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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Sakhawat Hussain Khan
OEMI1853
916
1877
1955
07??
19-20
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Safayet Hussain Khan, Asadullah Khan, Karamatullah Khan
Abid Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0029
1415
1867
1936
0612
19-20
Lucknow
Lucknow
tabla player
Ace performer of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa
Lucknow
Mohammad Khan(d.1879) and Munne Khan
Chhote Munne Khan
OEMI0470
237
Lucknow
1927
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of Lucknow
Ahmedijan Thirakawa Khan
?
OEMI0058
28
?
0.1874
1976
0112
19-20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
tabla player
tabla maestro
Khurshed Ali Khan
OEMI1076
555
1852
1950
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Lucknow gharaanaa
the Lucknow gharaanaa
Bade Munne (Khan Khayal)
OEMI0237
97
0.1912
?
Lucknow
Reputed exponent
Hasrat Mohani
OEMI0821
418
1880
1951
0513
19-20
Mohan, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
poet
Urdu poet
Mir Taqi Mir
?
OEMI1312
662
1722
1810
?
18-19
Akbarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Reputed Urdu poet
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Karamatullah Khan(Sarod)
OEMI1027
518
1848
1933
19-20
Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Niyamatullah Khan
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Bade Munne (Tabla)
OEMI0238
97
0.1845
0.1905
19
?
Lucknow
his father Mohammad Khan, Mamman Khan
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Pyar Khan (Seni;sursingar)
OEMI1664
834835
1782
1849
18-19
presumably Lucknow
Lucknow
sursingaar player
Generally considered to be the co-innovator of the sursingaar along with his brother Zaffar Khan.
Chhajju Khan
Chandrabhaga
OEMI0436
217218
Gujarat
1889
19
?
Lucknow
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ghasit Khan
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
Lachhu Maharaj
0901
OEMI1148
585
1901
1978
0719
20
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Kathak dancer
Shori-miya (Ghulam Nabi)
OEMI1968
973
0.174
1803
18-19
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
Thakur Prasad
?
OEMI2120
1072
1856
?
19
?
Lucknow
Eminent Kathak exponent of the 19th-cent.
his father Prakash Prasaad and Wajid Ali Shah
Jivan Shah(Seni)
OEMI0934
473
1732
1810
18-19
Lucknow
rudra veena player
Eminent player of the rudra veena
Ramsingh Thakur
OEMI1780
884
1909
2002
0418
20-21
Khhanjara town, Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow
singer
Mehli Mehta
OEMI1318
667
1908
2002
1019
20-21
Mumbai
Los Angels,USA
violinist,director,conductor
violinist,director,conductor
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
Ram Gopal
OEMI1719
868
0.192
2003
1012
20-21
?
London
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
Mitradev Mahanta
OEMI1334
673
1894
1983
19-20
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Letugram Sattra
composer
composer
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
Shankarbapu Apegaokar
OEMI1943
966
1911
2004
0109
20-21
Apegaon, Maharashtra
Latur, Maharashtra
Pakhaawaj player
Makhanlal Pakhaawaji
Aga Hashra Kashmiri
04??
OEMI0046
23
1879
1945
0428
19-20
Benares,Uttar Pradesh
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Urdu and Hindi playwright
Mallika Pukhraj
OEMI1252
631
1910
2004
0204
20-21
Akhnur town,Kashmir
Lahore,Pakistan
vocalist
ghazal singer
Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale,Akhtar Hussain
ghazal
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
0213
OEMI0618
316
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
1984
1120
20
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
Lahore,Pakistan
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Gami Khan
OEMI0648
327
1882
1956
06??
19-20
Delhi
Lahore, Pakistan
tabla player
Reputed tabla exponent of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
his father, Chhote Kale Khan
P06562
Barkat Ali Khan
OEMI0306
123
1950
No
20
Patiala, Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale, his uncle Kale Khan
Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan
OEMI0466
236237
1910
1986
1229
20
Kasur, Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Qavvaal Bacche gharaanaas
Haji Amir Bakhsh, Chhajju Khan, Mohammad Khan
Bade Sabri Khan
OEMI0240
98
1962
20
?
Lahore
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Norjahan
OEMI1556
767
1928
2000
1223
20
Kassur village,near Lahore,Pakistan
Lahore
singer-actress
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
Feroze Nizami
?
