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
Shankarrao Gaikwad
OEMI1945
966
Pune
1971
0517
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Shehnai player
Bapurao Ketkar
?
OEMI0302
121
1898
1954
1129
19-20
Ramdurg, Maharashtra
Pune, Maharashtra
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage and teacher
his father Laxmanrao, Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
Sawai Gandharva
01??
OEMI1901
957958
1886
1952
0912
19-20
Kundgol, Dharwar, Karnataka
Pune, Maharashtra
singer-actor,vocalist
Eminent vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Balwantrao Kolhatkar, Abdul Karim Khan
Marathi satge
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
P00248
Vinayakrao Patwardhan
0722
OEMI2207
11301131
1898
1975
0823
19-20
Miraj, a princely state of Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
his uncle, vocalist Keshavrao Patwardhan, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze
Anna-saheb Gharpure
OEMI0152
65
0.185
1920
19-20
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
Pune
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
Vinayakrao Limaye
Dinanath Mangeshkar
1212
OEMI0587
297298
1900
1942
0424
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
actor, vocalist
Celebrated vocalist and actor-singer of the Marathi stage
Anant Barve
OEMI0133
57
1856
1923
19-20
Manmad, Maharashtra
Pune
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
?
OEMI0195
83
Pune
0.1825
0.1875
?
19
?
Pune
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
OEMI1800
888
1906
19-20
?
Pune
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
V.N. Bhatkhande
Baburao Joshi
1231
OEMI0228
94
1908
1984
1111
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Pune
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
Gajanan-bua Pendharkar
1029
OEMI0643
325
Satara
1905
1996
0115
20
Satara
Pune
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Satara, an erstwhile principality in Maharashtra
V.D. Paluskar
Tarlekar,G.H.
0507
OEMI2110
10671068
1914
2001
1211
20-21
Tarle,Kolhapur district,Maharashtra
Pune
musicologist
Author,Sanskrit scholar, and musicologist
P05975
Jitendra Abhisheki
0915
OEMI0940
480
1932
1998
1107
20
Mangeshi,Goa
Pune
vocalist, music director
Vocalist and music director of the Marathi stage
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
1017
OEMI0347
162163
Mumbai
1869
1922
0408
19-20
Kathor, near Baroda
Pune
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI2148
1102
0.1788
0.184
18-19
?
probably Rewa
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
Nanhe Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1449
723
1850
0.1915
19
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
probably Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player?
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
Krishnananda Vyas 'Ragasagar'
OEMI1107
571
1795
1888
18-19
Udapiur,Rajasthan
probably Kolkata
Author
Debkantha Bagchi
?
OEMI0542
262
1860
1930
?
18-19
Nabadwip district,Bengal
probably Kolkata
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Bengal theatre
Abdul Rahim Khan
?
OEMI0016
6
0.186
0.193
?
19
Delhi
probably Hyderabad
vocalist
Vocalist
his family(Ghulam Gaus Khan and Tanras Khan
Mahmod Khan
OEMI1240
622
1920
19-20
?
probably Bhadvar,Rajasthan
vocalist
vocalist
Bhairav Prasad Misra
OEMI0334
150
0.1844
1940
1221
19-20
Patna
probably Benares
tabla player
Noted tabla player of the Benares gharaanaa
Benares gharaanaa
Bhagat Maharaj
Jivan Khan(Seni)
OEMI0933
472
1748
1790
18
most probably Jaipur
princely state of Banda,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist,
vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father
Thanuram Kalite Ojha
?
OEMI2122
1076
1974
?
20
Pithakowapara,Darrang district,Assam
Pithakowapara
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali of Assam
Phatik Chandra Kalita Ojha
OEMI1620
809
Assam
1910
1973
20
Phithakhowa village, Darrang district, Assam
Phithakhowa
Noted singer of Maanasaa Ojaapaali of Assam
Thanuram Kalita Ojha
Zohrabai （Agrewali）
OEMI2267
11601161
0.187
0.1911
19-20
Agra
Patna
vocalist
Vocalist, rated topmost among the female singers of her time in north India
Her first teacher was Ahmed Khan, later Mehboob Khan
Ashiq Ali Khan
?
OEMI0190
82
1948
?
20
?
Patiala
vocalist
Vocalist
Khapru-mama Parvatkar
OEMI1071
547
1880
1953
0903
19-20
Parvat village, Goa
Parvat village
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father Raghuvir-mama
Kedamangalam Sadanandan
OEMI1042
533
1924
2008
0413
20-21
Paravur,Ernakulam district,Kerala
Paravur
performer of Kathaa prasangam
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Govinda Marar （Shat-kala）
OEMI0739
380381
1798
0.1842
18-19
Ramamangalam, Muvattupuzha district, Kerala
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Early 19th-cent. Karnatik vocalist
Haripad Ramaswami Bhagvatar
Hafiz Kalandhari
OEMI0770
398
1901
1981
1221
20
Jalandhar, Punjab
Pakistan
poet
Urdu poet
Roshanara Begum
OEMI1821
902903
1920
1982
1205
20
Kolkata
Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
Chanda Begum, Abdul Haq, Mumtaz Hussain, Laddan Khan
Durgeswar Nath Oja
0307
OEMI0603
305306
1927
1994
0305
20
Pakadali, Darrang district, Assam
Pakadali, Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
his family, and Cheniram Nath, Ghotaram, and Haliram Sarma
Eknath
?
