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
Ambika Charan Guha
?
OEMI0107
48
?
19
?
?
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
Appukkutti Nattuvan
OEMI0166
7172
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri （1762-1827）of the Karnnatik trinity
Adil Shah Sur
?
OEMI0040
22
1524
1557
?
16
?
?
musician
Afghan nobleman,reputedly a musician as well
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Asgarijan
?
OEMI0185
81
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s and an early singer for disc-records.
Agra
Atulprasad Sen
?
OEMI0203
87
1871
1934
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
composer
Composer
Badi Maina
OEMI0241
98
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Benares durbar
Benares
Gokuldas Dhanji
OEMI0710
371
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent., based in Mumbai
Hussain Ali Khan
OEMI0845
436
1850
19
Madhya Pradesh
?
sarod player
Noted sarod player of the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mohammad
Ilahijan
OEMI0855
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Kiwal Kishan
OEMI1061
542
18
?
?
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
Khurshaidjan
OEMI1075
555
Kanpur
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Madhusudan Kan
?
OEMI1220
616
Bengal
?
19
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
P01205
Munawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI1382
693
1933
1989
1013
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Barkat Ali Khan
Shah Latif
OEMI1921
963
1689
1752
17-18
Sind, Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
Fida Hussain Khan(Sitar)
?
OEMI0633
320
0.1875
0.1927
?
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Son of Gwalior sitar veteran,Amir Khan.
Amir Khan
Gokulchandra Srichandan
OEMI0709
371
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mir Mehbob Ali Khan
OEMI1323
671
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of the arts
Dilawar Ali Khan
?
OEMI0583
295
Rewa
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
Agra
khayaal
Fazue Lal Pandit
?
OEMI0627
319
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Jagannath Kumhar
OEMI0902
450
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
his father
folk
Nilakantha Sivan
OEMI1530
756757
1839
1900
0728
19
Nagorcoil area, now in Tamil Nadu, then part of the Travancore princely state of Kerala
?
composer
Well-known composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Nimai Harichandan
0709
OEMI1536
761762
1901
1983
0720
20
Kendrapada, Cuttack district, Orissa
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Khan Khanan Bairam Khan
OEMI1068
546547
?
?
singer,patron,
Afghan nobleman of Delhi who was very fond of music and patronized a singer called Raamdaas
Sundarabai of Surat
OEMI2066
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
Allah Dad Dhadhi
?
OEMI0088
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the 17th cent.
P00129
Baidyanath Sharma
0823
OEMI0254
104105
1921
1990
20
Nagardini, Ganjam district, Orissa
?
Noted performer of daas kaathiaa, a form of Oriya folk music
Krishna Chandra Sahu
Bholanath Bhatt
?
OEMI0364
179180
1894
1970
?
19-20
Darbhanga,Bihar
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
His family
Purushottam Telang
OEMI1655
831832
1852
1920
19-20
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
?
OEMI0080
38
?
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
Sadiq Ali Khan (Seni)
OEMI1837
909
1805
1970
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,rabaab player
exponent of the rudra veena and rabaab
Zaffar Khan, Pyar Khan, Basat Khan
Adibhatla Narayana Dasa
?
OEMI0039
21
1864
1945
?
19-20
?
?
Well-known Harikathaa performer and teacher
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
?
OEMI1393
696
?
19
?
?
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
Khadim Hussain Khan （Sarangi）
OEMI1063
542543
1959
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Kalicharan Patnaik （Kavichandra）
OEMI0990
503504
20
?
?
Twentieth-century Odissi poet, playwright, and scholar
Ajoy Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0063
2930
?
20
?
?
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
Poluri Govinda Kavi
OEMI1629
813
?
?
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
Atmanatha Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0200
86
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent)
Challagali Krishnayyar
OEMI0424
213
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Haidar Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0773
398399
1846
1901
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,sursingaar player
Sursingaar and rudra veena player
Amir Khan, Bahadur Hussain Khan
Haidar Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Imdad Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
Sundarabai of Charkhari
OEMI2068
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist of khayaal in the 20th-century
khayaal
Zakiruddin Khan Dagar
OEMI2261
1159
1927
?-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Daagar tradition
within family
Hussain Bakhsh （Kishangarh）
OEMI0846
436
?
?
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
P00003
Abhinava Gupta
?
OEMI0026
11
?
?
?
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
Aghawan
?
OEMI0049
23
Unav,near Lucknow
?
19
?
?
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Alain Danielou
1004
OEMI0070
34
France
1907
1994
0127
20
Paris
?
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Indian heritage
Ali Bakhsh I
?
