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
Bose,R.N.
?
OEMI0403
198
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali songs
Chaggan(Master)
?
OEMI0419
208
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Debo
?
OEMI0543
262
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
P00231
Suleman Juma Jumani
OEMI2060
1029
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
20
Kutch
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
folk music
Fazal Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0626
319
Lahore
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore of the early 1900s
Mukhtar Begum
?
OEMI1378
692
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Fattu Khan
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
?
OEMI0056
27
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Alimulla Khan
?
OEMI0081
39
Lucknow
?
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Ahmad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0053
27
Lucknow
1887
1963
1123
19-20
Thakurganj, Lucknou
Lucknow
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and teacher at Bhatkhande College of Music
dhrupad
Sulaiman
OEMI2059
1029
Lucknow
?
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
Rajab Ali Khan
khayaal
Chhote Munne Khan
OEMI0470
237
Lucknow
1927
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
?
OEMI1395
696
Lucknow
?
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Azam Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0211
90
Lucknow
19
Kalpi
?
udra veena player,sitar player
Performer of the rudra veena and sitar of mid-19th cent. Lucknow
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Sayyed Mir Ali
OEMI1905
959
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
Talim Hussain
?
OEMI2102
1055
Lucknow
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of 1900s
Sheikh Munna
OEMI1962
971
Lucknow
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the 1900s
Mannabai
?
OEMI1277
643
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Surujbai Khande
OEMI2086
10381039
Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Contemporary singer of folk songs of Madhya Pradesh. Particulary bharthari, dholaa maaru, chandaini, alha, and Raam kissaa songs
Family, Jawaharlal Baghel and Pritam Pahadi
folk songs of Madhya Pradesh
Antu-bua Apte
OEMI0160
68
Maharashtra
0.182
0.191
19
Ramdurg, Karnataka
?
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
khayaal
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
Siddheshwar Sen
OEMI1984
976
Malwa, Rajasthan
20
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Radha Kishan Guru
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
P02135
Amubi Singh （Maisnam）
1121
OEMI0125
53
Manipur
1881
1972
0629
No
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
Well-known Manipuri dance guru
Oja Jhulonmacha Singh
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
Khangembam Gulapi Singh
0822
OEMI1070
547
Manipur
1919
1980
1022
20
Imphal, Manipur
Imphal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of Manipuri nata sankeertana music
Kulachandra Sharma, Chungkham Thambalngou, Oja Natum Singh
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Surchand Sharma, G.
0210
OEMI2078
10341035
Manipur
1915
20
Imphal
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Meghasyam
?
OEMI1316
666
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
1966
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Pan Khan
OEMI1581
788
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
18
?
?
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Nazir Khan(Mathura)
?
OEMI1525
755
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
1890
?
19
?
Hyderabad
sitar player
Sitar player
Amir Bakhsh(Gaundpuri) of Jaipur
Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale
OEMI1156
588
Matunga Mumbai
1915
1977
12??
20
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
OEMI2178
1120
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
18
?
?
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
P00126
Ashraf Khan
?
OEMI0194
83
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre of Mumbai
P06002
Sultan Khan
OEMI2062
1029
Mumbai
1941
20
Sikar, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
P00345
Azmat Hussain Khan
0305
OEMI0215
9091
Mumbai
1911
1975
0726
No
20
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Altaf Hussain Khan
Vilayat Hussain Khan
OEMI2204
11281129
Mumbai
1895
1962
0524
19-20
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Ghulam Abbas and Tasadduk Hussain
P00120
Anil Biswas
0714
OEMI0144
61
Mumbai
1914
2003
0531
20-21
Barisal
Delhi
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Gokuldas Dhanji
OEMI0710
371
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent., based in Mumbai
P06142
Arvind Parikh
?
OEMI0177
77
Mumbai
1927
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Comi Wadia
0806
OEMI0509
248
Mumbai
1933
20
Mumbai
pianist, singer,conductor
Veteran pianist, singer, and conductor of the Paranjoti Chorus, of Mumbai, Maharashtra
P00081
Ram Narayan
1225
OEMI1724
869
Mumbai
1927
20
Udaipur
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player
his father Nathuji Biawat, Uday Lal
Ali Hussain Khan (Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI0078
38
Mumbai
185055
0.193
?
19
Lucknow
?