OEMI0630
319
1910
1975
1115
20
Lahore[now in Pakistan]
Lahore
Noted music director of Hindi films of the 1940s
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1694
858859
1850
1922
19-20
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
P00092
Azambai Pisal
OEMI0212
90
1905
1986
0728
20
Maharashtra
Koolhapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bhurji Khan, Govindrao Saligram, Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
Hiru Ganguli
OEMI0841
432
1911
1990
20
Bhawanipur, near Kolkata
Kolkata, mid-
tabla player
Noted tabla player
his father Manmathnath and later from Abid Hussain Khan, Nagendranath Basu
Asadullah Khan
?
OEMI0182
7879
1858
1915
?
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed sarod player
P05932
Amir Khan
04??
OEMI0111
4950
1912
1974
0213
No
20
Akola,Maharashtra
Kolkata
vocalist,
Vocalist of exceptional merit.
Bhendi Bazaar
his father Shah Mir Khan(d.1937)
Mehdi Hussain Khan
OEMI2277
666667
1884
1960
19-20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
his illustrious father, Buniyad Hussain Khan. Mitthu Khan,
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
OEMI0684
362
20
Lahore
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Umrao Khan
P00352
Bahadur Khan
OEMI0247
101
1989
10??
No
20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Noted sarod player
Dabir Khan
OEMI0511
249
1912
1972
20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist,rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena player and vocalist
Mohammad Khan
OEMI1351
680
1845
1910
19-20
Kolkata
sitar player
Surbahaar and sitar exponent
Bashir Ahmad Khan
OEMI0312
129
1903
20
Agra
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal grandfather Kallan Khan
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0883
445
1907
1980
1108
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Latafat Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1196
604
1921
1986
1212
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Vilayat Hussain Khan and Faiyaz Khan
Mohammad Amir Khan
OEMI1344
678679
1873
1934
19-20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Murad Ali
Arun Bhattacharya
02??
OEMI0172
76
Kolkata
1925
1985
0509
20
Faridpur district,now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
University teacher,scholar,and author
P00119
Anil Bagchi
0117
OEMI0143
6061
1908
1977
0715
20
Midnapore district, Bengal
Kolkata
Music director of Bengali stage and films of yesteryears
P06740
Dhyanesh Khan
0506
OEMI0581
293
1942
1991
1011
No
20
Maihar,Madhya Pradesh
Kolkata
Sarod player
Allauddin Khan,Ali Akbar, and Annapurna Devi
Gokul Nag
OEMI0707
371
1908
1983
0325
20
Bankura district, Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar and surbahaar player
his father Govinda Nag
Ata Hussain Khan(Vocal)
?
OEMI0198
8485
1898
1980
0810
19-20
Arauli
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Agra
P00067
Mushtaq Ali Khan
0620
OEMI1402
699
Jaipur
1911
1989
0720
20
Benares
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted sitar player of the Jaipur Seni tradition
Jaipur Seni
Ashiq Ali Khan
Amrital Datta
OEMI0123
52
Bengal
1858
1912
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
P00118
Angurbala Devi
OEMI0142
60
1901
1984
0106
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Singer-actress of Bengali plays and films; also well-known as a light classical vocalist and a radio singer
Gauri Shankar, Kali Misra, Jamiruddin Khan
Biswanath Rao
OEMI0399
196197
1872
1925
1218
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Benares
Kashinath Mishra
Inayat Hussain Khan (Sitar)
OEMI0870
441442
1894
1938
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
sitar player
Sitar player ?
his father Imdad Khan, Allabande Khan, Daulat Khan, Alladiya Khan
Durlabh Chandra Bhattacharya
OEMI0604
306
1872
1938
19-20
?
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Murari Mohan Gupta
Gopal Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0713
372
0.1832
1899
19
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and an early khayaal singer of Bengal
Gopal Prasad Mishra, Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad, khyaal
Boral. R.C. (Raichand)
OEMI0402
198
1905
1981
1125
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla player
Eminent music director of film, tabla exponent, and pianist
Jitendranath Bhattacharya
OEMI0942
480
Bengal
1877
1956
19-20
Ranaghat,Bengal
Kolkata
sitar player
Veteran of sitar in Bengal
his father
Harendra Krishina Shil
OEMI0801
410411
1880
1940
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
patron,
Patron
Shital Chandra Mukherji
0507
OEMI1956
969
1880
1945
0914
19-20
Kirtibasa [now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
Esraaj player
Abdullah Khan
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1434
717
1857
1934
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Gauri Shankar Mishra
OEMI0661
349
0.1865
1945
19-20
Benares
Kolkata
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Birai Misir
Jnan Prakash Ghosh
OEMI0946
481
1911
1997
0218
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
tabla, harmonium player, composer
tabla and harmonium exponent,composer,and teacher
P00045
Karamatullah Khan(Tabla)
OEMI1028
519
1917
1977
1202
20
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
Distinguished exponent of the Farukhaabaad gharaanaa,founded by his predecessor Haji Vilayat Ali.
