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
Nissar Ali Khan （Seni）
OEMI1540
763
0.1814
0.188
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player,rabaab player
Sursingaar and rabaab exponent
his father, Zaffar Khan, his elder brother, Sadiq Ali
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
OEMI1641
826
1790
1858
18-19
?
?
patron,
Patron
P00078
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
0202
OEMI1687
857
1927
20
Alwar,Rajasthan
vocalist, teacher
teacher, singer
Ramaswami Dikshitar
OEMI1752
875
1735
0.1817
18-19
Virinjiouram near Kanchipuram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
composer,vocalist
Well-known composer and vocalist
his father Muthuswaami Diikshitar, Melattur Veerabhadrayya, Venkata Vaidyanatha Diikshitar
Sardarbai Karadgekar
OEMI1889
949
1914
20
Karadge, Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
OEMI1933
964
1885
19-20
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Noted pakhaawaj player
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
OEMI2216
1137
1888
1964
19-20
Hupri
?
vocalist
vocalist
Dattopant Jambhekar
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
1113
OEMI0280
113114
1896
1982
0927
19-20
Belgaum
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
?
OEMI1004
508
1903
1988
1029
20
?
?
Well-known promoter of the arts
Padmanabhan Nair(Kalamandalam)
OEMI1566
780
1925
20
Kuruvattur,Palakkad district,Kerala
Kathakali artiste,teacher
Ravunni Menon(Pattikkamthodi)
Kathakali
Aga Hashra Kashmiri
04??
OEMI0046
23
1879
1945
0428
19-20
Benares,Uttar Pradesh
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Urdu and Hindi playwright
P05952
Anant Manohar Joshi
0418
OEMI0135
5758
1881
1967
0912
19-20
Kinhai, near Pune, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Gwalior gharana
Gwalior
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Rahmat Khan
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
OEMI0332
149
1977
1217
20
?
?
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
Dehiram Sarma Oja
?
OEMI0546
264
0.1839
0.1919
?
19
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Dhirendranath Das
0804
OEMI0576
287
1904
1961
1125
20
Kolkata
?
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
P00147
Gangadhar Pradhan
OEMI0655
332
1948
20
Panikula village, Orissa
Odissi teacher and dancer
Mahadev Rout, Minati Mishra, D.N. Patnaik, Kelucharan Mohapatra
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
Kanaka Srinivasan
?
OEMI1012
513514
1947
20
Chennnai
Dancer and choreographer of Bharata Naatyam
Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
Kazi Nazrul Islam
0524
OEMI1041
532
1899
1976
0829
19-20
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesha
musician
poet-musician
Khagendranath Das
0908
OEMI1065
543
1916
20
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
Kundanlal Gangani
OEMI1135
579
1926
1984
0716
20
Sujangarh,Rajasthan
Jaipur,Rajasthan
Kathak dancer
Lakshmibai Jadhav
OEMI1164
590
1964
0311
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Kolhapur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Haidar Khan
Mahendra Deb Burman
OEMI1234
621
1917
1995
20
?
?
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
Omkarnath Thakur
0624
OEMI1560
771772
1897
1967
1229
19-20
Jahaj,Gujarat
?
vocalist
vocalist
Purushottam Dongre
OEMI1654
831
1853
1908
19-20
?
?
Author of Marathi plays
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Vasantrao Kulkarni
OEMI2170
1118
1917
1997
0303
20
Maharashtra
Mumbai
teacher
teacher
Gwaalior and Agra
Anant Manohar Joshi, Jagannath-bua Purohit, Khadim Hussain Khan
Appu Marar （Pallavor）
OEMI0165
71
1928
20
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
P00139
Chengannur Raman Pillai
?
OEMI0454
229
1884
1980
1128
19-20
Chengannur, Kerala
?
Well-known Kathakali actor
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Harendra Krishina Shil
OEMI0801
410411
1880
1940
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Karamatullah Khan(Sarod)
OEMI1027
518
1848
1933
19-20
Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Niyamatullah Khan
Kunju Nair (Vazhenkada)
0608
OEMI1138
580
1925
20
Vazhenkada village,Palakkad,Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Koppan Nair(Kariyattil),Govinda Pisharodi(Kalluvazhi),Ravunni Menon(Pattikamthodi)
Lalit Chandranath Ojha
0211
OEMI1182
594
1923
20
Sipajhar, Darrang district, Assam
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali and Deodhani dancer of Assam
his father and Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Musiri Subrahmania Ayyar
0409
OEMI1405
703
1899
1975
0325
19-20
Musiri, Tiruchi district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Karur Chinnaswami Iyer, Sabesa Iyer
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
0909
OEMI1505
733
1933
1994
0507
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
Pandharinath Nageshkar
0316
OEMI1584
792
1913
20
Nageshi,Goa
tabla player
tabla player,teacher
Yashwant(Valle-mama) Bandiwadekar
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Raja Ramchan Waghela
OEMI1698
861
16
?
?
patron,
ruler,royal patron
Rajendra Narayan Ray
OEMI1711
865
1854
1903
19-20
?
