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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0433
Chandra Prabha
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
?
1925
?
Bhavnagar durbar,
217
OEMI0584
Dilawar Khan
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Bengal
?
?
1909
?
Delhi
Delhi
Murad Khan
295
OEMI1220
Madhusudan Kan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
Bengal
?
?
?
?
616
OEMI0123
Amrital Datta
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Bengal
1858
Kolkata
1912
Kolkata
52
OEMI0003
Abbasuddin Ahmed
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
Bengal
?
?
?
?
12
OEMI0942
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
Bengal
1877
Ranaghat,Bengal
1956
Kolkata
his father
480
OEMI2244
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
Surbahaar player
Bengal
1864
?
?
1930
?
?
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
1148
OEMI1767
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Bengal
1808
Vishnupur
1850
?
Vishnupur
within the family
880
OEMI0696
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher, a pioneer in revitalizing the khayaal in Bengal
khayaal
Bengal
1885
1218
Behramupur, Murshidabad region, Bengal
1948
0425
Kolkata
Radhika Prasad Goswami, Muzaffar Khan, Mohammad Ali Khan
366
OEMI1733
Ramachandra Chakravarti
pakhaawaj player
A pioneer of pakhaawaj in Bengal
Bengal
1803
Kolkata
1861
Kolkata
Lala Keval Kishan
871
OEMI0514
Dakshina Charan Sen
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Bengal
1860
?
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
1925
?
Kolkata
251252
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI2242
Wazirjan
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Beneres
?
?
?
?
1146
P00014
OEMI0398
Bismillah Khan
Shehnai wizard
Benares
1914
0521
dumraon, near Bhojpur, Bihar
2006
0821
Benares
Ali Bakhsh
195196
OEMI0242
Badi Motibai
vocalist
Acclaimed vocalist of Benares
Benares
0.1885
Darbhanga, Bihar
1977
0214
Benares
Siyaji Maharaj, Mithailalji, Maujuddin Khan
98
OEMI0924
Jatan Kathak
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Benares
464
OEMI0239
Bade Ramdas Mishra
vocalist
Reputes vocalist of Benares
Benares
1887
0123
?
1960
0111
?
his vocalist father Shiv Nandan, Shiv Sahai, Jaikaran Mishra
9798
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0374
Bikku Maharaj
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Benares
1863
?
?
1949
?
?
188
OEMI0844
Husnabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Benares
?
1938
?
436
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI0335
Bhairav sahai
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Benares
0.1839
?
0.191
?
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
151
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0858
Imam Badi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Benares
?
?
Shadi Khan
439
OEMI1712
Rajeshwari Devi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Benares
0.188
?
1940
?
865
OEMI1964
Shiv Kumar Bai
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Benares
?
?
972
OEMI0840
Hiradevi Mishra
vocalist,
Vocalist of light classical forms, specially of the Benares tradition
Benares
0.1926
?
1983
0107
Benares
Alla Khan, her husband Kamal Mishra
432
OEMI0294
Bande Hussain Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
khayaal
Baroda
1906
?
?
?
?
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
117
OEMI0913
Jamaluddin Khan
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Baroda
1858
most probably Jaipur
1928
Baroda
Amiruddin Khan
460
OEMI0619
Faiz Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda
0.1835
?
probably Agra
0.1904
?
Baroda,Gujarat
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
316
OEMI0634
Fida Hussain Khan(Vocal)
member of the Baroda durbar for nearly 20 years
Baroda
1883
?
Rampur
1948
?
Badayum,Uttar Pradesh
his father Haidar Khan
320
OEMI1814
Raza Hussain
vocalist, jaltarang player
vocalist and jaltarang player of the Baroda durbar.
Baroda
1891
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
Pyar Khan
897
OEMI0750
Gowri
Bharata Naatyam danseuse in 19th-cent. durbar of Baroda
Baroda
?
?
