Patwardhan
OEMI1615
806
1868
0.1916
19
Miraj, Maharashtra
Miraj
Pakhaawaj player and teacher
Khurshed Ali Khan
OEMI1076
555
1852
1950
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Lucknow gharaanaa
the Lucknow gharaanaa
Dharmapuram Swaminathan
?
OEMI0567
284
1923
20
Veerakkam,Tamil Nadu
Singer (Oduvar) of traditional Tamil hymns
Khadim Hussain Khan （Sarangi）
OEMI1063
542543
1959
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0200
86
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
Nasir Faiyazuddin Khan Dagar
?
OEMI1503
733
1934
1989
0207
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Khan
dhrupad
Amarendra Nath Dutt
?
OEMI0101
47
1876
1916
0106
19-20
Kolkata
?
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
P00092
Azambai Pisal
OEMI0212
90
1905
1986
0728
20
Maharashtra
Koolhapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bhurji Khan, Govindrao Saligram, Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
OEMI0476
238
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
Jadunandan Das
OEMI0893
448
Well-known keertan singer and teacher of Bengal
Layanuram Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1200
606
1840
1933
?
19-20
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
Nirmal Shah
OEMI1538
762
0.176
0.183
18
Lucknow
Benares
rudra veena player
Eminent performer of the rudra veena
his father Jeevan Shah
Saraswatibai
OEMI1887
948
1850
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sakharam
Zahur Khan Kalavant
OEMI2258
1158
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
19
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 19th cent.
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
?
OEMI0571
285
Assam
0.1883
1970
?
19-20
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
Athiyabari,Assam
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.

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