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
OEMI0445
Charles Dias Amaratunga
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
1876
?
1944
?
223
OEMI0506
Chunnilal Hathraswale
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
245
OEMI0639
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
violinist
Noted violinist
1890
?
Allahabad
1949
1226
?
323
OEMI0849
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
patron,musician
Patron and musician
?
?
437
OEMI1022
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
?
?
516
OEMI1302
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
659
OEMI1339
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
vocalist
vocalist
Sikandarabad,near Agra
1890
?
Imam Bakhsh Hande
677
OEMI1406
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
?
?
703
OEMI1416
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
Dance guru of Chennai
?
?
706
OEMI1641
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
patron,
Patron
1790
?
1858
?
826
OEMI1933
Shambhu Prasad Tiwari
Noted pakhaawaj player
1885
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
his eminent father Ayodhya Prasad
964
OEMI2184
Venkata Kavi Othukadu
composer
Composer
1700
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
1765
?
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
1121
OEMI2216
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
vocalist
vocalist
1888
Hupri
1964
?
Dattopant Jambhekar
1137
OEMI0280
Balkrishna-bua Kapileshwari
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kiraanaa gharaanaa
1896
1113
Belgaum
1982
0927
?
Kiraanaa
Karim Khan
113114
OEMI0761
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
392
OEMI1004
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Well-known promoter of the arts
1903
?
?
1988
1029
?
508
OEMI2244
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
Surbahaar player
Bengal
1864
?
?
1930
?
?
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
1148
OEMI0239
Bade Ramdas Mishra
vocalist
Reputes vocalist of Benares
Benares
1887
0123
?
1960
0111
?
his vocalist father Shiv Nandan, Shiv Sahai, Jaikaran Mishra
9798
OEMI0332
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
?
1977
1217
?
149
OEMI0576
Dhirendranath Das
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
1904
0804
Kolkata
1961
1125
?
287
OEMI0755
Gulab Singh （Sant）
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
?
?
386
OEMI0847
Hussain Khan Babbar
sitar player
Noted sitar player
0.1795
?
0.187
?
his cousin Rahimsen
436
OEMI1234
Mahendra Deb Burman
poet,singer,left oriented journalist
1917
?
1995
?
621
OEMI1560
Omkarnath Thakur
vocalist
vocalist
1897
0624
Jahaj,Gujarat
1967
1229
?
771772
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI2004
Sivendra Nath Basu
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Benares
1878
?
1941
?
989
OEMI0307
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
123
P00139
OEMI0454
Chengannur Raman Pillai
Well-known Kathakali actor
1884
?
Chengannur, Kerala
1980
1128
?
Kesava Panikkar, Kunju Krishna Panikkar
229
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI0688
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
?
?
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
362363
OEMI1395
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI1585
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1840
?
?
792
OEMI1649
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Tripura
1914
?
1973
?
828
OEMI1698
Raja Ramchan Waghela
patron,
ruler,royal patron
?
?
861
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865
OEMI1874
Sankaran Nambotirippad
Kathakali artiste and guru
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
1955
?
940
OEMI1937
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Mumbai
19
?
1920
?
his father Amir Khan
965
OEMI0574
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist
1891
0409
Bengal
1963
?
?
287
OEMI1451
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
?
?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
723
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
OEMI0082
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Mysore
1823
?
?
1874
?
?
39
OEMI0108
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Assam
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI0201
Atmaram Pathare
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
1868
1010
Thane district,Maharashtra
1931
0905
?
86
OEMI0373
Bidaram Krishnappa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Mysore
1866
?
Mysore
1931
?
?
Bhendi Bazaar
184185
OEMI0379
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
musician
Musician and author.
1909
1226
Kolkata
1980
0705
?
Sahaswaan
191
OEMI0451
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
227
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0502
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
?
?
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
244
OEMI0512
Dadasaheb Asarkar
Flute player and flute manufacturer
1895
1215
Amravati, North Maharashtra
1965
0515
?
