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
Imdad Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0865
440
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
Sahaswaan
Aghawan
?
OEMI0049
23
Unav,near Lucknow
?
19
?
?
tabla player
Nineteenth-century tabla player
Amirjan
?
OEMI0118
51
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Jatadhar
OEMI0923
464
18
Early 18th-cent. pakhaawaj veteran of Mathura,Uttar Pradesh.
Padma Nath
OEMI1563
780
Kolkata
20
?
?
instrumentalist
Sultan Bakhsh
OEMI2061
1029
19
?
?
sitar player
Well-known late 19th-cent. sitar player of Dhaka
Ratan Chand Das
Muthurama Kavirayar
OEMI1413
704705
?
?
Author of the opera Bhaarata Naatakam
Nizamuddin Khan(Vocalist)
OEMI1549
766
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Ghulam Mohammad （Surbahar）
OEMI0683
362
0.1856
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
Balarampur, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed exponent of surbahaar
Umrao Khan Seni, Ghulam Mohammad
Barkat Ali Khan （Sitar）
OEMI0307
123
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Raja Ramchan Waghela
OEMI1698
861
16
?
?
patron,
ruler,royal patron
Purushottam Damodar
OEMI1652
831
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bada Dikshit
OEMI0217
93
1883
19
?
Benares
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa
Gwalior
Hassu Khan, Haddu Khan
Giriraja Kavi
OEMI0700
367
18
?
?
composer
Eminent 18th-cent. composer of Telugu origin
Kantimati
OEMI1025
517
19
?
?
Along with her danseuse-colleague Gowri and guru Kannuswami.
Lochan Kavi
?
OEMI1206
607
?
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Taranginii(17th cent.)
Nabi Bakhsh
?
OEMI1428
712
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar.
Pir Bakhsh
OEMI1617
807
Jodhpur
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar
Ruparam
OEMI1827
905
20
?
?
actor, writer
Vadammal
OEMI2154
11061107
18
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Bobbili Kesavayya
OEMI0401
197
19
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent vocalist
his father, Gopalayya
Gokalram （Bhagat）
OEMI0705
370
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist,patron,
Vocalist attached to the temples of Jodhpur, directly patronized by the royal palace
Sudarshan Shastri
?
OEMI2045
1013
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player and author
Narayan-bua Gogate
OEMI1488
729
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of tappaa and keertana of Maharashtra during the second half of the 19th cent.
Tirumalayya Naidu,C.
?
OEMI2128
1083
?
19-20?
?
?
Author
Narasimha Bhagavatar
OEMI1460
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Late 19th-cent. vocalist
Rama Iyengar
Shankarrao Gaikwad
OEMI1945
966
Pune
1971
0517
20
?
Pune, Maharashtra
Shehnai player
Sesha Ayyangar （Margadarsi）
OEMI1910
961
18
?
?
vocalist
Early 18th-cent. composer and vocalist of Karnatik music
Narayanaswami Appa
OEMI1480
728
0.1906
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Mridangam celebrity of the state of Thanvavur, Tamil Nadu
Bhagwan Nayak
OEMI0329
148
15
?
?
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
Chandrabhaga
OEMI0436
217218
Gujarat
1889
19
?
Lucknow
Reputed singer-dancer at the durbar of Maharaja Jiyajirao of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Ghasit Khan
Damodara
?
OEMI0520
253
?
16
?
?
Author of the 16th-cent.
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Kamleshwari Devi
?
OEMI1009
510
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
Kohala
OEMI1089
560561
?
?
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
P00240
Uma Sharma
OEMI2145
1102
20
?
Kathak danseuse, recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1987
（Kathak） Sunder Prasad, Shambhu Maharaj and Birju Maharaj, （Raas dance of Vrindavan） Ladli Sharanji Sharma and Devaki Nandanji
Zohrabai
OEMI2268
1161
?
?
Singer
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
Ramtaran Sanyal
OEMI1781
884
19
Faridpur district [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Musician associated with old Bengali plays.
Kana Jogen, Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Vithaldas Joshi
OEMI2222
1139
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player, singer
keertan singer and pakhaawaj player.
pakhaawaj
keertan
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Ramprasad Mishra
OEMI1775
882
1980
0822
20
Benares region
Gaya, Bihar
vocalist
vocalist
Bade Ramdasji
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
Pannalal Goswami
OEMI1591
794795
19
?
?
sitar player, rudra veena player
sitar and rudra veena player
Ramlal Goswaami.Ratanlal Goswaami
Viraraghavayya （Tsallagali）
OEMI2179
1120
Thanjavur
18
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena maestro （18th cent.） and vocalist of the durbar of Thanjavur King, Sarabhooji I （r.1712-28）
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Visvavasu
OEMI2218
1138
?
?
?
ancient author
Ravji-bua Gogate
OEMI1812
897
19
Maharashtra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ghulam Sabir Khan
OEMI0690
363
Moradabad
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Hussain Bakhsh
Maujuddin Khan
?
OEMI1301
658659
?
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Suraj Khan
OEMI2076
1034
16
?
?
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
Ghulam Hussain Khan
OEMI0681
361
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
Mangal Khan
?
OEMI1259
638
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Jodh Singh
OEMI0950
483
19
?
?
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
his father Tikaram
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0974
494
18
?
?
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
?
OEMI1306
660
?
?
?
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Bachu Bawa
OEMI0230
94
1914
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Godavari
OEMI0704
370
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
Husnabai
OEMI0844
436
Benares
1938
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of Benares
khayaal
Nagaridas
?
OEMI1431
715
?
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
Srikantha
?
OEMI2028
1008
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
Author
Vadiraja
OEMI2155
1107
15-16
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
author of dance-dramas and songs
Parasu Sekh Ojha
OEMI1600
798
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
singer.dancer
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
?
OEMI0115
50
?
?
?
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
Surendranath Mazumdar
OEMI2082
1036
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
Narayanadeva Dvija
OEMI1477
728
17
?
?
Seventeeth-century poet of Maanasaa Ojaapaali songs of Assam
Narayanaswami Ayyar
OEMI1481
728
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist 19th cent.
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Chhataki
OEMI0460
231
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Wazir Khan
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Pahad Singh
OEMI1571
781
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Jaawli
Putli
OEMI1659
834
20
?
?
vocalist
vovalist
Rasikdev
OEMI1804
891892
17-18
?
?
poet-devotee
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
OEMI0805
411
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Birchandra Manikya
OEMI0389
194
?
?
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
?
OEMI0278
112113
?
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Marris,W.S.
?
OEMI1290
652
?
20
?
?
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Srinivasulu
?
OEMI2032
1009
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
composer
Composer
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

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