?
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
OEMI1742
873
1921
20
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
Sankaran Nambotirippad
OEMI1874
940
1955
20
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
?
Kathakali artiste and guru
Shamsuddin Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1938
965
1890
1968
19-20
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Munir Khan, and Abdul Karim Khan
Shital Chandra Mukherji
0507
OEMI1956
969
1880
1945
0914
19-20
Kirtibasa [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
Esraaj player
Abdullah Khan
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
0409
OEMI0574
287
1891
1963
?
19-20
Bengal
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1434
717
1857
1934
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
OEMI1929
964
0.1803
19
?
?
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
Atmaram Pathare
1010
OEMI0201
86
1868
1931
0905
19-20
Thane district,Maharashtra
?
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
Bhaktabatsala Patra
0919
OEMI0340
155
1930
20
Ganjam, Orissa
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
Byachanna Narasingham
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0502
244
19
?
?
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
Dadasaheb Asarkar
1215
OEMI0512
249
1895
1965
0515
19-20
Amravati, North Maharashtra
?
Flute player and flute manufacturer
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
P00025
Domada Chittiabbayi
0801
OEMI0592
300
1933
20
Andhra
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
Durgeswar Nath Oja
0307
OEMI0603
305306
1927
1994
0305
20
Pakadali, Darrang district, Assam
Pakadali, Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
his family, and Cheniram Nath, Ghotaram, and Haliram Sarma
Gauri Shankar Mishra
OEMI0661
349
0.1865
1945
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Birai Misir
Girish Chandra Ghosh
02??
OEMI0702
367
1842
1912
19-20
Kolkata
?
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
Govind Ballal Deval
1113
OEMI0734
380
1855
1916
06??
19-20
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
?
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
Govindaswami Pillai
OEMI0744
382
1878
1931
03??
19-20
Achyutamangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist
Well-known violinist
Panchapakesa Iyer, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagvatar
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Hari Nagabhoshanam
1224
OEMI0804
411
1884
1959
0907
19-20
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
?
violinist
Well-known violinist
Jagannath Kaviraya
OEMI0901
450
1560
1660
16-17
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
OEMI0946
481
1911
1997
0218
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
P00045
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
OEMI1028
519
1917
1977
1202
20
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
Masidullah Khan
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
P00177
Lakshmi Viswanathan
OEMI1163
590
1944
20
Chennai
Bharata Naatyam dancer
Kanchipuram Ellappa Pillai
Madavor Vasudevan Nair
?
OEMI1213
611
1929
20
Kerala
Kathakali artiste and teacher
Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai,Kurichi Panicker,and Chengannur Raman Pillai
Mallika Sarabhai
?
OEMI1253
631
1953
20
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Noted danseuse
Masit Khan(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1294
655656
1925
1992
?
20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
Shamman Khan
Maula Bakhsh(Vocal)
?
OEMI1304
659660
1823
1896
?
19
?
Baroda
Reputed dhrupad singer
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
?
OEMI1375
691
?
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
Munir Khaton Begum
0202
OEMI1385
694
1934
20
Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Kiraanaa
Habib Khan
Nana-saheb Panse
OEMI1440
719720
1800
1885
19
near Wai, Satara district, Maharashtra
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Eminent pakhaawaj player
Manyaba Kuditkar, Chande-bua, Martand-bua
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Narayan Paithankar
OEMI1467
726
1871
1938
19-20
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Parur Sundaram Iyer
OEMI1604
799800
1891
1974
19-20
Kerala
Chennai
violinist
violinist with pioneering achievements
P00195
Pithukuli Murugadas
OEMI1627
812
1920
20
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Singer of south Indian bhajans
Brahmananda Paradesi
P00199
Raghunath Prasanna
OEMI1680
856
1913
20
Benares
shehnai player
Gauri Shankar,Dauji Mishra
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
OEMI1782
884
?
?
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1799
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Bhai Gopal Singh
P00217
Sanjukta Panigrahi
0824
OEMI1870
937
1944
1997
0624
20
Behampur, Orissa
Orissa
Odissi danseuse
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1890
950
1965
06??
20
?
?
singer
Sawai Pratap Singh
OEMI1902
958
?
?
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
Chand Khan
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
OEMI1926
963964
1900
1992
06??
20
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
?
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Tarabai Shirodkar
?
OEMI2105
1065
1889
1949
0706
Shiroda,Goa
?
Noted khyaal singer
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
P00109
Thakur Jaidev Singh
0919
OEMI2118
1071
1893
1986
0527
19-20
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
?
OEMI2230
1143
1882
1947
?
19-20
Gujarat
?
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
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
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0292
116
0.1839
1896
?
19
Ranaghat,Bengal
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
OEMI0349
163
20
?
?
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
Ganpatrao Pandit
Bishnu Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0394
195
1804
1900
19
Kaetpura, near Ranaghat, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Aadi Brahmo Samaaj
Hasmukh Khan, Dilavar Khan, Miya Miran, Rahim Khan
dhrupad

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