Masidullah Khan
Bishnu Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0394
195
1804
1900
19
Kaetpura, near Ranaghat, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Aadi Brahmo Samaaj
Hasmukh Khan, Dilavar Khan, Miya Miran, Rahim Khan
dhrupad
Radhika Prasad Goswami
OEMI1675
844
1863
1924
19-20
Vishnupur,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
0110
OEMI2127
1083
1904
1987
0329
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed exponent of orchestration and noted music director of films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
clarinet lessons from Rajendranath Chattopadhya,vocal music from Radhika Mohan Goswami,and Mohammad Amir Khan,and later Allauddin Khan
Kashinath Chatterji
0901
OEMI1033
524
1904
1970
1119
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
vocalist and teacher
Amulyadhan Dutta
Lachmi Prasad Mishra
OEMI1149
585
1860
1929
1207
19-20
Sonpuna, Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist and instrumentalist
his father Ramkumar Mishra
Ananda Shankar
1202
OEMI0130
56
1942
1999
0326
20
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
Kamala Jharia
?
OEMI1002
507508
1907
1980
1220
20
Jharia,Bihar
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Eknath Pandit and Wazir Khan
Kshitij Basu
OEMI1124
575
1914
1982
0122
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist of Bengal songs
P00213
Ramasray Jha
0811
OEMI1751
875
Allahabad
1928
2009
0101
20-21
Khajura town, Darbhanga, Bihar
Kolkata
scholar,vocalist
Noted scholar, university teacher, author, and vocalist
his father Sukhdev Jha, uncle Madhusudan Jha
P00239
Uday Shankar
1208
OEMI2142
11001101
1900
1977
0926
20
Udaipur
Kolkata
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
Girija Shankar Chakravarti
1218
OEMI0696
366
Bengal
1885
1948
0425
19-20
Behramupur, Murshidabad region, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher, a pioneer in revitalizing the khayaal in Bengal
Radhika Prasad Goswami, Muzaffar Khan, Mohammad Ali Khan
khayaal
Kanika Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1018
515
1924
2000
0405
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist,teacher
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
OEMI0947
482
1860
1915
19-20
?
Kolkata
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
Radhika Mohan Moitra
0213
OEMI1674
843844
1917
1981
1015
20
Kolkata
Kolkata
sarod player
Ramachandra Chakravarti
OEMI1733
871
Bengal
1803
1861
19
Kolkata
Kolkata
pakhaawaj player
A pioneer of pakhaawaj in Bengal
Lala Keval Kishan
Shyamlal Kshetri
OEMI1981
975
Kolkata
1858
1927
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Lalit Mohan Mukhopadhya
OEMI1184
595
1898
1944
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
vocalist
Talented dhrupad singer
his father Mahindra Nath
dhrupad
Babu Khan (Tabla)
OEMI0224
93
1899
29
Delhi
Kolkata
tabla player
Tablaa player?
his mother
Dhirendranath Bose
?
OEMI0575
287
1878
1953
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Sarod player and teacher
Asadulla Khan and Karamatulla Khan
Dwarkanath Ghosh
OEMI0607
307
1847
1938
19-20
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
OEMI0653
331332
0.1808
0.1874
19
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
Mir Nasiram
dhrupad
Bhishmadev Chatterji
1108
OEMI0362
179
1909
1977
0808
20
Hooghly district,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and music director
Dakshina Charan Sen
?
OEMI0514
251252
Bengal
1860
1925
?
19-20
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
Kolkata
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Bishweshwar Bandyopadhyaya
OEMI0397
195
1833
1911
19-20
Balagard, Hooghly district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Radhamohan Sendas
OEMI1670
843
1770
1840
18-19
Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,
a pioneer musicologist,scholar
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
?
OEMI2025
998999
1840
1914
0605
19-20
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
Kolkata
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
Tarapada Chakravarti
04??
OEMI2108
10661067
1909
1975
0901
20
Kotalipara[now in Bangladesh]
Kolkata
vocalist
Well-known vocalist,an early exponent of khayaal in Bengali language.
Satkadi Malakar and Girija Shankar Chakravarti
khayaal
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
0715
OEMI0390
194
1903
1975
0703
20
Gouripur
Kolkata
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author

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