Veteran of the Sahaswan gharaanaa
Sahaswan
Anjanibai Lolekar
OEMI0148
62
Mumbai
1928
20
Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
OEMI1568
780
Mumbai
1929
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
Vijay Raghava Rao
1103
OEMI2202
1127
Mumbai
1925
20-
Chennai
Well-known flute exponent and music director
Chokkalingam Pillai （music and dance）
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
OEMI1937
965
Mumbai
19
1920
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
his father Amir Khan
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
0810
OEMI0085
3941
Mumbai
1855
1946
0316
19-20
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
Madanlal Vyas
?
OEMI1212
611
Mumbai
1922
20
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
P00094
Shivkumar Sharma
0113
OEMI1966
972973
Mumbai
1938
20
Jammu
Eminent santoor player
Kashmir Valley
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
OEMI0327
145
Mumbai
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
OEMI2206
1130
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Kale Khan （Kasurwale; Patiala）
OEMI0986
502503
Mumbai
0.187
0.1915
19-20
Patiala, Punjab
Kanpur
vocalist
Emiinent vocalist
his uncle Ustaad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Tarabai Welingkar
?
OEMI2106
1065
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
Khayaal,thumrii
Minakshi Shirodkar
?
OEMI1307
661662
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actress of Marathi films and the stage
P00038
Hariprasad Chaurasia
0701
OEMI0816
415
Mumbai
1938
20
Allahabad
Eminent present-day maestro of the flute
Bholanath Prasanna, Annapurna Deviee
Shrimatibai Narvekar
1121
OEMI1974
974
Mumbai
1903
1988
1223
20
Ankola, Karwar district, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Banavali, Mohammad Hussain Khan and his famous brother Vilayat Hussain Khan
Mahalingam Pillai,T.K.
?
OEMI1228
619
Mumbai
1917
2002
1206
20-21
?
?
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Kuppayya Pillai and A.T.Govindaraja Pillai
P00007
Annapurna Devi
OEMI0151
6465
Mumbai
1927
20
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
P00024
Dinkar Kaikini
1002
OEMI0588
298
Mumbai
1927
2010
0123
20-21
Mumbai
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Well-knownn vocalist and teacher
Kerekatti Nageshrao, Omkarnath Thakur, S.N. Ratanjankar
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
Nirmala Devi
OEMI1539
762
Mumbai
1996
0615
20
Benares
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
P00076
Prabha Atre
0913
OEMI1631
821
Mumbai
1932
20
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Kiraanaa
Sitara Devi
OEMI1995
986
Mumbai
1920
20
Kolkata
Well-known Kathak danseuse
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
P06255
Suresh Talwalkar
0720
OEMI2084
1036
Mumbai
1948
20
?
tabla player
Noted performer of tabla
Pandharinath Nageshkar
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
1017
OEMI0347
162163
Mumbai
1869
1922
0408
19-20
Kathor, near Baroda
Pune
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
Deshpande,P.L.
1108
OEMI0550
269270
Mumbai
1919
2000
0612
20
?
Pune,Maharashtra
author
Veteran Marathi author
P00048
Kishori Amonkar
0410
OEMI1084
559
Mumbai
1931
20
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Shobha Gurtu
OEMI1967
973
Mumbai
1927
2004
0927
20-21
Belgaum, Karnataka
Mumbai
vocalist,
Vocalist, well known especially for thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal, and such other forms
Menakabai Shirodkar, Gamman Khan, Nattan Khan
thumrii, daadraa, hoori, ghazal
Harmasji Ardeshir
OEMI0819
416
Mumbai
?
?
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
Manohar Chimote
03??
OEMI1278
643
Mumbai
1929
20
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Well-known harmonium player
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
Munnan Khan(Murshidabad)
?
OEMI1386
694
Murshidabad (now in Bangladesh)
?
19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player(second half, 19th cent.)
Bade Rajab Ali 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）
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
OEMI0137
58
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
?
OEMI0082
39
Mysore
1823
1874
?
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
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
Bidaram Krishnappa
?
OEMI0373
184185
Mysore
1866
1931
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Bhendi Bazaar
Chikka Rama Rao
OEMI0477
238239
Mysore
1890
1945
19-20
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Bellari M. Venkatesachar
OEMI0322
135
Mysore
1933
20
Bellari, Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mundaragi Raghavendrachar, his elder brother Narasimha
Savyasachi Iyengar
OEMI1900
957
Mysore
?
?
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
P00026
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
OEMI0595
300
Mysore
1920
20
Mysore
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
Belakavadi Srinivasa lyengar
OEMI0320
135
Mysore
1888
1936
19-20
Sivagiripuram, near Siva Ganga, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Mysore durbar
his uncle and Krishna Bhagavatar

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