OEMI0611
310
1548
1599
?
16
Paithan,Maharashtra
Paithan
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra
P00217
Sanjukta Panigrahi
0824
OEMI1870
937
1944
1997
0624
20
Behampur, Orissa
Orissa
Odissi danseuse
Deba Prasad Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra
Khitish Chandra Maitra
1008
OEMI1073
554
1906
1980
20
Balasore district, Orissa
Orissa
One of the early teachers of Hindustani classical music in Orissa
S.N.Ratanjankar
P00029
Gahan Chandra Goswami
0404
OEMI0640
324
1900
1979
0118
20
Nikamul Sattra,Tezpur
Nikamul Sattra
Noted exponent of traditional Assamese drama
Nala Najan
0628
OEMI1437
718
1932
2002
0107
20-21
Pennsylvania,USA
New York,USA
Performer
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
OEMI0346
162
1930
2003
0804
20-21
Chennai
New York, USA
Dancer and choreographer
Indrani Rahman
0919
OEMI0879
444
1930
1999
0207
20
Chennai
New York
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
Bharata Naatyam
Curt Sachs
0129
OEMI0510
248
1881
1959
0205
19-20
Berlin
New York
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
Gina Blau
0428
OEMI0692
364
1906
1998
1023
20
?
New York
American exponent of Indian dances
Bhupesh Gupta
P06724
Shakor Khan
OEMI1927
964
1916
1975
1006
20
?
New Delhi
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Abdul Gafoor Khan and uncle Abdul Wahid Khan
Nasir Faiyazuddin Khan Dagar
?
OEMI1503
733
1934
1989
0207
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin and Nasir Aminuddin Khan
dhrupad
Irode Viswanatha lyer
?
OEMI0616
311
1905
1988
0914
20
?
New Delhi
violinis
Veteran violinist of the Karnatik style
Karnatik
Naina Devi
?
OEMI1435
717
1920
1993
1101
20
Bengal
New Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist
Girija Shankar Chakravarti,Mushtaq Hussain Khan, and Rasoolanbai
Mohan Upreti
OEMI1363
682
1925
1997
0606
20
?
New Delhi
singer
P00080
Chaitanya Deva,B.
?
OEMI0420
208
1981
0528
20
Bangalore,Karnataka
New Delhi
musicologist
Noted musicologist and author
Taj Khan
?
OEMI2101
10521053
0.182
0.1904
?
19-20
?
Nepal
vocalist
Eminent singer of dhrupad and khayaal
Haidar Khan,Sadiq Ali Khan,
dhrupad,khayaal
Ananda K. Comaraswamy
0822
OEMI0128
56
1877
1947
0909
19-20
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
Well-known historian of Indian art and culture
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Ratilal Bhavsar
0617
OEMI1809
894
1928
2001
1024
20-21
Chopade town, Jalgaom district, Maharashtra
near Pune
vocalist, singer-actor
vocalist, singer-actor
Ram Mohan Roy （Raja）
0522
OEMI1723
868869
1772
1833
0927
18-19
Hooghly district, Bengal
near Bristol England
Early 19th-cent. reformer of Bengal
Gopalrao Joshi
OEMI0729
376
1897
1953
19-20
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
Nashik town
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
Kanchi Namati
OEMI1014
514
190010
1970
20
Hatichong-Jagari,present district of Nagaib,Assam
Nagaon district
singer
folk singer
folk
Padmanabhayya
OEMI1567
780
1847
1900
19
?
Mysore city
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
Titte Krishna lyengar
?
OEMI2131
1085
1902
1997
0316
20
Mysore city
Mysore city
vocalist, teacher
Veteran vocalist and teacher.
Rangayya, C.
OEMI1793
887
1895
1984
19-20
Chilakunda village, Mysore district, Karnataka
Mysore city
vocalist, composer, teacher
vocalist, composer, teacher
Sivaramayya, Chikka Subba Rao
Hamid Khan
OEMI0789
401
1840
1909
19-20
Agra
Mysore
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his maternal grandfather Nanhe Khan
Natthan Khan
?
OEMI1513
741
0.184
0.1907
?
19
Agra
Mysore
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Agra
his uncle Ghulam Abbas Khan
Gulab Bai
OEMI0753
386
0.191
?
Mysore
Well-known singer of Jaipur
Haidar Bakhsh
Gauharjan
OEMI0658
343344
18705
1929
19-20
probably Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mysore
Singer-dancer, a legend in her lifetime
her mother, Adeline Victoria Hemmings, Becha Mishra, Ali Bakhsh, Nazir Khan
Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
OEMI1717
867868
1893
1979
19-20
Rallapaali Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh
Mysore
musician
Musician and literary scholar
Yatindra Swamy
Mysore Karigiri Rao
?
OEMI1423
709
1853
1927
?