Kannuswaami Nattuvanaar
383
P06696
OEMI1388
Munne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of the early 1900s.
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI0210
Azad Rahman
composer
Singer and music composer
Bangladesh
1944
Burdwan, West Bengal
90
OEMI1893
Sastry, B.V.K.
Noted author and columnist
Bangalore
1916
Nanjangud, Mysore district, Karnataka
2003
0922
Bangalore
952
OEMI2258
Zahur Khan Kalavant
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 19th cent.
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
?
1158
OEMI1544
Nityanandadeva
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
Assamese
16051608
Assam
1650
Assam
his elder brother Ramadeva
764
OEMI1620
Phatik Chandra Kalita Ojha
Noted singer of Maanasaa Ojaapaali of Assam
Assam
1910
Phithakhowa village, Darrang district, Assam
1973
Phithakhowa
Thanuram Kalita Ojha
809
P00196
OEMI1635
Pradip Chaliha
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Assam
1919
Golaghat, Assam
824
OEMI0571
Dhaturam Sarma Oja
Noted singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Assam
0.1883
?
Athiyabari,Darrang district,Assam
1970
?
Athiyabari,Assam
Chandrakantadeva Sarma, Bhabiram Sarma, and Manoranjan Sastri.
285
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI2147
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Assam
?
?
1102
OEMI0589
Dipali Barthakur
Noted singer of modern Assamese songs
modern Assamese songs
Assam
1941
Nilmoni Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
By her uncle Bhaben Barthakur
298
OEMI0967
Jyotiprasad Agarwala
musician
Well-known Assamese musician and pioneer of the cinema and modern deama in Assam
he cinema and modern deama in Assam
Assam
1903
0617
Tamolbari Tea Estate, Dibrugarh district, Assam
1953
Tezpur
his father Paramananda Agarwala and uncle Gopal Chandra
490
OEMI1217
Madhavadeva
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Assam
1490
?
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
1597
?
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
613
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI0022
Abdulla Khan(Sarod)
musician
Durber musician of Darbhanga state,Bihar
arbhanga state,Bihar
0.1843
?
Shahjahanour,Uttar Pradesh
0.1926
?
Darbhanga,Bihar
7
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
OEMI0333
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
?
149
OEMI0956
Jon Higgins
vocalist
Well-known American voaclist of south Indian music and researcher
American
1939
0919
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1984
1207
Muddletown, USA
487488
P00102
OEMI2212
Vishnudass Shirali
musician
Veteran musician, remembered for his innovative orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
orchestral scores for ballets and documentaries
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
1907
0516
Hubli, Karnataka
1984
0226
Mumbai
maestro Vishnu Digambar Paluskar （vocal）
1135
P00213
OEMI1751
Ramasray Jha
scholar,vocalist
Noted scholar, university teacher, author, and vocalist
Allahabad
1928
0811
Khajura town, Darbhanga, Bihar
2009
0101
Kolkata
his father Sukhdev Jha, uncle Madhusudan Jha
875
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI1216
Madhava Swami
Pakhaawaj player
Allahabad
?
?
?
?
613
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI1919
Shafikul Hassan
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
963
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
OEMI0084
Allabande Khan
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Dagar lineage
?
0.1875
?
Shahjahanour,Uttar Pradesh
1925
?
Alwar, Rajasthan
39
P00004
OEMI0090
Allah Rakha Khan
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
?
1919
0429
Gurdaspur, Punjab
2000
0203
Mumbai
4142
OEMI0097
Amanat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
0.1928
?
probably Narsingarh, Madhya Pradesh
1968
0103
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
46
OEMI0054
Ahmad Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
?
?
?
?
?
27
P06115
OEMI0093
Altaf Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
?
0.1878
?
Khurja, near Delhi
1964
?
Delhi
Khurjaa
44
OEMI0058
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
tabla player
tabla maestro
?
0.1874
?
