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
OEMI0621
Fani Bala
Singer-actress
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
317
OEMI0624
Fateh Ali
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Patiaalaa
318
OEMI0625
Fazal Hussain
sitar player
Eminent sitar player of the Seni lineage
0.1878
?
?
0.1949
?
?
Agra,Seni
Amir Khan
318319
P00146
OEMI0631
Fida Hussain
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
1899
?
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
319
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
?
?
332
P00147
OEMI0665
Gavari Devi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Rajasthani folk music
1921
Jodhpur
1990
?
her father Bansilal, Jamunabai
350
P00149
OEMI0668
Ghana Kant Bora
Sattriiya dancer and teacher
1950
Majuli, Assam
?
Maniram Dutta Muktiyar, Maniram Gayan Muktiyar, Kamal Chandra Bargayan, and Raseswar Saikiya Barbayan
354
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0700
Giriraja Kavi
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
?
?
367
OEMI0704
Godavari
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
?
?
370
OEMI0717
Gopal Nayak
musician
there are at least five medieval musicians of the same name, mentioned in different sources
?
?
373374
OEMI0718
Gopal Oriya
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
?
?
374
OEMI0719
Gopala Ata
A disciple of Maadhavadeva and innovator in the Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
1541
Khokhoragaon, near Gadgaon
1611
?
Maadhavadeva
374
P05290
OEMI0732
Gopinath
Kathakali artiste
Veteran Kathakali artiste
Kathakali
1908
?
?
1987
1009
?
377
OEMI0808
Hari Vallabh I
Author of Sangeet Darpan （c.1625-1643） in Hindi
?
?
411
OEMI0810
Harichandan
Author of the work
?
?
412
OEMI0836
Hirabai I
vocalist
Vocalist
0.1828
Lucknow region
?
431
OEMI0837
Hirabai II
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
?
?
Krishna Maharaj
431
OEMI0842
Hitaharivans
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
1506
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
1556
?
433
OEMI0844
Husnabai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Benares
?
1938
?
436
OEMI0851
Ibomcha Sharma
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Manipur
1897
0101
Imphal, Manipur
?
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
438
OEMI0854
Ilahi Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
?
?
Rangile
439
OEMI0859
Imam Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Jodhpu
?
?
439
OEMI0868
Inayat Hussain
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
?
?
441
OEMI0878
Indramohan Das
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
?
?
443444
P00158
OEMI0882
Ishitiaq Ahmad
Sarod player
1919
?
1967
?
Kalidas Pal
445
OEMI0973
Kader Bakhsh
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
0.188
?
1934
?
his father Axim Bakhsh
494
OEMI0995
Kalu-miya
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
506
OEMI1007
Kamalbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1025
Kantimati
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
?
?
517
OEMI1082
Kirtidhara
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
?
?
558
OEMI1146
La Meri
American danseuse
?
?
583
OEMI1147
Lachhiram
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
1867
Budasu,Rajasthan
1937
?
585
OEMI1179
Lalchand Boral
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1870
Kolkata
1907
?
592593
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1189
Lalji-bua
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
19
?
600
OEMI1206
Lochan Kavi
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
?
?
?
?
607
OEMI1211
Madanapala
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
?
?
?
?
611
OEMI1270
Maniram
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
1910
?
Hissar,Haryana
1985
0516
?
his father Motiram
640
OEMI1321
Meruswami
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
?
?
669
OEMI1353
Mohammad Pana
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
680
OEMI1358
Mohammad Usman
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,senior teacher
Barabanki district,Uttar Pradesh
?
Ashiq Ali Khan,Baba Nasir Khan
681682
OEMI1390
Munnibai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1428
Nabi Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
712
OEMI1431
Nagaridas
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1436
Najukjan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
?
?
717
OEMI1453
Nanja Raja
Author of Sangeeta Gangaadhara
?
?
723
OEMI1454
Nannu Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player
1892
Benares
1926
?
723
OEMI1456
Nanu Ram
Well-known performer and writer of Shekhaavati khyaals of Rajasthan
?
?
