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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Kisarbai Kerkar
0713
OEMI1046
538539
1892
1977
0916
19-20
Keri,Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist
Nissar Hussain Khan (Gwalior)
OEMI1541
763764
0.1844
0.1916
19
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
his foster-father Natthu Khan
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0139
58
0.1832
0.1896
19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Vishnupur
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
Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
OEMI1438
718
Srirangam
1836
1924
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Venkatasubba Iyer
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Aghornath Chakraborti
?
OEMI0050
2324
1920
Rajpur village of 24 Parganas,Bengal
Benares
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
Murad Ali Khan, Daulat Khan, and Srijanbai
dhrupad
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
?
OEMI1376
691
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gwalior
Radharani Mohapatra
0406
OEMI1671
843
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
vocalist
Odissi vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar,Balakrishna Dash,Dhiren Das,Khitish Maitra
Odissi
P00079
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
OEMI1692
858
1901
1975
1120
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Delhi
vocalist
vocalist
Anjanibai Lolekar
OEMI0148
62
Mumbai
1928
20
Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
her brother Yashwantao Lolekar, husband R.L. Borkar, Anwar Hussain Khan
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
OEMI0387
193
1866
1940
19-20
Barisal
Barisal
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
Imdad Khan (Agra)
OEMI0864
440
0.18
0.186
19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
agra gharaanaa
his family
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
Vasudevan (Neyyantinkara)
OEMI2173
1118
1940
20-
Neyyaantinkara, central Kerala
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramnad Krishnan and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
P00018
Chambai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
0830
OEMI0452
227228
1896
1974
1016
19-20
Chembai village, Palghat district, Kerala
Chembai village
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
his vocalist-father Anantha Bhagavatar, Dakshina Moorthy Pillai
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan (Sahaswan)
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
OEMI1568
780
Mumbai
1929
20
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Bablibai Salgaonkar
OEMI0222
93
0.186
0.1925
19
Salgaon, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of her time
Agra
Natthan Khan
khayaal
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Mahadev Prasad Mishra
?
OEMI1224
619
1907
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Sardarbai Karadgekar
OEMI1889
949
1914
20
Karadge, Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
Vishwanath-bua Jadhav
OEMI2216
1137
1888
1964
19-20
Hupri
?
vocalist
vocalist
Dattopant Jambhekar
P05952
Anant Manohar Joshi
0418
OEMI0135
5758
1881
1967
0912
19-20
Kinhai, near Pune, Maharashtra
Mumbai
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Gwalior gharana
Gwalior
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Rahmat Khan
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
Gulab Singh (Sant)
OEMI0755
386
Rawalpindi
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Rawalpindi
Lakshmibai Jadhav
OEMI1164
590
1964
0311
20
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Kolhapur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Haidar Khan
Omkarnath Thakur
0624
OEMI1560
771772
1897
1967
1229
19-20
Jahaj,Gujarat
?
vocalist
vocalist
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
?
OEMI0114
50
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
1860
?
19
?
Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
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
Musiri Subrahmania Ayyar
0409
OEMI1405
703
1899
1975
0325
19-20
Musiri, Tiruchi district, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Karur Chinnaswami Iyer, Sabesa Iyer
Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar
0909
OEMI1505
733
1933
1994
0507
20
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad vocalist of the Dagar group
dhrupad
Pulin Chandra Deb Burman
OEMI1649
828
Tripura
1914
1973
20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Tripura
Bishnu Priya Samantasinghar
0205
OEMI0395
195
Cuttack
1927
20
Puri, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist, first woman artiste of All India Radio, Cuttack
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
Dhirendranath Bhattacharya
0409
OEMI0574
287
1891
1963
?