OEMI0074
37
Hyderabad
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Alla Rakhi
?
OEMI0083
39
?
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allah Bandi
?
OEMI0087
41
Rajasthan
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Allahdi
?
OEMI0091
42
Delhi
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
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.
Ambayiram
?
OEMI0106
48
?
19
?
?
violinist
Violinist of Karnatik music (19th cent.)
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P02054
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
OEMI0122
52
1917
1998
0114
No
20
Irinjalakuda,Thrissur district,Kerala
?
Celebrated performer if Koodiyaattam,a theatrical art firm staged in Kerala temples.
Annu Akhtar
OEMI0156
66
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
P06142
Arvind Parikh
?
OEMI0177
77
Mumbai
1927
?
20
?
?
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Athar Nafis
?
OEMI0199
85
1932
1980
1121
20
?
?
Pakistani poet
Azim Bakhsh
OEMI0214
90
1857
1908
19-20
probably Indore
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
his uncle Ramzan Khan
Babaji Rane
OEMI0220
92
1874
1913
1122
19-20
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
?
Playwright and singer-actor of Marathi drama
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
OEMI0249
102
0.1765
18
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Eminent exponent
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
Bal Gandharva
0626
OEMI0259
107109
1888
1967
0715
19
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Legendary singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Mehboob Khan
Bauli Bakhsh
OEMI0315
130
?
?
Eminent performer of the Delhi rabla haraanaa
Delhi rabla gharaanaa
his father Bade Kale Khan
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Bindu Bala
OEMI0386
193
?
?
Singer-actress of the Bengali stage sometime during 1900-10
Biru Mishra
OEMI0392
194
Nepal durbar
188696
0.1935
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
Reputed tabla and pakhaawaj player
Vishwanath Prasad, Madan Mohan Mishra
Brhaspati,K.C.
?
OEMI0407
201
1918
1979
?
20
Rampur
?
musicologist
Noted musicologist
Mirza Nawab Hussain and Ayodhya Prasad
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
Chikka Lakshminaranappa
OEMI0476
238
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer
Devendranath Changkatti
?
OEMI0556
275
1890
?
19-20
Guwahati,Assam
?
vocalist
Vocalist
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
Gopala Pillai, K.N.
?
OEMI0722
374
1902
1990
0828
20
Kerala
?
composer
Noted composer and writer
Lakshmi Narayana Iyer
P02179
Gulab-bai
OEMI0756
386387
1920
1996
0713
No
20
Balpurva, Farukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known nautanki performer in the Kanpur tradition
Trimohanlal, Mohammad Khan-saheb
Haidarijan
OEMI0777
399400
?
?
Noted thumrii and soz singer of Lucknow
Jodh Singh
OEMI0950
483
19
?
?
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
his father Tikaram
Kalahasti Ayya
OEMI0981
500
?
?
veena player
Eminent veena exponent of the durbar of King TulajaII of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Kannuswami Rao
OEMI1023
517
1855
1936
19-20
?
?
Performer of svarabat, a small harp
P00117
Kartik Ram
OEMI1030
523
1910
1980
20
Rajasthan
?
Kathak dancer
Shivnarayan,Jaylalji Maharaj,Achan Maharaj,Shival,Mohanlal
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer
Kitijan
OEMI1043
537
?
?
vocalist
ghazal singer
ghazal
Kutub Bakhsh
OEMI1144
582
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Lal Kavi
OEMI1170
591
?
?
Author of a few raagamaalaa verses, in Hindi
Lal Khan Sani
OEMI1173
591
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
Lal Rababi （Bhai）
OEMI1174
591
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
Mahmuda Jan
OEMI1241
622
?
?
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
Mohammad Jan
OEMI1350
680
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Fida Hussain
Mukunda Das
?
OEMI1381
692693
1878
1934
?
19-20
Barisal [now in Bangladesh]
?
composer
Poplar composer
Nabani Das
?
OEMI1426
711
1964
?
20
?
?
Singer of baaul
Nanu-bhaiya Telang
OEMI1457
724
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Gwaalior gharaanaa?
Bala-saheb Guruji
Nasibjan
?
OEMI1500
732
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist disc-record singer of the early 20th cent
Naval Sakhi
?
OEMI1518
749750
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
Performer of devotional dances
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
Padma Nath
OEMI1563
780
Kolkata
20
?
?
instrumentalist
Rama Bharati （Panchanada）
OEMI1729
870
?
?
Poet in the durbar of Maharaja Sahaajji II （r.1684-1712） of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Saraswatibai
OEMI1887
948
1850
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sakharam

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