724
OEMI1464
Narayan Das
vocalist, dancer, tabla player
Vocalist, dancer and tabla player associated with a drama troupe
1870
Falaudi, Rajasthan
1934
?
Navalram and Balaprasad
726
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI1561
Omdajan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
772
OEMI1570
Paglibai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
781
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
OEMI1616
Pedda Dasari
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
807
OEMI1617
Pir Bakhsh
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
807
OEMI1646
Prem Singh
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
?
?
827
OEMI1681
Raghunath Rath
author
?
?
856
OEMI1705
Rajanikant Sen
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
1865
Bhangabari, Pabna district （now Bangladesh）
1910
?
864
OEMI1722
Ram Marathe
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and actor of Marathi plays
1924
1023
?
1989
1004
?
Mirashi-bua, Wamantao Sadolikar, Manhar Barve, Master Krishnarao, Jagannath-bua Purohit
868
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
OEMI1801
Ras Baras
author
?
?
888
OEMI1827
Ruparam
actor, writer
?
?
905
OEMI1843
Sahachari Sukh
composer
composer
?
?
911
OEMI1919
Shafikul Hassan
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
963
OEMI1949
Shanti Vardhan
Choreographer and dancer of Manipuri
1916
Comilla, Bangladesh
1954
0903
?
968
OEMI1987
Simha
Author of a late 16th-cent. Kannada work on dance, Laasya Ranjanaa
?
?
977
OEMI2000
Sivakkolundu Desikar （Kottaiyur）
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
987
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
991
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2034
Subashi
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
1010
OEMI2047
Sudhakalasa
Author
?
?
?
?
1021
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035
OEMI2137
Tulaja the First
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1095
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI2154
Vadammal
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
11061107
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI2156
Vadyanadha Iyer
singer
disc-record singer of south India
?
?
1107
OEMI2162
Vanasri Rao
kuuchipuudi danseuse
?
?
1112
OEMI2236
Wali Dakkani
Early Urdu poet
1668
?
?
1742
?
?
1144
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0202
Attor Krishna Prisharati
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
1876
?
Attur village,Kerala
1964
?
?
87
P00020
OEMI0499
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1898
0622
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
1975
1018
?
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
243
OEMI0949
Jnanendra Prasad Goswami
vocalist
vocalist
1902
1225
?
1945
1029
?
Loknath Goswami, radhika Prasad Goswami
482
OEMI1015
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
vocalist
Vocalist
1887
0725
?
1934
0502
?
515
OEMI1658
Purushottamadas Pakhawaji
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player of the Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Nathadwara
0.1907
Nathadwara
?
Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Goswami Govindlalji
832
OEMI1861
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
1495
?
1556
?
923
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0103
Amvadas-pant Agali
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1920
?
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
1972
?
?
his father Sakharam-pant Agale in the Panse tradition
47
OEMI0326
Bhadrachala Ramadas
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
0.162
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
0.168
?
145
OEMI0368
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
0.1696
?
?
0.1778
?
?
Seni
his father Sadaarang
183
OEMI0453
Chengalvaraya Sastri
composer
Well-known composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
1810
?
Marakanam area, Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu
1900
0228
?
229
OEMI0474
Chidambara Bhagavatar
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
?
?
238
OEMI0485
Chinnaswami Dikshitar
vocalist, veena player
Vocalist and veena player
1778
tamil Nadu
1823
?
240
OEMI0516
Dakshinamorti Pillai
Distinguished mridangam player
1876
?
?
1937
?
?
252
P01280
OEMI0735
Govind Narayan Natu
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
1905
0514
?
?
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
380
OEMI0772
Haibati Pusesavalikar
vocalist, composer
Laavani composer and Marathi keertan singer
Laavani,Marathi keertan
1794
?
1854
?
398
OEMI0904
Jagannath-bua Purohit
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1904
0312
Hyderabad
1968
1022
?
450
OEMI0976
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
composer
Composer （19rh cent.） and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
?
?
494
OEMI0989
Kali Prasanna Banerji
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
1842
Kolkata
1900
?
Kshetra Mohan, Jyotirindranath Tagore, his brother Sourindra Mohan Tagore
503