249
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI0734
Govind Ballal Deval
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
1855
1113
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
1916
06??
?
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
380
OEMI0744
Govindaswami Pillai
violinist
Well-known violinist
1878
Achyutamangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1931
03??
?
Panchapakesa Iyer, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagvatar
382
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI0804
Hari Nagabhoshanam
violinist
Well-known violinist
1884
1224
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
1959
0907
?
411
OEMI0901
Jagannath Kaviraya
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
1560
?
1660
?
450
OEMI1097
Krishna Chandra Ray
patron,
Music lover and patron
0.171
?
0.1783
?
569
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
OEMI1465
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
726
OEMI1467
Narayan Paithankar
Author of Marathi musical plays
1871
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
1938
?
726
OEMI1767
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Bengal
1808
Vishnupur
1850
?
Vishnupur
within the family
880
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI1799
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
tabla player
tabla player
?
?
Bhai Gopal Singh
888
OEMI1890
Sarjan Singh (Bhai)
singer
?
1965
06??
?
950
OEMI1902
Sawai Pratap Singh
patron,
Patron, Scholar, and Maharaja of Jaipur who reigned during 1779-1804
?
?
Chand Khan
958
OEMI1926
Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar
Eminent exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
1900
Netrakona, Mymensing district, Bangladesh
1992
06??
?
963964
OEMI2105
Tarabai Shirodkar
Noted khyaal singer
1889
?
Shiroda,Goa
1949
0706
?
Agra
Ramkrishnabua Vaze,Bhasker-bua Bakhle,and Natthan Khan of Agra
1065
P00109
OEMI2118
Thakur Jaidev Singh
musicologist
Noted musicologist
1893
0919
Shoratgarh,Uttar Pradesh
1986
0527
?
1071
OEMI2230
Wadilal Shivram Nayak
vocalist
Scholar,vocalist,and music director of the Gujarati stage
1882
?
Gujarat
1947
?
?
Nazir Khan and V.N.Bhatkhande
1143
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
P02305
OEMI0170
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
1890
0519
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
1967
0123
?
Poochi Iyengae
7374
OEMI0038
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
?
?
?
?
21
OEMI0292
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
0.1839
?
Ranaghat,Bengal
1896
?
?
116
OEMI0349
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
?
?
Ganpatrao Pandit
163
OEMI1340
Mohammad Ali Khan(Benares)
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
?
1860
?
his father
677
OEMI1342
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
originator
1825
Jaipur
1905
?
Mohammad Ali
677
OEMI1391
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
695
OEMI1394
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
0.1915
?
?
696
OEMI1841
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
vocalist
vocalist
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
911
OEMI1975
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
1871
?
1934
?
974
OEMI2257
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
1158
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI0609
Edwin Samaradivakara
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
1916
0622
Katna, Sri Lanka
1959
1008
?
309
P00027
OEMI0615
Emani Sankara Sastri
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
1922
0923
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
1987
1223
?
311
OEMI0628
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi
1692
?
?
1776
?
?
Delhi durbar
319
OEMI1026
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
Author of the Urdu work
?
1865
?
518
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
OEMI1303
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
1878
?
?
?
?
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
659
P04026
OEMI1577
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
1882
1018
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
1962
?
784
OEMI1652
Purushottam Damodar
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
831
OEMI1776
Ramprasanna Banerji
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
1871
07??
Vishnupur, Bengal
1930
?
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
882
OEMI0030
Abraham Panditar
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
1859
0802
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
1919
0831
?
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
15
OEMI0032
Acheria
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
16
OEMI0033
Achhan Maharaj
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
0.1888
?
Lucknow
1946
?
?
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
17
OEMI0034
Achpal-miya
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
0.178
?
Delhi
0.1854
?
?
Delhi Qavvaal
17
OEMI0089
Allah Jilaibai
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
?
?
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1998
0903
?
41
OEMI0102
Amarnath Mishra
Mridang player
Benares
1914
?
?
1980
1130
?
Mannuji of Benares
47
OEMI0105
Ambaram
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
48