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
1976
0112
Lucknow
28
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI0088
Allah Dad Dhadhi
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0080
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
?
?
?
?
?
38
P00005
OEMI0092
Allauddin Khan (Maihar)
musician
Celebrated guru and all-round musician
?
0.1881
?
Shibpur, Tripura
1972
0906
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
4243
OEMI0096
Aman Ali Khan (Mumbai)
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and teacher of the Bhendi Bazaar gharaanaa
?
1888
?
Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh
1953
0211
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
4546
OEMI0083
Alla Rakhi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
?
?
?
?
?
39
OEMI0094
Altaf Mahmud
Singer and music director
?
1930
1220
Barisal, Bangladesh
1971
0830
Dhaka
4445
OEMI0098
Amara Ranatunga
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1939
0822
Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0079
Ali Mohammad Khan (Badku-miya)
sursingaar player
Well-known sursingaar player, descendant of Taansen
?
0.1824
?
Lucknow
0.1885
?
Benares
38
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
P06554
OEMI0012
Abdul Karim Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist,doyen of the Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1872
1111
Kirana village,Saharanpur district,Uttar Pradesh
1937
1027
Singaperumalcoil railway station,Tamil Nadu
Kiraanaa
Abdulla Khan and Nanhe Khan and Abdul Rahman Khan
3
P05932
OEMI0111
Amir Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of exceptional merit.
1912
04??
Akola,Maharashtra
1974
0213
Kolkata
Bhendi Bazaar
his father Shah Mir Khan(d.1937)
4950
P01173
OEMI0293
Bande Ali Khan
udra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
0.183
?
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
0.1896
?
Pune,Maharashtra
Seni
116117
P06664
OEMI0232
Badal Khan
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Paanipat gharaanaa
0.1834
?
0.1937
Agra
Paanipat
95
P00352
OEMI0247
Bahadur Khan
sarod player
Noted sarod player
?
1989
10??
Kolkata
101
P06562
OEMI0306
Barkat Ali Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Patiala, Punjab
1950
Lahore, Pakistan
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
123
P00645
OEMI0617
Faiyaz Khan
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
1881
0208
Agra
1950
1105
Baroda
Agra
315316
P06425
OEMI0767
Habibuddin Khan
tabla player
Reputed tabla player of the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
1899
Meerut
1972
0720
?
the Ajraadaa tabla gharaanaa
his father Shammu Khan, Munir Khan
396
P05786
OEMI0769
Hafiz Ali Khan
Sarod maestro of the lineage of Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
1888
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
1972
1228
Delhi
Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Nanhe Khan, uncle Murad Ali Khan,
397398
P01269
OEMI0219
Baba Nasir Ahmed Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1880
Hyderabad
1944
Delhi
his father Mohammad Siddiq Khan
92
P06740
OEMI0581
Dhyanesh Khan
Sarod player
1942
0506
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
1991
1011
Kolkata
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
293
P06081
OEMI0028
Abid Hussain Khan(Rudra Vina)
Noted scion of the Jaipur gharaanaa
1908
?
Jaipur
1979
1210
Indore
Jaipur
his father
14
P02120
OEMI0447
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
Kathakali artiste
1922
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
224
P02054
OEMI0122
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
1917
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
1998
0114
?
52
P06155
OEMI0171
Arjun Sejwal
Pakhaawaj player
1934
0425
?
1992
1029
Mumbai
Paanse
74
P01797
OEMI0173
Arun Kumar Sen
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
1928
0606
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
2001
1214
Mumbai
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
76
P02179
OEMI0756
Gulab-bai
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
1920
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
1996
0713
?
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
386387
P02464
OEMI0178
Asa Singh Mastana
Noted singer of Punjabi folk music
Punjabi folk music
1926
?
Lahore
1999
0523
Delhi
77
P06309
OEMI0285
Balwantrai Bhatt
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1921
?
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Omkarnath Thakur
115