19-20
Bengal
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1434
717
1857
1934
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
P01099
Anjanibai Malpekar
0422
OEMI0149
63
1883
1974
0807
No
19-20
Malpe, Goa
Mumbai
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Bhendi Bazaar
her vocalist-mother Nabubai, Sakharam-bua, Kashinath-bua
Bangalore Nagarathammal
1103
OEMI0297
119
Mysore
1878
1952
0519
19-20
Mysore
Tiruvaiyar, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dance exponent of the Mysore durbar
Bidaram Krishnappa
?
OEMI0373
184185
Mysore
1866
1931
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Bhendi Bazaar
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
'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.
Gopal Chandra Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0712
372
Kolkata
1877
1941
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Vocalist
Bakhar Ali, Rahmat Khan
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
OEMI1129
578
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Munir Khaton Begum
0202
OEMI1385
694
1934
20
Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Kiraanaa
Habib Khan
Ramkeshav Bhattacharya
OEMI1767
880
Bengal
1808
1850
19
Vishnupur
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Vishnupur gharaanaa, Bengal
Vishnupur
within the family
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
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
0810
OEMI0085
3941
Mumbai
1855
1946
0316
19-20
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
P02305
Ariyakudi Ramanuja lyengar
0519
OEMI0170
7374
1890
1967
0123
No
19-20
Aariyaakudi,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist of Karnatik music
Poochi Iyengae
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
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Munnibai(late 19th cent.)
?
OEMI1391
695
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Babu Khuda Bakhsh
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
?
OEMI1394
696
0.1915
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Radhika Prasad Goswami
OEMI1675
844
1863
1924
19-20
Vishnupur,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
OEMI1841
911
20
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
vocalist
vocalist
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
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
Feroze Khan(Adarang)
?
OEMI0628
319
Delhi
1692
1776
?
17-18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Delhi durbar
Delhi durbar
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Jankibai(Allahabad)
OEMI0920
462
1875
1934
0518
19-20
Benares
Allahabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Lachmi Prasad Mishra
OEMI1149
585
1860
1929
1207
19-20
Sonpuna, Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist and instrumentalist
his father Ramkumar Mishra
Laila Arjumand Banu
0105
OEMI1152
586
1926
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramani Mohan Bhattacharya, Manju Khan, Gul Mohammad Khan, Yusuf Khan Koraishi, Gopal Dasgupta
Purushottam Damodar
OEMI1652
831
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Vamanrao Deshpande
OEMI2161
1112
1908
1990
0207
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
author, vocalist
Yadavrao Joshi, Suresh-babu Mane, Natthan Khan, Mogubai Kurdikar
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
Antu-bua Apte
OEMI0160
68
Maharashtra
0.182
0.191
19
Ramdurg, Karnataka
?
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
khayaal
Awadabai
?
OEMI0205
89
?
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Bageswari Devi
OEMI0245
101
1940
2000
0920
20
Kolkata
Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Sitaram Misra and Ganesh Prasad Misra
Bal Chaturvedi
07??
OEMI0258
107
1919
20
Mehboob Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
his famous father Chandan Chaube
Bannijan
OEMI0300
120
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
P00012
Begum Akhtar
0207
OEMI0318
132133
1914
1974
1030
20
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
Chikka Rama Rao
OEMI0477
238239
Mysore
1890
1945
19-20
Kurudi Kotah district, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the royal durbar of Mysore
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
Ali Bakhsh II
?
OEMI0527
37
Hyderabad
?
?-19?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Fateh Ali
?
OEMI0624
318
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Patiaalaa
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Ilahi Bakhsh
OEMI0854
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rangile gharaanaa
Rangile
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Inayat Hussain
OEMI0868
441
19
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1873-88
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
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
Lalchand Boral
OEMI1179
592593
1870
1907
19-20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lalji-bua
OEMI1189
600
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lokanath Ratha
0901
OEMI1207
608
1919
20
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
Maniram
?
OEMI1270
640
1910
1985
0516
20
Hissar,Haryana
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist in the Mewaati tradition
his father Motiram
Mohammad Pana
OEMI1353
680
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist

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