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
Charles Dias Amaratunga
OEMI0445
223
1876
1944
19-20
?
?
Sri Lankan protagonist of the arts
Chunnilal Hathraswale
OEMI0506
245
?
?
Noted nautanki artiste of Dariyapur, near Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
dance by Kalkadin and Bindadin, music by Natharam of Hathras
Gagan Chandra Chatterji
?
OEMI0639
323
1890
1949
1226
19-20
Allahabad
?
violinist
Noted violinist
Hussain Sharqi （Sultan）
OEMI0849
437
?
?
patron,musician
Patron and musician
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Mussammat Lajjat Bakhsh
OEMI1406
703
?
?
Thumrii and ghazal singer of Farukhabad
thumrii
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Pratap Chandra Mehtab
OEMI1641
826
1790
1858
18-19
?
?
patron,
Patron
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
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
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
?
OEMI2244
1148
Bengal
1864
1930
?
19-20
?
?
Surbahaar player
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
Bade Ramdas Mishra
0123
OEMI0239
9798
Benares
1887
1960
0111
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputes vocalist of Benares
his vocalist father Shiv Nandan, Shiv Sahai, Jaikaran Mishra
Bhagwatibhai Bhatt
OEMI0332
149
1977
1217
20
?
?
Singer and teacher of haveli songs of the Pushti Maargi Vaishnava sect
Dhirendranath Das
0804
OEMI0576
287
1904
1961
1125
20
Kolkata
?
Noted singer-actor and music director of the Bengal stage
Gulab Singh （Sant）
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
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
Purushottama Mishra
OEMI1657
832
Orissa
?
?
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Sivendra Nath Basu
OEMI2004
989
Benares
1878
1941
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
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 （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Murad Ali Khan(Lucknow)
?
OEMI1395
696
Lucknow
?
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th-cent.
Pandoba Yavateshwarkar
OEMI1585
792
1840
19
?
?
vocalist, producer
vocalist,pioneer producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
OEMI1649
828
Tripura
1914
1973
20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
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
Sankaran Nambotirippad
OEMI1874
940
1955
20
Ambalapuzha town, Alapuzha district, Kerala
?
Kathakali artiste and guru
Shamsuddin Khan （Sitar）
OEMI1937
965
Mumbai
19
1920
19-20
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
his father Amir Khan
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
0409
OEMI0574
287
1891
1963
?
19-20
Bengal
?
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
Aliya Lingaraja Urs
?
OEMI0082
39
Mysore
1823
1874
?
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Mysore
Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhuri
?
OEMI0108
48
Assam
?
20
?
?
composer
Twentieth-century composer of Assam
Atmaram Pathare
1010
OEMI0201
86
1868
1931
0905
19-20
Thane district,Maharashtra
?
Poet and author of Maharathi musical plays.
Bidaram Krishnappa
?
OEMI0373
184185
Mysore
1866
1931
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Bhendi Bazaar
Bimalakant Roy Choudhuri
1226
OEMI0379
191
1909
1980
0705
20
Kolkata
?
musician
Musician and author.
Sahaswaan
'Chaukam' Sinu Ayyar
OEMI0451
227
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, during the reigns of Sarabhoji II and Sivaji.
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
OEMI0489
241
Manali near Chennai
?
?
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
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
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
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
OEMI1129
578
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
?
OEMI1375
691
?
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
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
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
OEMI1767
880
Bengal
1808
1850
19
Vishnupur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Vishnupur
within the family
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
OEMI1782
884
?
?
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
Ranjit Singh (Bhai)
OEMI1799
888
?
?
tabla player
tabla player
Bhai Gopal Singh
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
P02305
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
0519
OEMI0170
7374
1890
1967
0123
No
19-20
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Poochi Iyengae
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
Mohammad Ali Khan(Benares)
OEMI1340
677
1860
19
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
his father
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
OEMI1342
677
1825
1905
19-20
Jaipur
?
originator
Mohammad Ali
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
?
OEMI1391
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
?
OEMI1394
696
0.1915
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
OEMI1841
911
20
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
vocalist
vocalist
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
Shripad Krishna Kolhatkar
OEMI1975
974
1871
1934
19-20
?
?
Well-known Marathi playwright who also composed music for his plays
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
OEMI2257
1158
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
Dejendranath Bagchi
?
OEMI0547
264
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Edwin Samaradivakara
0622
OEMI0609
309
1916
1959
1008
20
Katna, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Sri Lankan instrumentalist and composer
P00027
Emani Sankara Sastri
0923
OEMI0615
311
1922
1987
1223
20
Draksharamam,Andhra Pradesh
?
veena player,composer
Well-known veena player and composer in Karnatik style
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Krishnadasa Badajana
OEMI1104
571
16
?
?
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
Maula Bakhsh(Tabla)
?
OEMI1303
659
1878
?
19-20
?
?
Rahim Bakhsh`s child
Lucknow
Mohammad Hussain Khan
P00192
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
1018
OEMI1577
784
1882
1962
19-20
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
Purushottam Damodar
OEMI1652
831
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramprasanna Banerji
07??
OEMI1776
882
1871
1930
19-20
Vishnupur, Bengal
?
vocalist, surbahaar player
vocalist, surbahaar player
Anantlal Bandopadhyaya
Abraham Panditar
0802
OEMI0030
15
1859
1919
0831
19-20
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
Acheria
?
OEMI0032
16
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer and actress of the early 20th cent
Achhan Maharaj
?
OEMI0033
17
0.1888
1946
?
19-20
Lucknow
?
Legendary Kathak dancer of Lucknow
Kalkadin Prasad and Bindadin Prasad
Achpal-miya
?
OEMI0034
17
0.178
0.1854
?
18-19
Delhi
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Delhi Qavvaal
Allah Jilaibai
?
OEMI0089
41
?
1998
0903
20
Bikaner, Rajasthan
?
Singer of Rajasthani folk music
Amarnath Mishra
?
OEMI0102
47
Benares
1914
1980
1130
20
?
?
Mridang player
Mannuji of Benares
Ambaram
?
OEMI0105
48
Mumbai
?
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor in Gujarati and Hindi plays.

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