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
?
OEMI1424
709710
0.18
1885
?
19
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Padmanabha Rao,B.K.
OEMI1565
780
1903
1966
20
Mysore
Mysore
vocalist, teacher, co,poser
vocalist,teacher,composer
Sosale Ramadas
?
OEMI2024
995
1890
1950
?
19-20
Sosale,Mysore district,Karnataka
Mysore
Harikathaa exponent and kanjiraa player
Subbanna
?
OEMI2037
1011
1854
1939
?
19-20
Mysore
Mysore
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
Muthaiah Bhagavatar （Harikesanallur）
1115
OEMI1408
704
1877
1945
0630
19-20
Punalveli village, near Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist, composer
Well-known vocalist, Harikathaa exponent, and composer
Harikathaa
Selvapillai Iyengar, M.S.
OEMI1906
960
1915
1993
20
Melukote, Tamil Nadu
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
N. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bidaram Krishnappa
P00016
Venkata Rao （Chintalapalli）
OEMI2185
1121
0.1875
1969
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist
Vocalist
his uncles Bhaskar Rao and Venkataramayya and some others
Nilamma Kadambai
OEMI1531
757
1908
1998
1214
20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
her father Venkatesachar and later from Mysore Venkatagiriappa
Venkatesa Iyengar
OEMI2193
1123
1888
1973
19-20
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena player
Chikka Subba Rao and Venkatagiriyappa
P00010
Devendrappa,B.
?
OEMI0557
275276
1986
?
20
Ayanur,Shimoga district,Karnataka
Mysore
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Venkatasubbayya
OEMI2191
1123
Mysore
1792
1838
18-19
?
Mysore
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Krishnaraja Wodeyar （III r.1799-1868 ）of Mysore
Sumar Suleman Jumani
OEMI2063
1029
1919
1999
04??
20
Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat
Mundra
Performer of folk shehnai and sundri
Suleman Juma Jumani
Abdul Majid Khan
?
OEMI0015
5
0.1888
1977
0319
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Reputed saarangi player
Abdulla Khan(d.1917)and Kale Khan
Abdul Aziz Khan
?
OEMI0005
2
Dharampur
1940
?
20
?
Mumbai
musician
Durbar musician of Dharampur
Daulat Khan
?
OEMI0537
260
Kolkata
1920
?
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
Natthu Khan Khandare
P00004
Allah Rakha Khan
0429
OEMI0090
4142
?
1919
2000
0203
20
Gurdaspur, Punjab
Mumbai
tabla player
Celebrated tabla maestro
P00345
Azmat Hussain Khan
0305
OEMI0215
9091
Mumbai
1911
1975
0726
No
20
Atrauli, near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Altaf Hussain Khan
Bhurji Khan
0505
OEMI0371
184
1890
1949
0506
19-20
Jaipur area
Mumbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer and teacher
Jaipur-Atraauli
Alladiya Khan and Haidar Khan
khayaal
Vilayat Khan
0820
OEMI2205
11291130
1927
2004
0312
20-21
Gouripur, Mymensingh district [now in Bangladesh]
Mumbai
sitar player
Highly acclaimed sitar maestro of the 20th cent.
his father Inayat Khan, his mother Bashiran Bibi, maternal uncle Zinda Hassan Khan, and maternal grandfather Bande Hossan Khan, his paternal uncle Wahid Khan, Dhruba Tara Joshi and Bimla Kanta Roy Choudhuri
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Manji Khan
?
OEMI1272
642
1888
1937
?
19-20
Atrauli,Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Talented vocalist
Haidar Khan
Ajay Bardan
?
OEMI0062
29
Kolkata
1917
1991
0328
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Mumbai
Flute player
Barkatullah Khan
OEMI0308
123
0.186
1928
19-20
probably Patiala
Mumbai
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Sinde Khan
OEMI1989
978979
1885
1950
0617
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Amir Khan
Khadim Hussain Khan （Vocal）
OEMI1064
543
1905
1993
0111
20
Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of the Agra tradition
his father Altaf Hussain Khan, grandfather Inayat Khan, paternal grand-uncle Mehboob Khan, maternal great grand-uncle Kallan Khan
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Joseph David Penkar
OEMI0959
488
1949
0906
20
Mumbai
Mumbai
writer
Writer of musical plays on Jewish religious themes, in Marathi, in the early 20th cent,
Aman Ali Khan (Mumbai)
?
OEMI0096
4546
?
1888
1953
0211
19-20
Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and teacher of the Bhendi Bazaar gharaanaa
Bhendi Bazaar
Amir Bakhsh
?
OEMI0109
48
1882
1962
?
19-20
?
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jhajjar
P06155
Arjun Sejwal
0425
OEMI0171
74
1934
1992
1029
No
20
?
Mumbai
Pakhaawaj player
Paanse
P01797
Arun Kumar Sen
0606
OEMI0173
76
1928
2001
1214
No
20-21
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
Mumbai
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
Jaisukhlal Shah
0413
OEMI0912
457
1907
1989
0118
20
Bharuch,Gujarat
Mumbai
scholar and teacher

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